Their names honoured 25 years on

“I WAS too injured to go to my father’s funeral. So this is my way of saying goodbye.”

Those were the words of an emotional Gill Pitt, whose sentiments were echoed by many of the relatives of the 18 people who lost their lives in the Buttevant rail disaster.

Exactly 25 years on she was among a crowd of nearly 1,000 people who yesterday came to the scene of the horrific accident for special commemoration.