Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to a bus on fire near the M7, junction 21, Co Laois on Thursday, April 30, 2026, at approximately 8.15am. The fire was safely extinguished. No injuries have been reported at this time.
Industry NewsA school ski trip from the Edvard-Beneš-Gymnázium in Břeclav, Czechia, ended in tragedy on Tuesday, December 9, when a 64-year-old teacher died after crashing into a tree at the Nassfeld ski resort in Austria. According to police in Carinthia, the accident occurred around 12:30 p.m. on the Trögabfahrt slope, where a group of Czech students was skiing down the valley. For reasons that remain unclear, the teacher veered off the piste and fell roughly 10 meters (33 feet) before striking a tree.
