Castle Tower school bus cancellations prompts second apology from EA

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The Education Authority has apologised for the second time inside a week after some school bus services were withdrawn at short notice.

A Stormont politician described the situation as a "shocking lack of provision" from the Education Authority

Ms O'Lynn, a local assembly member, criticised the EA over both incidents for its "shocking lack" of provision and preparation. It is not yet clear how many pupils have faced disruption getting to and from school this week but the EA said it was a "small number"."Once more we are seeing the impacts of EA's lack of foresight and shocking lack of provision," Ms O'Lynn said.

"The EA stated last week it had a range of contingency plans for such occurrences but this is clear evidence that is not the case. I have now sought a meeting with the organisation to seek clarity on why this keeps happening.

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