'We are very angry' - Creeslough families to challenge 'morally bankrupt' decision to redevelop site of tragedy with new petrol station

The Donegal County Council's approval for a petrol station and businesses on the site of a tragic explosion has led to considerable objections from families of the victims. Áine Flanagan, who lost her loved ones, voiced frustration over the lack of space for grieving. The site, where ten lives were lost, will include a small memorial garden, but families feel a commercial development is insensitive. Solicitor Darragh Mackin criticized the council for prioritizing business over the rights of grieving families, vowing to challenge the decision legally.

"It is unfathomable that the Grenfell tower or the Stardust nightclub would be rebuilt. Creeslough is no different."

"Despite the fierce and unrelenting pleas from the families directly affected, the Donegal County Council has placed commercial and business interests above the interests and rights of these families."

"This decision seeks to rub salt into the open wounds of these families who have now, for a second time in recent months, been compelled to fight for what ought to be very basic rights."

"People are not being given the chance to grieve."

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