Parents missing work and eveng having to send ‘exam children’ to stay with relatives nearer their schools
Education Authority warns of school bus driver shortage
There is an industry wide shortage of drivers and our staffing team and operators continue to be affected by community transmission of Covid.”
School runs in jeopardy due to a driver shortage
“These problems pre-dated covid but the pandemic has brought it forward quicker,” he said.
Fears over Covid-19 risk on buses
Local councillor and bus driver Sheamus Greene fears adequate safety measures have not yet been put in place to protect both drivers and pupils.
Translink denies Fermanagh ‘dumping ground’ for old buses
A Translink spokesperson denied an increase in the number of double decker buses in Enniskillen depot.
Warning that transport review ‘could close schools’
BUS drivers have voiced their concern about the future of school transport in Fermanagh by holding a protest outside the Education Authority’s Sligo Road Depot. Led by Unite the Union, the protest was the reaction to a review of home to school transport recently launched by the Department of Education. Speaking to the Herald, Ciaran […]
Fears rural school buses may be facing new cutbacks
‘A child of five could be expected to walk further than two miles to school in the morning and two home’
Free school bus plan seems scuppered by no Stormont
Easing traffic congestion in towns, as well as improving safety for children living in rural areas, were two of the reasons given for the proposal.