Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman at a residence in Letterkenny. Gardaí were alerted to the incident at approximately 8.20pm last night. The body of the woman has been taken to the mortuary at Letterkenny University Hospital where a post-mortem will be conducted. A file will now be prepared …
A Donegal Deputy is calling for flooding mitigation measures planned for Donegal Town to be urgently progressed. The area is susceptible to numerous types of flooding over the years with many businesses and residents frequently impacted. A major flood relief scheme for the town has been identified with the project currently at preliminary stage. …
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There are fears that it could be late summer before there’s any significant progress on the Mica Redress Scheme. The news will come as a hammer blow to the many affected homeowners who had been expecting the scheme to get off the ground in the coming weeks. Cllr Martin McDermott attended yesterday’s meeting with …
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The phased easing of restrictions in Northern Ireland begins at midday today. The requirement for table service in hospitality will be removed, and the cap of six per table will be scrapped. Any number of households can meet indoors, and nightclubs can reopen next Wednesday. Donegal man Declan Jordan runs Rosie Joe’s bar and nightclub …
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NPHET has approved the easing of almost all Covid-19 restrictions with Cabinet Ministers meeting later to agree a timeline. It’s expected the hospitality sector, including nightclubs, will return to normal opening hours over the coming days. Relief and jubilation among Cabinet Ministers last night as the NPHET letter arrived, with one saying it felt like …
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Andrew McGinley is suing the HSE, St Patrick’s Hospital in Dublin and a consultant psychiatrist over the care of his wife. Deirdre Morley killed their three children in Co Dublin two years ago, but was found not guilty of their murder by reason of insanity. Mr McGinley lodged the High Court action on Wednesday …
An Inishowen Councillor is urging the Education Minister to instruct her department to begin discussions with the owners of the land earmarked for the Three School Campus in Buncrana. The site was identified last year, with the department saying it would proceed by way of a Compulsory Purchase Order. In December, a formal Notice to …
The Irish Second Level Students Union is describing a meeting with the Education Minister as a ‘really positive discussion.’ Norma Foley met stakeholders last night, on planning the format for this year’s Leaving Cert – no decision was made, with further talks in the coming days. The Irish Second Level Students Union is calling for …
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A warning has been issued to those involved in antisocial behaviour in Strabane last night. Police dealt with a large number of youths said to be causing annoyance in the area of the Melvin Sports Complex of Strabane. In a statement police said that unfortunately the behaviour is escalating from antisocial to criminal. They also …
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The Dail has been told that failings in the regulation of the construction sector led to the Mica disaster in Donegal and elsewhere, and also the the Pyrite crisis in the east of the country. Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn was speaking during a debate on the proposed Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill. Deputy MacLochlainn …
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The Brandon Report has been discussed in the Dail during Topical Issues, with the recent publication of inspection reports by HIQA one of the issues raised. Minister of State Anne Rabbitte said while the HSE had published the executive summary of the Brandon Report in December, it did so on the last day the Dail …
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Nightclubs will reopen in Northern Ireland next Wednesday. The Stormont Executive has also agreed dancing and indoor standing events can resume on that date. There will also be no need for vaccine passports in bars, restaurants and hotels – but they will still be needed in nightclubs. Other restrictions will ease tomorrow at 12 noon, …
News, Sport, Farm News and Obituaries on Thursday January 20th…………….
10,571 new cases of Covid 19 have been confirmed today in the Republic, 5,523 identified through PCR tests and 5,048 through positive antigen tests reported on the HSE portal. As of 8am today, 896 COVID-19 patients were in hospital, 90 of them in ICU. Latest figures for Letterkenny University Hospital show 41 infected patients, two …
There were four more Covid 19 related deaths in Donegal in the week up to Tuesday last, January 18th. The HPSC says since the start of the pandemic, there have been 235 deaths in the county, a mortality rate of 148 per 100,000 people, slightly higher than the national rate of 128. Nationally the number …
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has told the Dail that updated Mica Redress legislation will be published before Easter. The issue was raised by Deputy Thomas Pringle, who said the ongoing delays are “completely unacceptable”. He called for the legislation to be published immediately, and also for the scrapping of the controversial sliding scale…………
Work is commencing on the 152 bed Ebrington Hotel in Derry. The first sod on the £15 million development was cut today by First Minister Paul Givan and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill. The hotel will encompass five buildings on the Ebrington site, including the Clock Tower, with the hotel expected to open in June …
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Agriculture and Marine Minister Charlie McConalogue is promising more money for small piers and other council run marine infrastructure in 2022. He was questioned in the Dail about what would be done in light of the report of the Seafood Task Force, which stressed the importance of public marine infrastructure in realising the potential of …
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