DD Motoring correspondent Brian McDaid looks at the historical and very important role of ambulance drivers in Donegal. A small…
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DD Motoring Columnist Brian McDaid counted Manus Kelly as a friend. He was at the Mount Errigal Hotel last weekend…
Donegal Daily Motoring Columnist Brian McDaid reminisces on just how good F1 once was. Just when you are about to…
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DD Motoring: Brian McDaid recalls the Owencarrow viaduct disaster
by Brian McDaid 4 weeks agoThe year 2020 is nearly upon us and yet if you ask anyone to name the biggest land transport disaster…
Last week rallying ace Russell Brookes passed away after a long illness, he was just 74. In the year 1974,…
Fifty-one years later plus one hour, my print finally arrives. That was no fault of our local photo lab, Magee’s…
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DD Motoring: Happier times in Wolfe Tone Place – by Brian McDaid
by Brian McDaid 2 months agoEvery time I hear someone with a posh accent pronouncing your everyday “scone” I smile as I say into myself…
Toby Burke is the sweetest hitter of a sliotar. He was Keady’s keeper on the Armagh side that robbed Setanta’s…
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DD Motoring: How to check if your tyres are safe to drive on with a euro coin!
by Brian McDaid 2 months agoA patient awakens in their hospital bed. They have been involved in a crash. Their injuries were lite considering that…
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DD Motoring: New Volkswagen Polo R5 to debut in Harvest Rally
by Brian McDaid 2 months agoFrosses man Donagh Kelly is patiently awaiting the arrival of a VW Polo R5 this week so he can put…
The word is finally out, after a long wait of over a decade since Land Rover and Jaguar Group were…
Nearly a year ago Donegal Daily’s motoring column featured a Donegal man who planned to take to the road for…
In the middle of the flit from one dwelling to another, Mollie climbed into the back of the van with…
DD Motoring Correspondent Brian McDaid was at the Deja Vu Donegal Rally and had a very nostalgic time. I’m borrowing…
As the school doors reopen at the end of the summer break pupils will return to normality and settle down…
I don’t know which runs quieter, the 1910 stationary engine or Ronnie O’Brien with his humble manner as he talks to…
“What is this photo for anyway?” One of the crew enquired as I tried to get everyone on one side…
It’s coming near closing time and the doorbell jingles as someone calls in looking for a picture frame in a…
Nine minutes to home, it said, No delays it said, happy days I thought as I fired up the ignition,…
by Brian McDaid A month has passed but still, the cars arrive from all corners of Ireland to pay their…
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