Buttevant train crash: 25th anniversary remembered

A ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of Ireland's worst ever transport disaster will take place in north Cork tomorrow morning.

Buttevant train crash: 25th anniversary remembered

A ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of Ireland's worst ever transport disaster will take place in north Cork tomorrow morning.

The Buttevant train crash killed 18 people and injured 62 in 1980 when a Cork-Dublin train carrying 230 passengers jack-knifed.

Carriages were thrown across four train tracks.

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