A Donegal TD has described firefighters are the heroes in our communities.
It comes as half of all retained firefighters are continuing to strike for a second day.
If a resolution to concerns over pay and conditions isn't found by next week, all retained fire stations will close.
Firefighters last night walked out as Minister Darragh O'Brien addressed a Sinn Fein motion on the issue.
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Speaking in the Dail last night, Donegal TD Pearse Doherty made reference to the firefighters who attended the Creeslough tragedy:
