School bus crash horror

AT least three separate investigations are to be carried out into yesterday’s horrific bus crash which killed five schoolgirls and injured 50 of their classmates.

The pledges were made amid devastating scenes of grief and shock as communities around Navan, Co Meath learned of the death toll and extent of the injuries.

Several Government ministers cancelled overseas engagements to deal with the fall-out from the crash which Taoiseach Bertie Ahern described as “an appalling tragedy”.