Two in clifftop fall were returning from party

TWO men who slipped off a cliff edge in Donegal had been partying with friends and were waiting for a taxi when the tragedy occurred yesterday.

Niall Anderson, 21, a painter from Cavangarden in Ballyshannon, died when he plunged 90 feet from the cliffs at Rossnowlagh at 7am on Sunday.

His 19-year-old friend, college student Alan Gallagher from Clyhore, Ballyshannon landed half way down the cliff. He remains on a life support machine at Sligo General Hospital. A hospital spokesperson said: “He is critically ill.”