'This is cruelty': Councillors angry at 'abominable' lack of school buses

At a meeting in County Hall, many of the 55 councillors gave examples of problems in their various areas. They have decided to write a “strongly-worded” email to John Halligan, junior minister at the Department of Education & Skills, urging him to get more and bigger buses to solve the issue.

Cork county councillors have expressed anger at the large number of children who've been left stranded around the county because of inadequate school transport.

They described the situation as “upsetting”, “abominable”, and “another attack on rural Ireland.”