FUNERAL arrangements have been confirmed for the two Donegal men who tragically died last weekend with three other road fatality victims.
Caoilan Bushe and Leon Shovlin were killed when their car was in a collision with another vehicle on the N15 near collision near Barnesmore on Saturday.
The tragedy of Caoilan (30) and Leon (27) was followed by a second collision in Muff just hours later that caused the death on Sunday of Derry man Ashlea Harkin, who was in his 20s.
A fourth motorist, a woman in her 20s, died in a collision in Dublin on Saturday night.
Then, on Sunday morning, Tyrone dad-of-two Adrian Slevin, who was in his 30s, died following a two-vehicle crash in Omagh.
The sad news of all five deaths of the victims – who tragically died in Donegal, Dublin, and Tyrone – was being absorbed on Sunday while mourners wept at the funeral in Tipperary of GAA star Laura Kennedy (20), who died last Tuesday, May 12.
The scene of the road closure on the N15. Photo: Brian McDaid.
It was announced today (Tuesday) that Leon’s funeral will be held tomorrow at 11am the Church Of The Holy Family in Ardara.
Caoilan’s requiem Mass is at 1pm on the same day at the Church of the Holy Redeemer in Drimarone.
Arrangements are expected today for Mr Harkin, who died in Altnagelvin Hospital on Sunday surrounded by his loving family after a single-vehicle collision in the Ardmore area of Muff, just a short distance from his Mount Vernon home.
The three men’s heartbreaking fatalities in Donegal in just 24 hours means there have been seven road deaths in Donegal this year, compared to 10 for all of 2025.
The death notice for Mr Shovlin states: “The tragic death has taken place of Leon Shovlin, No14 Glen View, Ardara.
“Deeply regretted by his mother Corinna and father Alan Blanking and all his relatives neighbours and friends.
“Remains reposing at his residence. Funeral from there on Wednesday, May 20, at 10.30am, going to the Church Of The Holy Family Ardara for 11am requiem Mass with burial in the family plot in Kilraine graveyard, Glenties.
“House private please to family and close friends.”