Martina Martin was remembered as the heart of the shop in the heart of the community of Creeslough, left devastated by the explosion which killed her and nine other people a week ago.
The 49-year-old mother-of-four had returned to her Co Donegal ‘home place’ 14 years ago following the death of her father Michael Russell
And in a short space of time she became the town’s ‘mother hen’, the go-to source of help, cheer, common sense, straight talking, fun and deep compassion.