Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I spent the morning speaking to many of the families of the Creeslough tragedy. They are distraught and retraumatised. They learnt through the media last night that permission has been granted to redevelop the site where their loved ones were injured and lost their lives. It will be three years in October since their lives were torn apart. Some of the families met with the Minister in October and asked for a public inquiry. They tell me they have not heard from her since. Following that meeting, the Garda Commissioner publicly stated that a public inquiry could run alongside a Garda investigation. This morning, I am thinking of Margaret O'Donnell, the mother of Catherine and the grandmother of James, both of whom were victims in the Creeslough tragedy. She went to her grave at the weekend without the answers that she and all the other families deserve. On the day that the families of the victims have been retraumatised with this decision and how it was communicated, can the Minister give them some comfort? Will she commit, as the former Minister for Justice who was to look into this issue, to the need for a public inquiry?

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