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.

Mrs Brown’s Boys star Danny O’Carroll has revealed plans for two celebrity events in his adopted Co Donegal next month to raise money for two charities — the Buncrana drowning tragedy and suicide prevention.

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.

Two big-hearted people from both sides of the border have raised €70,000 to assist the relatives of the five who died in last Sunday’s drownings in Co Donegal.

Dublin GAA fans have offered to pay tribute to those who died in the Donegal drowning tragedy. Supporters’ clubs have organised a tribute to the five family members who died when their car slipped off Buncrana Pier last Sunday evening.

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.

The funerals for the five people who lost their lives when their car went off a pier will be held on Thursday afternoon.

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