A priest pays tribute to the man who died after an explosion while he was working in Bunbeg.
2 hours agoThe incident happened on the outskirts of Bunbeg, in the west of County Donegal, on Monday.Gardaí are investigating the circumstances of the explosion.
They said a man in his 40s died and was taken to the mortuary at Letterkenny University Hospital where a post-mortem was due to take place on Tuesday.Specialist explosion experts from the Irish Defence Forces were sent to the scene Priest Father Brian Ó Fearraigh told the BBC's The North West Today programme that he administered the last rites to the man at the scene."Thinking of man who died yesterday, I have since learned that he was a married man and a father," said the priest.
"He left loved ones to do a decent and an honest day's work but that unfortunately came to a very tragic end." Explosives experts from the Irish Defence Forces were sent to the scene on Monday evening and the area was declared safe.A minute's silence was held at Monday's meeting of Donegal County Council to express "sympathies to the family and friends of the man who was killed in a work accident in west Donegal".
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