Leona Harper's body was found by a digger driver after a 24-hour search, following an explosion in the small Irish village.
Digger driver 'just didn't stop until he got her'Her mother Donna said:"I didn't personally know the digger driver - a massive thank you to him, because he just didn't stop until her got her."The doctors and everything, everybody was amazing, the way they treated the whole scene from start to finish with nothing more than respect."
Police have said that the cause of the explosion is still being investigated but it is being treated, for now, as a"tragic accident".Her aunt Dolores told the radio station that she had been"the most beautiful young woman", adding that she had qualified as a fashion designer and had been due to start a new job in the industry in Belfast today.
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