'Mammy I miss you so much' Boy's final words to his mother retold at Buncrana funeral

A boy who drowned with four members of his family when their car plunged off a pier in Buncrana had told his mother on the phone minutes earlier that he wanted to hug her.

A boy who drowned with four members of his family when their car plunged off a pier in Ireland had told his mother on the phone minutes earlier that he wanted to hug her.

Evan McGrotty, aged eight, died alongside his 12-year-old brother Mark, his father Sean, 46, grandmother Ruth Daniels, 57, and her 14-year-old daughter, Jodie Lee Daniels, when their SUV sank after sliding off a slipway in Buncrana, Co Donegal.