Father issues legal warning over school bus ban on Catholics

THE father of two Limerick teenagers who were refused passes on a public school bus serving the Protestant school they attend because they are Catholic yesterday issued a legal warning to the education authorities.

Meanwhile, the senior official in charge of public school bus transport in Limerick has stood by her decision to refuse access to Catholics on the bus provided for Protestants attending Villiers School.

Deirdre Frawley, school transport liaison officer for Limerick, said access to the bus, which is to travel from Adare to Villiers from next month is based on entitlement.