Buttevant memorial - Fitting ways to honour the dead

Eighteen remembrance candles flickered into life for each of the victims of the worst tragedy in Irish transport history, in one of the moving ceremonies held yesterday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Buttevant rail disaster.

Family members and friends of the victims gathered to solemnly reflect on those who perished in a tragedy which shocked the nation, and the dreadful consequences of which spanned international borders.

As well as the 11 Irish people who died, there were three British, two American and two Austrian visitors who also met their deaths so tragically in the North Cork station, and who were represented at the ceremonies.