Thursday, July 29 2010

frontpage

Community unites for brave Nicola

THOUSANDS of euro have been raised in the first week of a major fundraising drive for Nicola McDonnell, the 25-year-old Rathmullen woman who suffered severe spinal injuries following a freak accident. A family fun day ended in tragedy when Nicola fell from a bouncy castle. She has spent the last number of months in hospital at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire but is planning to return home. She suffered damage to her neck area and is now confined to a wheelchair.

Great man-eating jellyfish found in Mornington!

A MAN-eating jellyfish has been found by the side of the River Boyne at Mornington! Well, that was the view of one Drogheda Independent reader who came across it at the weekend! 'I was shocked when I saw it. It was huge, it looked as if it could eat someone!,' the startled local remarked. They came across the giant jellyfish just at the mouth of the Boyne at low tide.

Leinster final in the past: O'Brien

LOUTH supporters might feel that Meath have everything to prove after being robbed of Leinster glory by Joe Sheridan's controversial last-gasp goal, but Royals boss Eamonn O'Brien says that's all the in past. While the Wee County finally bowed out of the Championship at the hands of a strong Dublin side last Saturday, their neighbours are looking forward to an All-Ireland quarter-final against Kildare in Croke Park next Sunday (4pm).

Big birthday celebrations on double

SCHOOL friends Michael Carter and Paul Moore who have known each other since they went to St Joseph's CBS together held a joint 21st in the Star Bar recently. Michael, Flanagan's Terrace was accompanied by his girlfriend, Sarah Dyas, from Ballsgrove. Paul, whose family hail from Pearse Park, was there with his girlfriend, Lorna from Moneymore.

Editor's Choice

In Pictures

  • Debutant Darren Meenan accelerates past Keith Quinn.
  • Stamullen cyclist Craig Sweetman was runner-up in the Tommy Brady Memorial Race in Robinstown.
  • Peter Brennan holds off River House's Kevin Farrell.

The Week in Sport July 21