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School Buses To Be Packed Next Week Despite New Advice To Avoid Public Transport

School buses are an important service for many children and their parents, particularly in rural Ire...
Sarah Stacey
Sarah Stacey

6:07 PM - 19 Aug 2020



The Last Word With Matt Cooper

School Buses To Be Packed Next Week Despite New Advice To Avoid Public Transport

Sarah Stacey
Sarah Stacey

6:07 PM - 19 Aug 2020

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School buses are an important service for many children and their parents, particularly in rural Ireland.

Buses will be filled with thousands of children and teenagers from next week despite new advice not to take public transport.

But what effect will this have? Will it possible to implement social distancing and other hygiene measures on our school buses?

To discuss this we were joined by Lee-Anne Kierans, spokesperson for the Association of Irish Private School Bus Operators, whose company is Kierans Of Drogheda, and Thomas O'Connor of the National Bus and Rail Union.

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