Beach rescue as man falls ill
Farm tragedy 10-yr-old is laid to rest
LIFEBOAT crews rushed to save a man who collapsed yesterday.
The incident happened at Rossnowlagh Beach in Co Donegal at 11am.
A landing site was cleared for the Rescue 118 helicopter which arrived a short time later.
He was airlifted to Sligo University Hospital. His condition was not known last night.
Crew member Brian Gillespie paid thanks to the passer-by who alerted the emergency services.
Coffin arrives at Aughaclay
THE heartbreaking funeral of a 10-year-old schoolgirl killed in a farm tragedy has heard how she was the perfect pupil.
Little Louise Colhoun died after she was struck by a tractor on the family farm in Malin, Co Donegal, just after 5pm on Thursday.
The community of North Inishowen and beyond turned out in their hundreds yesterday to show their support for Louise and her devastated family.
Mourners kept a social distance as they supported the Colhoun and Douglas families as Louise was laid to rest after her funeral Mass at St Patrick’s Church in Aughaclay.
Friends lined the route with heads bowed as Louise’s funeral cortege with her small white coffin left her home and travelled through Malin town and in to the church.
She was one
of
three
children
of farmer Robert Colhoun and his wife Sarah Jo, and was a pupil at Urblereagh National School in Malin Head.
Among those in attendance were members of the Malin GAA club for which Louise was a proud member of the Under-10 football team.
Friends decked in their black and amber colours stood in silence as their team-mate was brought to her final resting place.
Also in attendance were members of the Coast Guard, the ambulance service, the Garda and Glengad FC.
Principal of Urblereagh National School, Mr Ronan Ruddy, told mourners that parent-teacher meetings with Louise’s parents were a pleasure but very short because staff only had good things to say about her.
He also spoke of her love of animals and music and how she was such a joyful and happy child.