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‘We need answers’: Creeslough families meet ministers to push for public inquiry

Hugh Harper said he felt ‘a step closer’ to the truth after the meeting with three ministers on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Remembering the 10 victims of the Creeslough tragedy

A service is to be held at the site of the blast in memory of the ten people who lost their lives last October.

The Independent UK

TG4 to air documentary on Creeslough tragedy despite appeals from some victims' families

Some families of those killed in the explosion have objected to the documentary saying it's still 'far too raw'

Irish Mirror

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Creeslough rescue digger driver insists he did 'what any other person would have done'

Henry Gallagher said: "The only way that they are going to get the news of a loved one being taken out, is for me to get in"

Irish Mirror

Creeslough rescue digger driver speaks publicly for the first time in new TG4 programme

"I would have stayed in that digger for ages after that just until I got the bodies out"

Belfast Live

Concert for Creeslough: Irish music stars hold special gig in memory of 10 who died in tragic explosion

There were smiles and tears but also a sense of healing as people gathered to support eachother and none more so was that emotion felt when the names of the ten people who lost their lives were read out.

Irish Mirror

Heartbroken dad of girl killed in Creeslough explosion still can't believe she's gone

'Losing a child is the worst pain anyone could live with'

Irish Mirror

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Oldest victim of Donegal explosion was in remission after cancer battle, funeral hears

Mourners also heard that Mr Kelly had brought two other victims of the blast, Robert Garwe and his daughter, Shauna Flanagan Garwe, to the service station shop to buy a birthday cake for her mother on the day of the tragedy

Irish Mirror

Oldest victim of Creeslough explosion was in remission after cancer battle

Mourners lined the streets of the rural village to say goodbye to a member of their community for the fourth day in a row.

The Independent UK

Oldest Creeslough blast victim Hugh Kelly to have funeral a week after explosion

Hugh Kelly, 59, is the eighth explosion victim the small Irish community will honour at a funeral service.

The Independent UK

Families 'lost in fog of grief' and pain, moving funeral of teen explosion victim told

Leona Harper had been in the Creeslough service station to buy ice-cream, and was one of the 10 people killed in the blast in Co Donegal, with her family describing her as a "gem" who "shone brightly"

Daily Mirror

Liverpool FC flag flies as 'little miracle' Leona Harper laid to rest

“Leona brightened her world with a gentle but feisty character, a unique personality"

Liverpool Echo

Funeral for 14-year-old Creeslough tragedy victim Leona Harper takes place

Mourners have heard that one of the youngest victims of the Creeslough blast, Leona Harper, was “a little lady with a big heart” and a “little miracle”.The 14-year-old girl died in the Creeslough service station explosion along with nine others.A red tractor formed part of the funeral procession as it…

Evening Standard

Over €400,000 raised for the families of those killed in the Creeslough tragedy as community 'overwhelmed' with support

Ten people were killed in the heartbreaking explosion at a complex consisting of apartments and an Applegreen Service Station.

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Finn Harps pay touching tribute to Creeslough victims with special programme ahead of Dundalk clash

The Harps are based around an hour away from where the tragedy took place in Donegal

Irish Mirror

Funeral told Creeslough victim Leona Harper, 14, 'sparkled with energy and fun'

"Hugh and Donna talk of their daughter as their little miracle - and therein lies a story"

The Independent UK

Families and communities of Creeslough tragedy are ‘lost in a fog of grief’

The funeral of Leona Harper heard how her sudden death has left all those who knew and loved her “shell-shocked and grief-stricken”.

The Independent UK

14-year-old Creeslough victim was ‘a little lady with a big heart’, funeral told

The congregation heard of Leona Harper’s many varied interests, from music and dance, to fishing and boxing.

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Creeslough funerals: Catherine O'Donnell and son James killed in Creeslough tragedy laid to rest together

“It is no wonder, under such circumstances, that words fail us this afternoon"

The Independent UK

Creeslough has set template for the world in power of community, mourners told

More funerals took place on Wednesday of the victims of an explosion at a service station in the Co Donegal village last Friday.

Daily Record

Creeslough mum praises digger driver who kept searching for missing teen's body 24 hours after petrol explosion

Donna Harper has opened up about her 14-year-old daughter, Leona, who was killed in the petrol explosion at Applegreen filling station in Donegal last Friday.

The Independent UK

Cherish your family and life, son of Creeslough victim tells funeral

Hundreds attended the funeral of James O’Flaherty at St Mary’s Church in Derrybeg, Co Donegal.

The Independent UK

Irish president Higgins attending funeral for Creeslough blast victim

The funeral service for James O’Flaherty, 48, is being held at St Mary’s Church in Derrybeg, Co Donegal.

Daily Mirror

Digger driver refused to stop until he found body of girl, 14, killed in station blast

Donna Harper, the mother of Leona Harper who died in the Creeslough filling station explosion, has opened up about how emergency workers didn't stop searching for her daughter's body until she was found

The Independent UK

Hundreds of mourners attend first funerals for Donegal explosion victims

Ten people were killed in the blast at a service station and shop in the village of Creeslough on Friday.

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