While Gardai continue to investigate the circumstances of the explosion, families of those who died have called for an inquiry into non-criminal factors of the blast.
Several families of those who died in the Creeslough explosion two years ago have met Ireland’s Justice Minister to press their case for a public inquiry.
Hugh Harper, whose 14-year-old daughter Leona was killed in the explosion, said the three ministers “took on board all our concerns” and that he felt “a step closer” to the truth. “They don’t know what’s going on. And given the scale of this tragedy, it warrants a statutory inquiry that will be run under the chairmanship of a sitting judge or a retired high court judge, who will have the power to summons witnesses, take evidence under oath, make findings of fact, make adverse findings, and resolve conflict where there are opposing accounts of the same events.”
Mr Harper said it was difficult to put his grief into words. We’re coming into Halloween, one of Leona’s favourite times of year, and then coming into Christmas where we have an empty chair again at the Christmas table. Where we’re going to spend nearly all day at her graveside, to leave her graveside and go home without her again.”
“We can try our very best to put our lives back together and continue as much as we can. But like, how could you, how could any of us standing here today answer that question, without the necessary information? There’s so many rumours, there’s so many lies going around that isn’t true and without truth, that’s what will happen. The rumour mill will continue to turn until we have those answers.”
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