The National Public Health Emergency Team is currently reviewing the use of masks in primary schools. Representatives appeared before the Oireachtas Health Committee this morning. Deputy Cathal Crowe described the ongoing use of masks in primary schools as a struggle, and asked when this measure would be stood down. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr …
There were 29 people awaiting beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, three of them on Emergency Department trolleys. According to the INMO’s Trolley Watch report, the figure at Sligo University Hospital was even higher, with 34 admitted patients awaiting beds there, 25 of them in the ED. In total, there were 520 people awaiting …
The Dail has been told that cancer patients in the Saolta region have the worst outcomes in Ireland. Independent TD Sean Canny was speaking during a debate on the cost of cancer care, during which he called for investment in the Regional Cancer Centre in Galway, as well as in other Level 3 hospitals across …
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The community of Glenties have been praised for their part in the investigation into the Wild West shooting rampage. Yesterday, 24 year old Stephen Dowling of Burren Road, Carlow was sentenced to 8 years in prison after he figured a number of shots from a high-powered telescopic rifle on Glenties main street in the early …
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A leading Mica campaigner has voiced his frustration over a lack of progress on the delivery of the enhanced Mica redress scheme announced back in November. Paddy Diver claims Donegal County Council needs to refocus its efforts . On the Nine til Noon Show this morning, he hit out at what has become a cycle …
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The Social Protection Minister has said she’ll consider a committee report which recommends against increasing the State pension age. An Oireachtas committee has said it rejects the Pensions Commission recommendation that the retirement age increase beyond 66. It also wants mandatory retirement clauses in contracts to be banned. The Pensions Commission found the current State …
Serious concerns have been raised over not fit for purpose facilities for students with special educational needs at a school in Inishowen. Anthony Harkin’s 15 year old son AJ attends Scoil Mhuire Buncrana and along with other pupils with special educational needs has been moved to a building off campus with Covid cited as a …
A Donegal Deputy says it’s astonishing that ‘Person K’ identified in the Greenwich report as having been involved in multiple murders in the North West between 1989 and 1993 was never brought to justice. The recently published report details that the so called ‘Person K’ is believed to have been involved in multiple murders and …
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Hauliers who had been crossing the border into Donegal through Clady village will now have to rethink their route. It’s after 7.5 HGV weight restriction signs were erected in the west Tyrone village in recent days after a significant local campaign. The community has previously voiced concerns relating to heavy duty vehicles passing through the …
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A Donegal Senator says the terminology currently being used in child pornography legislation is harmful. Senator Eileen Flynn has moved to introduce a child trafficking and child sexual exploitation material amendment bill to address what she says is a very important language issue. She’s proposed the legislation use the term ‘child sexual exploitation material’ as …
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A proposal to cut €100 off every household’s energy bill will be debated in the Dáil today. The cabinet signed off on the plan last week, and hopes it will be passed through the Oireachtas this month. The once-off payment will then be taken off people’s electricity bills at the end of March. But People …
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The Taoiseach has praised the Bloody Sunday families and the people of Derry after travelling to the city for last weekend’s 50th anniversary commemorations. Speaking in the Dail during a discussion on legacy issues in the context of the New Decade New Approach, Michael Martin said the message of the weekend was one of resilience …
Work is due to get underway in the coming weeks on the water supply in Buncrana. The new water mains are set to reduce the high level of leakage in the area and will increase security of supply and reliability. Irish Water, working in partnership with Donegal County Council, is replacing approximately 900m of old …
Most cancer patients spend €800 a year on public hospital charges, according to the Social Democrats. The party will bring forward a motion in the Dáil today, calling for the fees to be scrapped for these patients. Inpatient hospital charges are €80 per visit – capped at €800 a year. The Social Democrats’ health spokesperson, …
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The government’s approval of an exam-only Leaving Cert is a missed opportunity for meaningful reform, according to a youth advocacy group. Yesterday it was announced this year’s exam won’t have predictive grading and instead give students fewer questions and greater choice to answer. It comes despite calls from students for the hybrid model to remain …
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Foyle Search and Rescue is to receive over £150,000 in funding. DAERA Minister Edwin Poots confirmed the funding to Mr Durkan in the Assembly yesterday. It’s understood that the money will go towards essential equipment to support search and rescue teams. Since being established in 1993 Foyle Search and Rescue has saved countless lives of …
Listen back to the main evening news, sport and obituaries for Tuesday February 1st.
