DONEGAL North East
Deputy Joe McHugh has expressed his deepest
sympathies to the families of the two Glengad
fishermen who lost their lives at sea.
Deputy McHugh, who visited the families of the late
brothers Danny and Francis McDaid, said he would
continue to lobby vigorously for Malin Head Coast
Guard marine rescue centre to be retained. And he
vowed to make the Glengad families' wishes known to
Minister Noel Dempsey.
“The Malin Head Coast
Guard centre co-ordinated the rescue mission, which
located the men in the Belfast Search and Rescue
Region. The families insisted to me that Francis'
and Danny's bodies might never have been found, had
it not been for the great work of the centre," said
Deputy McHugh.
"It is a very sad time for a community that has had
more than its fair share of grief throughout the
years. I will be addressing Minister Noel Dempsey at
the next Good Friday Implementation Committee
meeting and I will be conveying the thoughts of the
families with regard to the future of Malin.
“The retention of the
centre has been high on my agenda in the last few
months and I will continue to question the minister
on the matter. Myself and Councillor Bernard
McGuinness have been working closely on the issue.
The fact that the search mission ended in the
Belfast Search and Rescue Region shows the great
co-operation that exists between Malin and Belfast.
"I will continue to impress on the Minister the huge
mistake that would be made if services are removed
from Malin Head.”
