Online campaign launched to nominate Buncrana hero for a Presidential award

Davitt Walsh jumped into the water and saved the four-month-old baby before the car sank in the Donegal harbour.

Online campaign launched to nominate Buncrana hero for a Presidential award

Calls are growing online for the man who saved a baby from a sinking car to be given a special Presidential Award.

Davitt Walsh swam out to the car off Buncrana pier as it filled with water just in time for Seán McGrotty to hand the four-month old babythrought he window, moments before the car sank.

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