The Driver Vehicle and Licensing Agency have come under fire after a number of buses full of children heading to the Féile na nGael were pulled over last week.

A major vehicle-testing operation was carried out on Friday evening with a number of buses travelling from the south of Ireland to Owenbeg subject to the checks.

The children were held on the buses throughout while traffic backed up outside Dungiven and it is understood that the operation only came to an end when the PSNI intervened.

See Tuesday's County Derry Post for the full reaction to this story.

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