Parents call for fleet safety audit after Cork school bus driver injured

Bus carrying students broke down near Kinsale and it is believed driver received scald-type injuries while investigating overheating engine

Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard has called for an external review of all buses in the fleet.

Parents have called for a fleet safety audit after a school bus driver was injured following “a mechanical incident” on a school bus route in Cork.

Bus Éireann confirmed on Monday evening it had launched an investigation into the incident, which occurred on a school bus as it was transporting students near Kinsale at about 4.30pm on Monday.