IN celebration of 200 years of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), volunteers from Lough Swilly RNLI came together for a special photo. Marking the charity’s foundation in 1824, the volunteers came together at 18.24 on Thursday evening, August 1, 2024. This special event of ‘One Moment, One Crew’ is being held to connect all RNLI […]
Sole survivor of Buncrana Pier tragedy visits her friends in Lough Swilly RNLI
by Louise Doyle THE sole survivor of the Buncrana pier tragedy almost eight years ago, which claimed five lives of her family, has presented a cheque to her friends at Lough Swilly RNLI. Little Rioghnach-Ann McGrotty was just four months old when she was rescued from the waters of Lough Swilly on March 20, 2016 […]
Woman died following beach emergency
THE funeral took place in Buncrana yesterday of Mrs Sinead McLaughlin who suffered a fatal heart attack while swimming at Lisfannon Beach on Sunday morning. Despite a huge attendance at the scene by emergency services and the presence of nurses and a consultant doctor, Mrs McLaughlin, who was in her forties, was pronounced dead at […]