15/04/2026
A day our city will never forget, a day that when I recall puts a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes - I was 6 years old 🥹
I’ll never forget that Saturday, sitting in my nans living room watching the devastation unfold, the phone call from Auntie Theresa quite hysterical. Walking home that night down county road and every pub had queues around the block of people waiting to use the pay phone, desperately calling the number that had been displayed on our tv’s, our close neighbours frantically trying to contact their loved ones that where there…and in the days and weeks that followed being aware of the funerals and the heartache that our city held. Being sent for the daily paper and told “Make sure it’s not the S*N” I remember asking why? My mum saying “because they blamed us” “but we weren’t there” it didn’t need much more of an explanation
My city
My people
My heart
We will always remember this day with heavy hearts, the families and all those affected
And we will always fight for justice - it’s ingrained in us 💙
