A Derry newspaper has reported that the family of victims of the Buncrana Pier tragedy have received a claim against the deceased’s estate from a woman who helped at the scene.

Louise James, the woman who lost her partner and four members of her family in the Buncrana pier tragedy in March 2016, has launched a legal action seeking damages from Donegal County Council. 

A woman who lost her mother, partner, sister and two boys in the Buncrana, Co Donegal drowning tragedy has told how she knew something was wrong the moment the phone rang.

Latest: Louise James, who lost her partner Sean and four family members in the tragedy, has spoken of how she felt something was not right on the day that her family were hit by tragedy.

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A father of five from Co Cork who has saved two people from drowning in separate incidents over the last decade, will be among 47 people from across the country who will today be rewarded for the bravery they showed in water rescues.

Teenager Ricky Osagie, who died trying to save two girls from drowning, was remembered yesterday as the National Bravery Awards were presented in Dublin.

A tragedy similar to the deaths of a family of five in Buncrana last March could happen at Foynes pier in the Shannon estuary if the pier remains in its current state and is not regularly cleaned, a senior member of the port town’s search and rescue service warned.

An overhaul of the pier on which five members of one family died when their car slipped into the sea has taken place to ensure a similar tragedy never happens again.

A man is in hospital after he was found in the sea last night off the same pier where five members of the one family died in Buncrana in March.

A mother who lost five members of her family when their car plunged off a pier has run a marathon in memory of her son just weeks after the tragedy.

Widow Louise James has asked friends to rally around her once again this week as she prepares to mark a month since the drowning tragedy that claimed five of her family at Buncrana Pier.

The hero of the Buncrana drownings tragedy has said he is looking forward to being a part of the life of the baby he saved from the freezing sea.

Dublin host Donegal in their Division 1 National Football League game tonight and fans of the hosts are said to be planning a commemoration for the victims of the tragedy in Buncrana last Sunday.

A grieving woman who lost her partner, two sons, mother, and sister in the Donegal drowning tragedy has shown unbridled courage to write and read a poem in their honour.

Emergency services involved in the Buncrana tragedy which claimed the lives of five members of the one family have been offered specialist support services for any affected officers.

The sight of five coffins being carried up the steps of the Holy Family Church was beyond heartbreaking.

Calls are growing online for the man who saved a baby from a sinking car to be given a special Presidental Award.

Two days after five people died at a Co Donegal pier, warning signs or safety measures have still not been installed there.

They came clutching flowers with despair and disbelief etched on their faces.

DUNDALK overcame the elements and Finn Harps to clinch the runners-up spot in the First Division at Finn Park yesterday.