Brave TJ recovering well ahead of Budapest trip


BY DIONNE MEEHAN BRAVE toddler TJ Needham McDaid is recovering well after undergoing bone lengthening surgery in preparation for her trip to Budapest next month. While TJ is in Budapest she will undergo almost four weeks of intense physiotherapy in the hope she will one day be able to walk. Advertisement Born on October 7, […]


Little TJ to travel to Budapest for life changing surgery


TJ Needham McDaid, whose mum Claire is from Drumkeen, is set to travel to Budapest for a life changing surgery which will enable her to walk. On October 7, 2020 Claire McDaid gave birth to her baby girl, TJ, who was born with Spina Bifida Myelomeningocele resulting in her being paralysed from the waist down. When […]


Donegal man brings mother and children from Ukraine


A DONEGAL man has spoken of his heartache and pain watching thousands of refugees cross Ukraine’s western borders. Paul McGlinchey from Letterkenny was in Beregsurany, a  Hungarian village near the Ukrainian border, yesterday. Paul and his wife Inga, who had just arrived from Budapest, made the trip to the Ukraine border to collect their friend […]