Over €670,000 raised for Creeslough community in 48 hours 

The coffins of James Monaghan and his mother Catherine O'Donnell are carried out of St Michael's Church, Creeslough, after their funeral Mass. They both died following an explosion at Applegreen service station in Creeslough on Friday. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

A support fund set up to aid those impacted by the Creeslough explosion has seen €673,000 raised so far.

The Creeslough Community Support Fund was set up by the Irish Red Cross in collaboration with An Post and Applegreen in order to provide immediate and long-term assistance to the Creeslough community.