Mr Higgins described the efforts of the emergency services after the explosion as “unbelievable”.

'He was a great man. He worked very hard and very long each day. Whether it was around the house or at work'

As the coffins of Jessica Gallagher and Martin McGill were carried into the Catholic church in Creeslough, the Muckish mountain was in clear view, an-ever present and reassuring feature in the village landscape.

Donegal singer Daniel O’Donnell has said the lives of people affected by the Creeslough tragedy will never be the same again.

Crowds of people turned out in Letterkenny, a short distance away in Co Donegal, for a candlelit vigil on Monday evening.

Ten people, aged from of five to 59, were killed in the explosion on Friday.

Regional Advanced Paramedic Supervisor Brian Ó Fearraigh was in the first ambulance that arrived on the scene of the explosion last Friday.

Village GP Dr Paul Stewart said a group of school children had been sitting on a wall of the service station and convenience store just before it was buried by falling rubble

Parents hugged their children, people carried candles, prayers were said and music was played, including a song called Creeslough, written and played by a local musician.

Here is what we know about the incident in the Co Donegal village of Creeslough which resulted in the deaths of 10 people.

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The motorcyclist was brought to University Hospital Letterkenny in a critical condition, where he later passed away.

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A Donegal hotel has apologised after a promotional €2 a room backfired on them. The Beach Hotel in Downings advertised their rooms for this weekend at a bargain price before they planned to close tomorrow.

A Donegal hotel is offering rooms for €2 per person sharing this weekend. In a post on its Facebook page, Beach Hotel Downings wrote that it is open to residents of the hotel and up to 15 non-residents outside.

The Government has failed Irish businesses in its response to closures and restrictions imposed by Covid-19, according to Donegal Sinn Féin TD Padraig McLoughlin.

Counties Cork, Louth, Waterford, Wicklow, Kildare and Galway have been put on alert as a spike in Covid cases has seen Donegal move to level 3 restrictions.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has announced a €2m extra grand for businesses in Donegal affected by additional restrictions. The news comes after Donegal was placed into Level Three of the Living with Covid plan.

He was caught after a Garda who happened to be passing became suspicious after seeing him wearing a padded jacket and scarf on a warm day

A 19-year-old passenger and a 36-year-old pedestrian lost their lives in separate collisions.

Searches are continuing tonight for a missing angler off Kerry Head. The man believed to be East European had been fishing off the rocks with his brother when he fell in on Wednesday night.

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The father and two children killed when their car plunged off the road into Lough Foyle in Co Donegal on Thursday night have been named by Gardai. They were John Mullan, aged 49, and his children Thomas, aged 14 and Amelia, aged six, from Moville.

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Bishop McGuckian has braved driving rain and the odd outbreak of sunshine to explore the paths once wandered by Saint Colmcille.

A father and son who died in a drowning tragedy in Co Donegal yesterday were here renovating their holiday home.

A man in his 40s and his teenage son died in a drowning incident near Kilmacrennan in Co Donegal on Thursday.

A father and son have drowned after a family day out turned to tragedy in Co. Donegal.

The man, who is in his 20s, was taken to hospital by the Rescue 118 helicopter which traveled from Sligo to extract the man from the cliffs.

A gang who distracted a shop assistant and stole almost €30,000 in cash and jewellery from a Co Donegal antiques shop have been jailed.

Hungarian Dental, of Letterkenny, Co Donegal took an injunction against the landlord Gall Investments after workmen locked them out of the surgery this week.

Gardaí say nobody has been arrested and investigations are continuing.