Full probe ordered

TRANSPORT Minister Martin Cullen has ordered a thorough investigation of the horrific bus crash yesterday that left five teenage girls dead and 46 people injured in Navan, Co Meath.

Mr Cullen said: “Obviously, an accident of this nature must and will be investigated independently and fully.”

He said he had spoken with the Taoiseach, CIÉ chairman Dr John Lynch, senior Transport Department officials and Ministers Mary Hanafin and Noel Dempsey.