Contractor who employed sex offender still working route

A BUS contractor who employed a convicted sex offender as a driver was still ferrying children to and from a special needs school this week.

Bus Éireann insisted the contract for St Francis’ School in Portlaoise was cancelled last Friday after it emerged the company owner employed the sex offender, who was a relative.

Vehicles owned by the contractor were spotted picking up pupils at the school on Monday and Tuesday. The contractor himself was pictured picking up a child on Wednesday.