A motion by Cllr Frank McBrearty at Monday’s Council meeting got unanimous backing for the establishment of an Independent Statutory Judicial Public Inquiry into the Creeslough explosion in October 2022. A number of bereaved families and survivors were in Lifford where they heard Cllrs give their full backing to the motion with Cllr Michael McBride stating that getting to the truth cannot drag on like it did for the Stardust families who waited over four decades for answers. Moving the motion, Cllr McBrearty said the Creeslough explosion was the worst tragedy Donegal had witnessed in a couple of centuries with ten people losing their lives from the ages of 5 to 59. “It’s the first time that I have spoken publicly about the Creeslough tragedy after the Harper family came to me earlier this year. I advised them of the need for a full Independent Statutory Judicial
