Taoiseach to visit Creeslough explosion survivors in hospital
Micheál Martin travelled to Creeslough on Saturday evening and met with some bereaved families. Today, he is expected to visit Letterkenny University Hospital, where seven people injured in Friday's explosion are being treated
An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, has met with some family members of those killed in Friday’s horror explosion in Creeslough.
Mr Martin travelled to Donegal on Saturday and visited the site of the blast, which claimed ten lives, including a five-year-old girl and two teenagers.
On Sunday, having stayed in the county on Saturday night, he will go to Letterkenny University Hospital to meet survivors.
Having met with emergency service workers and local volunteers, Mr Martin attended a service at St Michael’s Church, with other political leaders.
Mr Martin met with some of the bereaved families.
Eight people were hospitalised with one person in a critical condition having been transferred to a burns unit in a Dublin hospital.
The other seven are in Letterkenny University Hospital, where they are said to be ‘stable’.
“The entire nation is mourning,” Mr Martin said.
“It is truly shocking and tragic.”