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.

Yesterday the deaths of five people at Buncrana pier in March 2016 were ruled as death by misadventure.

A verdict is due today in the inquests into the deaths of five family members in Buncrana.

The two young men who died in a car crash this weekend have been named locally.

Two young men have died in a crash in rural Donegal this morning. Three others travelling in the same car were injured.

Family and friends of a murdered Irish backpacker have issued an international appeal to help secure justice.

A childhood friend of an Irish backpacker killed in India has released a music single to raise money to pursue justice there.

Mourners attending the funeral of Buncrana woman Danielle McLaughlin have been asked to snub the traditional dark colours and wear vibrant colours instead.

The family of backpacker Danielle McLaughlin may not be reunited with her body until next Tuesday, more than two weeks after she was murdered in India.

One year on from the Buncrana Pier tragedy, a local priest says the victims' families have been overwhelmed with support.

Update - 3.55pm:The body of young Donegal woman, Danielle McLaughlin, murdered in India is expected to begin its journey home tomorrow.

Latest: The suspect in the killing of an Irish woman at a tourist resort in Goa will face murder and rape charges, police in the Indian state have said.

“Derry has been good to me and if I can give back that's what I want to do.”

Buncrana tragedy hero Davitt Walsh is set to receive an award for gallantry from the Transport Minister this evening.

Danny O’Carroll A.K.A. (Buster Brady) has raised a staggering €50,000 for the victims of the Buncrana Pier Tragedy and Pieta House after an incredible fundraising night in Co Donegal.

Hundreds of people attended a Month's Mind Mass in Derry last night to remember the victims of the Buncrana pier tragedy.

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.

A minute’s applause on the fifth minute of the Dublin V Donegal match in Croke Park was honoured this evening for the victims of the Buncrana tragedy.

Elaine Duggan of Cork's Evening Echo wrote an emotional piece this week reacting to the terrible tragedy in Buncrana at the weekend.

Davitt Walsh jumped into the water and saved the four-month-old baby before the car sank in the Donegal harbour.

The funeral service for the family who tragically drowned in Donegal at the weekend will be held in Derry later today.

Hundreds of people are to attend a special vigil next Sunday in Donegal, in memory of those who drowned last weekend in Lough Swilly.

The family of Louise Daniels have released photos of Louise with her husband and sons who drowned in the pier tragedy in Buncrana, Co Donegal on Sunday evening.

President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to the five people who lost their lives in what gardai say was a tragic accident yesterday.

The scale of the tragedy visited upon the relatives of those killed off Buncrana pier is beyond adequate description, the Bishop of Derry has said.

The man who rescued a four-month-baby girl from a sinking car on Buncrana pier last night has been speaking today about the experience.

The horror that unfolded in the waters off Buncrana pier, in which five people died when a car slid into the sea, is the latest tragedy to rock a small seaside town that has had more than its share of heartache.

Gardai investigating the murder of Andrew Allen, who was shot dead just over three years ago, have arrested a man.