Fears mount school bus routes may be axed amid fuel cost crisis

The Department of Education and Bus Éireann are monitoring the fuel costs crisis amid fears some school bus routes could be axed. File picture: Mark Stedman/RollingNews.ie

The Department of Education and Bus Éireann are monitoring the fuel costs crisis amid fears some school bus routes could be axed.

It follows a warning from private bus operators this week that the soaring cost of diesel has made some of the school bus routes untenable.