Relatives mark anniversary of Buttevant rail disaster

Around a thousand people gathered in North Cork today to remember the 18 victims of the worst railway accident in Irish history.

Relatives mark anniversary of Buttevant rail disaster

Around a thousand people gathered in North Cork today to remember the 18 victims of the worst railway accident in Irish history.

Eleven Irish people, three Britons, two Americans and two Austrians died in the crash, which happened at Buttevant Rail station on August 1, 1980.

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