‘We need answers’: Creeslough families meet ministers to push for public inquiry

Aine Flanagan, solicitor Darragh Makin, Shona Gallagher and Hugh Harper speak to the media as they join families affected by the explosion at the Applegreen service station Creeslough, Co Donegal Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Several families of those who died in the Creeslough explosion two years ago have met the Justice Minister to press their case for a public inquiry.

Four men, three women and three children, ranging in age from five to 59, died in the blast that ripped through the Co Donegal village’s Applegreen service station and a nearby apartment block on Friday October 7 2022.