The story below is a first hand account of how Tosh Lavery, a diver with the Garda Sub-Aqua Unit, discovered… Read more Diver Recovers Skipper’s Body
The Evelyn Marie Tragedy
The MFV Evelyn Marie from Killybegs sank off the exact same spot off Rathlin O’Beirne island on January 7, 1975… Read more The Evelyn Marie Tragedy
Bewilderment of a Twice-Tragic Village
Father Daniel McDyer, parish priest of Burtonport, spoke last night of the shock mixed with bewilderment felt in the tiny… Read more Bewilderment of a Twice-Tragic Village
All Out Search for Lost Fishermen
The Air Corps, Army, Navy and Gardai joined forces yesterday in Glencolumcille, Co. Donegal, in the biggest–and most expensive–combined deep-sea… Read more All Out Search for Lost Fishermen
The Cruel Sea
The cruel sea, that yesterday claimed another five Donegal fishermen, last night kept its secret of what happened yesterday morning… Read more The Cruel Sea
The Skifjord Tragedy
The MFV Skifjord was the third trawler tragedy to happen at the same spot on October 31, 1981. The two… Read more The Skifjord Tragedy