A Donegal man who nearly died after he suffered a cardiac arrest during a game of golf last week has praised his fellow golfers for saving his life.

FALCARRAGH, Co Donegal is bracing itself for up to 15,000 visitors on what promises to be a fine weekend weather-wise, as well as in terms of football where 17 teams from Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Kerry, Cork, Antrim, Waterford, Dublin and London will contest the senior and junior competitions.

THE spread of swine flu in a Donegal Gaeltacht area has forced the closure of a second school, as teachers struggled to cope with the number of sick pupils.