Father lost his 'whole family in one go' after Mayo crash, funeral hears

The coffins of Una Bowden and her daughters, Ciara and Saoirse, who were killed in a crash last month, leave St Eunan’s Church in Raphoe, after their funeral (Niall Carson/PA)

A man whose wife and two young daughters were killed in a crash has said he lost his “whole family in one go”.

Una Bowden and her daughters Ciara, 14, and Saoirse, 10, died when the car they were in collided with a lorry in the Castlegar area, outside Claremorris, Co Mayo, on Tuesday March 26.