A group of Transition Year students from Roscrea were travelling to Kilkenny.
Four people are still in hospital after a serious crash between a school bus and a truck in Kilkenny.
It happened on the N77 Durrow to Kilkenny road at Ardaloo shortly after ten o'clock this morning.
A group of Transition Year students from Roscrea were travelling to Kilkenny when the crash happened.
The lorry driver was seriously injured and has been airlifted to Tallaght Hospital in Dublin, while the bus driver was taken to the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore with non life-threatening injuries.
The teachers and students on the bus were taken to St. Luke's Kilkenny with non life-threatening injuries.
One student and a teacher are still in hospital.
Coláiste Phobal Roscrea says the students involved will receive the necessary support they need and is also extending its well wishes to all those involved in the incident.
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to the crash, particularly those with camera or dashcam footage, to come forward.
Anyone with any information is being asked to contact Kilkenny Garda Station on 056 7775000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.
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