Friday 13 December, 2019
It is understood they spent four hours in the water before they were rescued.
The Coast Guard mounted a rescue operation after three people in a boat got into difficulty.
Favourable weather conditions are expected this morning which will allow divers to reach the wreckage of the helicopter beneath the water.
The girls were airlifted to hospital as a precaution.
We love you too, Mark <3
The force is actually with us. Eeek!
A good old-fashioned Donegal welcome.
Crews are working hard to finish the sets in time for filming.
The force is strong in this sham.
The force is with them.
Children are among the dead.
For your education, Star Wars.
A Donegal photographer captured the amazing experience.
Looks like they all had fun (after that initial flood of terror at the appearance of that distinctive fin).
Here’s how the tanks got there.
Gardaí are investigating.
The man is said to be in a critical condition.
Faster than lightning…
The Kerry adventurer navigated sub-zero temperatures at 10,000 ft to make the 590km journey.
This stunning scene of Milky Way and Aurora Borealis was caught last night at Malin Head.
The Empire Heritage transport ship was torpedoed off Malin Head in 1944, with the loss of 113 lives.
In two separate incidents, the Spanish and Italian tourists were bitten while out walking the cliffs
The discovery of the body of a woman in the Rockstown Bay area has led to fears that a child may also be missing.
The west coast has been particularly badly hit by the overnight high winds, with power cuts from Donegal to Limerick.
…except in Malin Head (yes, the one in Donegal) which had its driest April since 2007.
The 22-year-old man plunged from a cliff at Achill yesterday afternoon and Coast Guard teams are still trying to recover his body. The search has been called off until 7am tomorrow.
A FISHERMAN has died after falling overboard from his vessel off the cost of Mayo this morning. A search and rescue operation was launched by the Coastguard based in Malin Head, and the fisherman was recovered from the water, but he was pronounced dead on arrival at Sligo General Hospital a short time later.
AN INVESTIGATION HAS been launched following the deaths of two men off the Galway coast this morning in a boating incident. At 10.40 a man’s body was found washed up at Inishbofin, and the second man’s body was then found trapped under a dinghy under the boat. The men were in their late 50s and early 60s and both were wearing lifejackets. No distress calls were sounded from the boat.
THE UK GENERAL election results have shown a huge majority for the Conservative Party and as a result, Brexit will almost certainly happen next month.
Labour, on the other hand, saw its worst result since 1935 and party leader Jeremy Corbyn has said he will step down from his role.
In terms of an Irish general election, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said in October that this would not be held before Christmas, partly due to Brexit uncertainty.
May 2020 has been Varadkar’s preferred date for the past few months, but the UK election result indicates that Brexit looks set to take place by 31 January,
So, today we’re asking: In the wake of the result in the UK, would you like to see an Irish general election in the next three months?
Poll Results:
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Some sun with a brief shower or two
Max: 7 °C
Min: 2 °C
Rather cloudy, showers around; windy
Max: 5 °C
Min: -1 °C
Breezy and chilly with clouds and sun
Max: 6 °C
Min: 0 °C
