Planning permission refused for service station beside Creeslough tragedy site

A planning decision has been overturned on a proposed development beside the site of the Creeslough tragedy, where ten people lost their lives.

Donegal County Council granted conditional planning permission in March for a shop and forecourt near the site.

However, An Coimisiún Pleanála has now refused permission for the new service station.

Among those killed in the October 2022 explosion was 14-year-old Leona Harper, who had been buying ice cream with a friend.

Her father, Hugh Harper, told Greg Hughes this morning that no redevelopment should have been considered until at least investigations into the tragedy had run their course:

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