Police have confirmed that the security alert at Foyleside shopping centre has ended and has been declared a hoax. All stores are now open and operating as normal. Earlier today the PSNI liaised with management at Foyleside Shopping Centre to advise they had received a report of a bomb being placed in the centre …
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Taoiseach Michael Martin has clashed with Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty in the Dail this afternoon, after Deputy Doherty raised questions about the party held by Department of Foreign Affairs staff after Ireland secured a place on the UN Security Council. Deputy Doherty asked if Minister Simon Coveney would come to the Dail to answer questions …
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10,618 new cases of Covid 19 have been confirmed in the Republic this afternoon. There were 4,208 PCR confirmed cases, while a further 6,410 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. Meanwhile, 4,622 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the North in the last 24 hours. There have been four aditional …
A man who went on a shooting rampage with a high-powered rifle in Glenties has been jailed for eight years. 24 year old Stephen Dowling of Burren Road, Carlow who went on, what was described in court as, ‘a wild west rampage’ in February of 2020 was sentenced today at Letterkenny Circuit Court. Reacting to …
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Foyleside Shopping Centre in Derry has been evacuated due to a security alert. Police said there had been a report of a bomb being placed in the centre this afternoon. Motorists and pedestrians are advised to avoid the area and there are no further details at this stage.
The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors has called for mandatory support for members caught up in traumatic incidents in the line of duty. It comes following the sentencing today of 24 year old Stephen Dowling of Burren Road, Carlow who went on, what was described as, ‘a wild west rampage’ in Glenties in …
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The number of new cars registered in Donegal is up over 2%. 619 new cars were registered in the county last month, up from 604 during the same period the previous year. Nationally, however, new car registrations for January are down slightly. According to the Society of the Irish Motor Industry, over 25,000 new cars …
66 people with Covid-19 are in ICU this afternoon – the joint lowest since early October. Figures also show there’s 624 patients with the virus in hospital. Latest figures show 14 infected patients at Letterkenny University Hospital, two in Intensive Care Last week, the HSE said almost half of admissions to hospital linked to Covid …
A campaign has been launched today seeking investment to tackle a serious shortage of nurse specialists in neurology in Sligo University Hospital. The Neurological Alliance of Ireland says increasing the number of nurse specialists in neurology will reduce waiting lists, free up hospital resources and deliver real improvements for neurology patients. The NAI says Sligo …
Irish Water say supply disruptions may be experienced in Craigtown, Burnfoot and surrounding areas due to a power outage. Work is currently ongoing to resolve the issue with supply expected to be restored by 4pm this afternoon.
Searches have been carried out in Derry today following an anonymous report received by police in the early hours of this morning that a device had been left at a school. Officers conducted searches and checks both in the building in the Hawkin Street area and the surrounding area. Chief Inspector Clive Beatty has confirmed …
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has warned that chronic overcrowding cannot become the norm once again in the country’s hospitals. Last month, a total of 8,636 patients were on trolleys at hospitals across the country, 817 of those patients were waiting on a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital. Letterkenny was the second most overcrowded …
There are calls for a dedicated planning team for Letterkenny. It’s thought the town has suffered since the town council was abolished some years ago. Plans are already afoot for Letterkenny to become a city by 2040. Cllr Gerry McMonagle say if the Council is serious about developing the town, then it would be a …
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Students will sit the traditional Leaving Cert this summer – with greater choice than usual. Education Minister Norma Foley will bring this proposal to cabinet this morning. Students had been calling for a combination of written exams and accredited grades – similar to the past two years. Solidarity TD Mick Barry believes the traditional leaving …
A new national digital strategy will be brought to cabinet today. The strategy, “Harnessing Digital”, aims to give all Irish households and businesses access to a Gigabit network by 2028, and to ensure all populated areas of Ireland are covered by 5G network by 2030. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment hopes the …
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Fines for parking on footpaths, cycle tracks and bus lanes double from today. The penalty is increasing from 40 to 80 euro. Announcing the move last month, the Transport Minister Eamon Ryan said it would encourage a more considerate use of road space and promote active travel.
