Duo raise €70k for relatives of Buncrana victims

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.

Michelle Black from Buncrana and Martin McGranaghan from Derry met for the first time yesterday. Sean McGrotty, 46, his two sons Mark, 12 and Evan, eight, and the boys’ grandmother Ruth Daniels, 59, died alongside Mrs Daniels’s daughter Jodi-Lee.

Ms Black and Mr McGranaghan were so touched by what happened that they decided to try to raise money to help Louise and her baby Rioghnach-Ann.