A vigil has been held for the 10 people who died in the tragic explosion at an Irish petrol station. Prayers were said for victims who included a five-year-old girl and her father who were buying a birthday cake for her mum, and a teenager who had stopped off at the shop to buy ice-cream on her way to a sleepover.
Parents hugged their children, people silently carried candles and the crowd sang an Irish language hymn, A Mhuire Mhathair, as they came together to remember those who died in the Creeslough petrol station explosion. Police are continuing to investigate the blast that ripped through the Applegreen service station and convenience store in the small County Donegal town that is home to 400 people, on Friday afternoon.
The huge explosion claimed the lives of 10 local people who have now been named by police. Those who died were:
