Sligo Councillor says school transport debacle is being used as a political football
A Sligo Councillor believes the school transport debacle is being used as a political football and the focus should be on getting the issue sorted for the families still impacted. A number of parents in Sligo were unsuccessful in securing a school bus place for their children for this…
‘Dozens’ of families in Sligo unable to get seats for their children on school buses
With the new school year underway, it’s been claimed that dozens of families cannot get a seat for their children on school buses. Sligo Councillor Thomas Healy says he has received calls about the problem from parents who have children attending Summerhill and the Ursuline colleges in Sligo town, St…
Fears strike could soon hit school buses
A West of Ireland TD says school buses will be affected very soon if some kind of a resolution is not found to the bus strike. The strike is now in its 5th day with unions not happy with the plans for cost-cutting at the company while Bus Eireann says…
Fears for school bus services as result of Bus Eireann cuts
There are now fears that school bus services in the North West will be hit next as a result of planned cuts at Bus Eireann. Siptu are holding a meeting with Bus Eireann at the workplace relations commission this Friday and if they are not happy with the outcome school…
School buses: No policy change but bus sizes may be reduced, runs amalgamated
A Bus Eireann spokesperson has acknowledged that there might be a reduction in school bus sizes or an amalgamation of bus runs. There has been concern that because of a downsizing of school buses, there would be fewer seats available, with fears that so-called ‘concessionary’ ticket holders would not get…
Concessionary ticket holders on school buses may not get seats
A local mother has spoken of her fears that pupils using concessionary school transport passes may lose their seats because of a downsizing of school buses. She says many parents don’t realise that ‘concessionary’ ticket holders are not automatically entitled to a seat. So-called ‘concessionary’ ticket holders only get a…