Superintendent David Kelly of Milford Garda Station has issued a fresh appeal over one of Donegal’s most gruesome murders. Shaun Duffy was killed at his home in Dungloe over 17 years ago. On the morning of Saturday 29th January 2005, 36 year old Shaun Duffy was murdered in his home at Meenacross, Dungloe. Mr. Duffy …
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26,072 cases of Covid 19 have been confirmed over the past three days. The Department of Health is no longer releasing daily figures over the weekend. Therefore, three days of cases numbers have been released this afternoon. 692 patients are in hospital, with 75 of those in ICU.
The Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council has described a series of adjournments at the latest sitting of the Council as unfortunate. The monthly meeting Donegal County Council has been suspended until next Monday. It follows the taking of a recorded vote which saw Councillor Frank McBrearty suspended from all Council Municipal District and Committee …
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3,737 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the North in the last 24 hours. There have been eight additional covid related deaths. 363 patients are being treated for the disease in hospital in Northern Ireland, with 22 in ICU.
The monthly meeting Donegal County Council has been suspended until next Monday. It follows the taking of a recorded vote which saw Councillor Frank McBrearty suspended from all Council Municipal District and Committee meetings for one month.
Donegal Cllr Frank McBrearty is facing possible suspension from all council and Municipal District meetings as he continues to refuse to leave a meeting of council after members voted that he should. Cllr McBrearty contends that the council no right to do so, and told the meeting this could cause a constitutional crisis. …
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Donegal Cllr Frank McBrearty is facing a 10% cut in his pay and expenses after continually refusing to leave the authority’s monthly meeting When the meeting reconvened after a fourth adjournment, Cathaoirleach Jack Murray read an extract from the council’s standing orders which provides for penalties in the case of a member refusing to …
Donegal County Council has voted by 32 votes to one to remove Cllr Frank McBrearty from its monthly meeting in the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny. The only Cllr to record a no vote was Cllr Michael Cholm MacGiolla Easbuig ; Cllr McBrearty himself did not record a vote. Once the recorded vote had …
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Donegal County Council’s monthly meeting has been adjourned three times, the first time within five minutes of its opening. As minutes from the November meeting were being discussed, Cllrs Gary Doherty and Nicholas Crossan asked what the situation was regarding claims made at that meeting of systematic corruption in Donegal County Council. The claims had …
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It’s proposed an immediate 10 year moratorium on further military exercises taking place in Irish waters be introduced. It’s after Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney confirmed over the weekend that Russia is moving its drills outside of Ireland’s Exclusive Economic Zone. The Irish South and West Fishermen’s Producers Organisation and the Irish Fish Processors and …
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The Agriculture Minister says legislation to appoint a food regulator will be introduced before the end of March. Farmers have been calling for government to move quickly on the appointment, with many unhappy at how costs and profits are shared along the food supply chain. Protests against the sale of low-cost chicken took place outside …
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The Vice President of the GRA says the use of drugs dogs in Donegal would greatly assist in cracking down on the circulation of drugs. The benefits of using a drug dog was highlighted after €3.1m worth of cocaine was uncovered at Dublin Port over the weekend. There are currently no drugs dogs available to …
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The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage is urging people in Donegal to share their experiences of defects relating to fire safety, structural safety and water ingress in purpose-built apartment and duplex buildings constructed in Donegal between 1991 and 2013. It forms part of the work of the Independent Working Group to Examine Defects …
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There have been calls to extend the Castlefin to Carrigans greenway, in order to connect it with Derry city. The Castlefin-Carrigans greenway was granted funding for construction in 2020, and local Cllr Paul Canning believes some of that funding should be used to extend the greenway to the border into Northern Ireland just outside Carrigans. …
There’s further calls for a Hybrid Leaving Cert to be rolled out for students this year. Councillor Micheàl Naughton is taking a motion to Council today requesting that the local authority engage with Education Minister Norma Foley in support for a hybrid leaving cert for the class of 2022. He believes a hybrid option needs …
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The commencement of long-awaited works to install speed ramps in Manorcunningham has been welcomed. There’s been numerous calls for such traffic calming measures to be installed to curb the speed at which motorists travel through the village. Councillor Donal Coyle says the ramps will ensure safety for all residents:
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