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GLASGOW HELICOPTER DISASTER: POLICE CONFIRM JOHN McGARRIGLE AMONG DEAD

written by Stephen Maguire December 3, 2013
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POLICE in Glasgow have confirmed that John McGarrigle, whose family is from Letterkenny, is among the nine people killed in the city’s helicopter disaster.

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John Jnr, left, pictured with his dad on a previous visit to the same bar

Mr McGarrigle’s son John Jnr had been staging a vigil at the site of the Clutha Bar where his father was last seen alive on Friday night last, shortly before the police helicopter crashed on to the pub’s roof.

Glasgow Police confirmed 57-year-old Mr McGarrigle, a poet and writer, was one of the victims shortly after midnight.

 

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Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire is the co-founder of Donegal Daily. He has worked as a reporter for almost 30 years starting locally with the Donegal Peoples Press before moving to the Mirror Group. He continues to contribute daily to national media outlets including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Star, the Daily Mail and the Examiner.

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