CONCERNS have been raised over a scene in hit crime drama The Fall which bears similarities to the tragedy at Buncrana pier earlier this year.
In this week's episode, one of the main characters and her two children are shown trapped in a car as the sea laps around the vehicle.
The drama also sees a man attempt to save the family as the car begins to sink.
While the events being dramatised are not as a result of an accident, as the Buncrana tragedy was, the rescue attempt bears similarities.
Five members of a Derry family lost their lives in March when their car slid off a slipway which was covered with algae.
Sean McGrotty (46), his two sons Mark (12) and Evan (8), his mother-in-law Ruth Daniels (57) and her 14-year-old daughter Jodie Lee Daniels all died.
The tragedy happened after Mr McGrotty took his family out for a Sunday evening drive, while his partner Louise James was away with friends.
Passer-by Davitt Walsh, who was visiting the pier with his girlfriend Stephanie Knox, swam out to the sinking car where Mr McGrotty handed him his four-month-old baby girl daughter Rionaghac-Ann and begged him to save her before turning back to the rest of the family.
Mr Walsh received a marine gallantry award last Friday for his actions.
During last week's episode of The Fall, which is filmed in Northern Ireland, viewers watched as Sally-Ann Spector drove onto a beach late at night with her two children asleep in the back.
The character, played by Bronagh Waugh, had earlier been seen apparently putting a sedative into her daughter's drink.
In this week's episode, shown on RTE on Sunday night and later this week on BBC, a man is seen jumping out of his car and racing down to the beach to try to save Sally and her children from the water.
The little girl can be heard calling for help before the vehicle is almost washed away.
DUP MP Gregory Campbell said making a television show in Northern Ireland in similar circumstances to the Buncrana tragedy "seems very insensitive".
"What happened in Buncrana was totally devastating and seeing this again could well shake up a lot of emotions," he told the Sunday Life.
Buncrana Fianna Fail councillor Rena Donaghey also said on Sunday night that there was still a "huge amount of shock" in the town.
"It is very sensitive especially for the people of Buncrana and for those affected by the tragedy," she said.
"It's all still very raw, it has certainly only been a number of months.
"What happened in Buncrana was devastating, it was one of the worst atrocities in our country and the shock is still there.
"It's very early days."
