Bus tragedy - Child safety must be our first concern

THE school bus involved in Tuesday’s accident - in which 15-year-old Michael White was killed - was not licensed, Transport Minister Martin Cullen told the Dáil yesterday.

The operator does have a Road Passenger Transport Operator’s Licence, issued in 2003, but it did not cover the vehicle involved in this week’s fatal accident.

Hence that bus was not licensed to carry passengers.