Joe Duffy, whose family own the 100-year-old pub, said his elderly parents are distraught at what happened
Three adults and two young children had a miraculous escape yesterday when the pub they were staying above suddenly collapsed this morning.
It is understood they were a mother and her two young daughters and the children’s grandfather and his partner.One of the adult women was trapped under the rubble for around half an hour, but escaped with only a fracture. The main street in Kilkelly was closed as a precaution and the Health and Safety Authority said it has launched an investigation into the incident.
Paul Lawless, a Mayo-based peace commissioner, praised the work of the emergency services and said the incident could have been a lot worse. “And I think we’re very lucky in the sense that had it been a school day, perhaps there would have been much more footfall - passing traffic, children on the footpath.
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