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Buncrana pier tragedy survivor Rioghnach-Ann McGrotty makes presentation to lifeboat crew

Little Rioghnach-Ann McGrotty, the sole survivor of the 2016 pier tragedy, met with Lough Swilly RNLI members this week to make a special presentation. The eight-year-old, who survived a tragedy that claimed the lives of five of her family members, ...

17 Jan 2024 at 09:45

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Donegal RNLI heroes meet little Rioghnach McGrotty

Buncrana Pier has been the scene of an emotional reunion between little Rioghnach McGrotty and the RNLI Lough Swilly crew members based there. Rioghnach and her mum visited the RNLI portacabin at the pier, the site of the March 2016 tragedy in ...

14 Feb 2020 at 14:58

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Preliminary hearing in Donegal today on pier tragedy

A preliminary hearing into the deaths of five members of one family from Derry at Buncrana pier last year is to get under way this afternoon. Sean McGrotty (49), his sons Evan (8) and Mark (12); the boy's grandmother Ruth Daniels (57) and her ...

16 Jun 2017 at 11:51

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Donegal tragedy hero Davitt Walsh presented with People of the Year Award

The footballer from Kerrykeel's bravery and quick-thinking saved a four months old baby after a car slipped off the pier at Buncrana last March. Five people died in the tragedy. Derry woman Louise James lost her partner Sean and two sons ...

04 Dec 2016 at 11:46

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Buncrana pier tragedy heroes receive awards

Kerrykeel man, Davitt Walsh, and the volunteer crew of Lough Swilly RNLI have received Marine Gallantry awards for their heroic roles in a tragedy in which five people died at Buncrana pier last March. Davitt Walsh came to the rescue ...

15 Oct 2016 at 12:52

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