Some bereaved families are opposing plans to rebuild a shop and petrol station at the site of the Creeslough explosion in Co Donegal. They are calling for a memorial garden to be developed instead.
Plans to rebuild a shop and petrol station on the site of the Creeslough explosion in Co Donegal are being met with opposition by some of the bereaved families , who have launched a petition calling for a memorial garden to be developed there instead.
The idea that the explosion site would return to use as a shop and filling station with"people going in there on their daily business, walking on the spot where those people died" is too hard to cope with, according to Leona’s grieving father. Also speaking to Drivetime, she said she has made her views known"from the very start" and that the site should become a memorial garden.Ms Boyle said she and her mother still need to use services in the area, but could not do business"in that same spot".She is now calling on"the owners or whoever is involved in the plan going forward to show the same courtesy and respect and not to rebuild on the site they took their last breaths".
While others in Creeslough say there are mixed views as to where a permanent supermarket and service station should be rebuilt, an online petition calling for a halt to reconstruction plans for the explosion site has now gathered more than 1,000 signatures.We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.
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