A Donegal GAA club has been left devastated by the tragic death of young nurse Mary Ellen Molloy in Australia.

The 26-year-old, who was a niece of Donegal's 1992 All-Ireland SFC winning captain and Fianna Fáil county councillor Anthony Molloy, was killed when the branch of a tree fell on a car she was travelling in at about 4pm Irish time on Friday. She had been working in the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Another young woman in the car, also believed to be from Co. Donegal, was also hurt but her injuries are not life-threatening.

Mary Ellen's parents Terence and Angela Molloy, as well as her brothers John and Karl, are being comforted by family and friends.

Leading the tributes to Mary Ellen, Ardara GAA said in a Facebook post: "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 the beautiful girl from Edergole. God Rest you Mary Ellen x."

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help support the families affected by the tragedy.

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