Final farewell to five Buncrana victims today

Family and friends will bade a final farewell to five members of the same family after tragically drowning when a car plunged off a pier in Buncrana.

Sean McGrotty (49) died along with his sons Mark (12) and Evan (8), his mother-in-law Ruth Daniels (59) and Ruth's daughter Jodie Lee Daniels (14) at Buncrana on Sunday evening.

Mr McGrotty lived with his wife Louise and their children at St Eithne's Park in the Ballymagroarty area of Derry.

Ruth Daniels lived with her daughter Jodie Lee and her four sons Joshua, Kyle, Nathan and Jonathan at Ederowen.

Louise McGrotty had been at a family event in England and returned home on Sunday night only to be told that her husband, her two sons, her mother and her sister had all died in the tragedy.

The funeral service will be held at the Holy Family Church in Ballymagroarty, Derry.

Books of condolence for the victims of the tragedy will also be opened in Buncrana and in Derry.