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

The funeral for the oldest victim in the Creeslough explosion will take place in St Michael’s on Friday morning. Farmer Hugh Kelly, 59, will be the eighth person the small Irish community will honour at a service since 10 people were killed in Co ...

14 Oct 2022 at 08:20

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

The families and communities impacted by the Creeslough explosion are “lost in a fog of grief” and painful sadness, the funeral of 14-year-old Leona Harper has been told. The teenager, who had been in the service station to buy ice-cream, was ...

13 Oct 2022 at 19:03

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

The son of one of the victims of the Creeslough disaster has told mourners at his father’s funeral to cherish their life and family. Hundreds attended the funeral of James O’Flaherty at St Mary’s Church in Derrybeg, Co Donegal. Mr O’Flaherty,...

12 Oct 2022 at 16:33

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Creeslough blast victim remembered at funeral for her ‘love’ and ‘kindness’

A fashion designer killed in an explosion at a service station in Ireland has been remembered at her funeral for her “love, affection, kindness and warmth”. Jessica Gallagher, 24, is the first of the 10 victims of Friday’s tragedy in the Co ...

11 Oct 2022 at 15:08

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First funerals of Creeslough explosion victims to take place

The first of the funerals of the victims of the service station explosion in Co Donegal will take place later. Ten people, aged from five to 59, were killed in the tragedy in the village of Creeslough on Friday. Separate funeral services ...

11 Oct 2022 at 02:58

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Liverpool FC 'deeply saddened' at death of young fan Leona Harper

Liverpool FC say they are ‘deeply saddened’ by the death of 14-year-old supporter Leona Harper. Leona was one of ten people killed in Friday’s horrific explosion in Creeslough. Ahead of their Premier League game against Arsenal on ...

09 Oct 2022 at 16:44

National News

Man arrested by gardai investigating Creeslough explosion

Gardai investigating an explosion at a service station in Co Donegal in which 10 people died have arrested a man in his 60s. Four men, three women and three young people, their ages ranging from five to 59, died in the blast on ...

23 May 2025 at 12:50

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

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 ...

13 Oct 2022 at 18:52

National News

Irish president Higgins attending funeral for Creeslough blast victim

Irish president Michael D Higgins is attending the latest funeral for a victim of the Creeslough service station explosion. The funeral service for James O’Flaherty, 48, is under way at St Mary’s Church in Derrybeg, Co ...

12 Oct 2022 at 12:22

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Victims of Cresslough explosion remembered, two years on

Click on the arrows to go through the profiles The ten victims of the Cresslough explosion who lost their lives two years ago The bells of St Michael's Church in Creeslough will ring this Monday in rememberance of the ...

07 Oct 2024 at 12:26

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First funeral for Creeslough blast victims taking place

The first funeral for the victims of the service station explosion in Ireland is under way in the Co Donegal village where the blast happened. Mass for 24-year-old fashion designer Jessica Gallagher is taking place ...

11 Oct 2022 at 12:14

National News

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

The village of Creeslough has given a gift to the rest of the world in setting a template for the power of community when dealing with tragedy, a priest has said. Fr John Joe Duffy was speaking as more funerals ...

12 Oct 2022 at 16:48

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