Politics put aside as Dáil pauses to remember Creeslough explosion victims and says 'Nation stands with you'

Special time was put aside in the Dáil for tributes to the victims of the Creeslough tragedy on Tuesday afternoon.

The Taoiseach and all the leaders of the political parties and Dáil groups spoke solemnly and with emotion about the terrible accident that claimed the lives of ten people last Friday.

Leas Cathaoirleach of the Dáil, Catherine Connolly, opened the tributes with some words in Irish, before Micheál Martin stood and read the names of the ten dead into the Dáil record.