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06/06/2008
Death Bus Fine Tops €2m
Fines totalling €2.2m have been imposed on Bus Éireann, Meath County Council and Keltank Ltd for breaches of health and safety legislation arising out of the fatal crash in which five Meath schoolgirls died.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court fined Bus Éireann €2m; Meath County Council €100,000, and Keltank - a family run garage in Balbriggan that serviced the school bus - €100,000.
They had pleaded guilty to various charges following what was described as a "comprehensive and exhaustive investigation" into the accident.
The five schoolgirls killed instantly in what prosecuting counsel described as a "tragic road accident" that happened four miles outside Navan on May 23, 2005 were Claire McCluskey, Deirdre Scanlon, Lisa Callan, Amy McCabe and Sinead Ledwidge.
Another 46 schoolchildren, including Rachel McGovern who was still trapped under the bus when emergency crews arrived, a motorist in another vehicle and the bus driver, Mr John Hubble, were injured.
See: Firm Guilty In Meath Bus Crash
(BMcC)
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court fined Bus Éireann €2m; Meath County Council €100,000, and Keltank - a family run garage in Balbriggan that serviced the school bus - €100,000.
They had pleaded guilty to various charges following what was described as a "comprehensive and exhaustive investigation" into the accident.
The five schoolgirls killed instantly in what prosecuting counsel described as a "tragic road accident" that happened four miles outside Navan on May 23, 2005 were Claire McCluskey, Deirdre Scanlon, Lisa Callan, Amy McCabe and Sinead Ledwidge.
Another 46 schoolchildren, including Rachel McGovern who was still trapped under the bus when emergency crews arrived, a motorist in another vehicle and the bus driver, Mr John Hubble, were injured.
See: Firm Guilty In Meath Bus Crash
(BMcC)
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