Tragedy hits two north west communities
Two communities in the region are coming to terms with weekend tragedies. The bodies of two men were recovered from the water off the coast of Donegal while an elderly man lost his life in a tractor accident in West Sligo. Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths of…
Man dies in hospital after getting into difficulty while kayaking off Aughris Head
A 65 year old kayaker airlifted to hospital from the water off the West Sligo coast at Aughris yesterday evening has died. The man was in a serious condition when taken from the water just before half past eight last night but Gardai in Ballymote have confirmed the man has…
Sligo helicopter airlifts crewman from British submarine 55 miles off Achill coast
The British Royal Navy submarine from which the Strandhill, Co Sligo-based Coast Guard helicopter airllifted an injured sailor to Sligo Univeristy Hospital yesterday morning was located about 55 miles off the west of Achill, Co Mayo. The sailor had injured his legs. Top-cover for the airlift was provided by the…
Bundoran RNLI Lifeboat assist in dive boat rescue
The Volunteer crew of Bundoran RNLI Lifeboat assisted in the rescue of a dive boat with 4 people on board. Malin Head Coast Guard received the call at around 1.50pm yesterday afternoon who requested the immediate launch of The Bundoran Lifeboat and Killybegs Coast Guard Rib. The Bundoran lifeboat was…
Missing helicopter crewman has family links to South Sligo
The search for three missing crew members from Coast Guard Rescue 116 is due to resume around now. There’s fears bad weather could hamper today’s search efforts. It’s undertstood one of those missing has close family connections to the Killavil and Keash areas of South Sligo. A black box signal…
Sligo-based helicopter in rescue off Mayo coast
The coastguard was called in for a medevac from a Russian fishing vessel in the early hours of this morning. Helicopters from Sligo and Dublin attended the scene 180 miles northwest of Erris Head in County Mayo, where a crewman on board the vessel had become ill. He was airlifted…
Body recovered near Killybegs was that of missing elderly man
The body recovered near Killybegs, Co Donegal, early this morning was that of an 84-year old man who had been missing since the afternoon of December 27th. He has been named locally as Patrick Ward, Roughra, Killybegs. The discovery was made after searches by the Coast Guard and Donegal Mountain…