Devastated families identify bus bodies

Relatives of the 28 people killed when a bus from Belgium crashed inside a Swiss tunnel faced the heartbreaking task of identifying the bodies ahead of their repatriation. Most of the dead were children.

Investigators believe the driver of the bus may have been reaching down to put on a DVD shortly before the crash.

A minute’s silence was held in Cork last night at a special reception to announce the opening of a three-day week route by Aer Lingus between the cityand Brussels.