TRIBUTES have been paid following the death of a young Donegal woman in Australia.
Mary Ellen Molloy from Ardara was killed when a tree fell on a taxi she was travelling in yesterday. The 26-year-old had been working as a nurse in Melbourne when the freak accident occurred.
Ms Molloy is the niece of GAA legend and Donegal County Councillor Anthony Molloy.
Writing on their Facebook page this afternoon, Ms Molloy’s local GAA club, Clg Ard An Ratha, wrote: “We awaken today as a parish numbed by the news from Australia of the death of Mary Ellen Molloy in Melbourne yesterday evening.
“Mary Ellen was a beautiful girl with a permanent smile who lit up every room she walked into. Her love for her family was always so evident whenever they were together and we can only imagine the grief that Terence, Angela, John Ross, Karl Joseph and the Molloy and Gillespie families are feeling at this time.
“As a community we have lost yet another shining light and as ever, we will do whatever we can to assist them at this terrible time. God bless everyone who knew and loved this beautiful girl from Edergole. God rest you Mary Ellen.”