Bus crash committee meets today

The committee established by Dublin Bus to investigate last Saturday’s horrific accident in the capital is due to hold its first meeting today.

The committee, chaired by Arnold O’Byrne of Opel Ireland, is due to report to the company in six weeks’ time.

It has been asked to establish the cause of accident and any factors that may have contributed to it.

It will also make recommendations aimed at preventing any similar accidents from taking place in the future.

Five people died when an out-of-service Dublin Bus mounted the footpath on Wellington Quay last Saturday afternoon and ploughed into a group of people waiting to board the number 66 to Maynooth.