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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.

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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.

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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

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.

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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.

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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

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"

Irish Mirror

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.

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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.

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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.

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Girl, 5, killed in petrol station explosion was found wrapped in her dad's arms

Shauna Flanagan Garwe and dad Robert Garwe had gone to get mum Aine a birthday cake

Manchester Evening News

Mourners gather for first funerals of petrol station explosion that killed 10 people

Funeral for 24-year-old Jessica Gallagher is first to take place after deadly blast

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Everton captain Seamus Coleman sends condolences to victims of County Donegal petrol station explosion

Everton captain Seamus Coleman has paid tribute to the 10 people who lost their lives after an explosion at a petrol station in Ireland

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Hundreds attend vigil for 10 killed in explosion at petrol station in Donegal

Enormity of tragedy becoming ‘clearer and clearer’ as initial shock ‘begins to wear off’, says local priest

Irish Mirror

Timeline of Creeslough tragedy - response, cause and funeral details as community comes to terms with devastating loss

The community of Creeslough has been left devastated by the loss as they now prepare for several victims' funerals this week

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Devastated dad of girl, 14, killed in explosion pays tribute to his "little gem"

Hugh Harper described 14-year-old Leona as a "very special" girl and told of the family's heartbreak after she became one of 10 victims killed by the petrol station blast

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Dad says daughter, 14, killed in Creeslough explosion was a ‘little gem’

Leona Harper was laid back and loved life, said her father Hugh

Irish Mirror

Schoolkids in lucky escape from Creeslough explosion as death toll could have been 'twice as high'

Local doctor Paul Stewart said a group of schoolchildren had been sitting on a wall nearby just before it was buried by falling rubble

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Creeslough: The 10 lives cut short in Donegal village tragedy

The victims ranged in age from five to 59

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Creeslough: The 10 lives cut short in Co Donegal village tragedy

Victims of the explosion at a service station in the village ranged from the age of five to 59.

Wales Online

Creeslough petrol station explosion: The 10 people killed including five-year-old girl and two teenagers

The youngest victim was only five and two teens from the same school also died in the tragedy

Irish Mirror

What we know about Creeslough explosion from victims to investigation

The small village is coming together following the horrific tragedy - here's a round-up of what we know so far

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Praise for volunteers who dug through Creeslough blast debris in 'flip-flops'

It comes as hundreds of people gathered at vigils in memory of the 10 people lost in Friday's blast

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