Lifford

A YOUNG mother who was killed in a hit-and-run has been remembered as a "fun-loving, bubbly" person who had a zest for life.

THE priest who will lead the funeral of hit-and-run victim Laura Connolly recently promised he would celebrate her wedding next year, he revealed.

A woman who died after being hit by a van which failed to stop early yesterday morning has been named locally as mother-of-one Laura Connolly.

TWO men were arrested after gardaí seized €105,000 of suspected cocaine near the border in Co Donegal.

A 33-year-old man killed in a single-vehicle crash near the Derry/Donegal border was father-of-two Shaun Kelly.

WORK is expected to start next year on a new cross-border cycle and walking path linking Strabane and Lifford after the planned route was unveiled yesterday.

THE funeral will take place today of a Co Donegal man who died after falling into the River Foyle last week despite attempts by passers-by to save his life.

A FORMER meat processing factory located at Blueball on the outskirts of St Johnston, on the eastern Donegal border with Northern Ireland, has been put on the market (prices on application).

A PASSER-BY has been praised for jumping into a river in Co Donegal to save a couple whose car had careered into the water.

THE death of a 34-year-old man Belfast man following a road accident in Co Donegal brings to six the number of people killed on the county’s roads in just over a week.