Ballivor School Bus Victory As New Bus is Sourced

Ballivor School Bus Victory As New Bus is Sourced – Tóibín

Aontú leader and Meath West TD has announced that a new School Bus has been sourced for students and pupils from Ballivor, Co Meath who were left without school bus transport since the start of the academic year. An Teachta Tóibín stated;

“We are delighted to announce that a new School Bus has been sourced for students and pupils that were left without school transport this year. This is mighty news for all concerned. The new bus will start on Monday the 7th of November. Tickets are currently being issued by Bus Éireann. I would like to thank the staff at Bus Éireann for their quick sourcing of this bus”.

“However it should not have had to take children, parents and their TD to walk 17km to school on country roads on a foggy Autumn morning to highlight this crisis. Governments should sort capacity out before they announce these initiatives. The trouble is for each of the 17 children that now have a bus solution in Ballivor there are dozens of others facing a winter and new year still without School Bus transport”.

“This puts families under fierce pressure juggling schools runs, commutes, their jobs and the high cost of living. We know that one of the reasons that school bus companies are not tendering for some of these contracts is that they themselves are locked into previous contracts that are not covering the increase in the cost of the fuel that they use. The government needs to do more to make public transport viable especially in regional and rural areas.

CRÍOCH

The Irish political system is radically broken

In Ireland the vast majority of elected representatives put a finger in the air to check which way the political wind is blowing. They have one eye on their leaders – seeking brownie points – and another eye keeping their seat safe. If elected reps shut up and do as they’re told, they are promoted; if they stand up for what they believe in, they are demoted. No wonder we have the political class we have. No wonder one point one billion euro is being buried in a hole under the National Children’s Hospital and that Stormont is in stalemate.

Throughout Ireland, many people are now afraid to say what they feel, many are afraid to respectfully engage on a range of different topics. Many feel there is a new censorship and a new political correctness in Ireland, that opposition to the establishment is being deleted.

Respectful opposition is not the enemy. Respectful opposition is a critical element of a functional democracy. Aontú will have the backbone to stand up, without fear, for you.