Testing firm denies charges after fatal Offaly bus crash in which teenage boy died
A vehicle-testing firm and the partners of a bus hire company have gone on trial following a school bus crash in Offaly, in which a 15-year-old student died.
O'Reilly Commercials of Ballinalack in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, denies failing to take account of a missing bolt and a fractured chassis during an inspection of the bus.
Partners in Clara Cabs, Ruairí McKeown and Raymond McKeown, with addresses at River Street in Clara, deny failing to ensure the Mercedes bus was safe.
Schoolboy Michael White was killed in the crash in April 2006.
