There are calls for the passport office to open 7 days a week. The Irish Examiner reports that the office is set to be flooded with up to 1.7 million applications in the weeks and months ahead as families scramble to book foreign holidays. There’s already a backlog of 113 thousand passports in the system …
The Seanad has been told that giving people the right to ask if they can work from home is meaningless in many rural areas where the rollout of broadband is still a long way off. Independent Senator Eileen Flynn said Donegal and other rural counties should be prioritised in the National Broadband Plan roll-out, but …
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49 Covid deaths have been reported in Ireland over the past week. It brings the total number since the pandemic began to 6,136. There has also been a further 10,414 cases of the virus reported in the past 24 hours. 5,605 are positive PCRs, while a further 4,809 were positive antigen tests logged on the …
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Wednesday January 26th:
UPDATE: Power has now been restored. A number of properties in Letterkenny have been affected by a power outage this afternoon. 64 homes and businesses in the Ballyraine area are without power due to a fault. ESB say they are currently working to resolve the issue with power expected to be restored by 7pm this …
4,383 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the North in the past 24 hours. There have been nine additional covid-related deaths. 395 patients are being treated for the disease in hospitals in Northern Ireland, with 22 in ICU. In the Republic, 74 patients with Covid-19 are being treated in ICU today – the lowest …
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The Taoiseach’s confirmed a nationwide audit of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services will take place. It’s in the wake of a review showing 227 children were exposed to the ‘risk’ of significant harm at a HSE run service in South Kerry. 46 children suffered significant harm. Over 1,300 files were reviewed after concerns were …
A man has been arrested following an incident on the outskirts of Letterkenny. It happened last night at around 9pm in the Roughan area. Gardai were called to the scene and have confirmed that a man in his 60s was subsequently arrested. The man is currently being detained at Letterkenny Garda Station for questioning. …
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The House of Commons has been told that Bloody Sunday marked the start of what was to be the most brutal year of the troubles. This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the killing of 14 unarmed civilians during a civil rights march in Derry’s Bogside. At the start of Northern Ireland Questions this …
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The Women of Honour group is to meet with Taoiseach Michael Martin next week. The group of former Defence Forces members, who are alleging sexual abuse, harassment and discrimination, met Simon Coveney yesterday. However, they walked out of the talks after an hour, after it became clear that despite their demand for an inquiry with …
A man is due to be sentenced next week over a shooting rampage in Glenties. Stephen Dowling of Burren Road, Carlow was visiting Glenties when he let off up to 9 shots of ammunition from a high-powered telescopic rifle in the early hours of February 22nd, 2020. The 24-year-old appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court …
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The number of people awaiting admission to Letterkenny University Hospital has jumped again. 54 people were awaiting admission to the hospital this morning 16 on trolleys in its Emergency Department while a further 38 were waiting on wards. It’s the second most overcrowded hospital nationwide today. The number waiting has risen by 37 compared …
There’s a fresh appeal for information over a body that washed up on a north west beach in the mid-80s. The body of a man was found on Tullaghan Strand near Bundoran in 1986 however despite best efforts by Gardai, the man has not yet been identified. The deceased had a number of tattoos …
There’s a warning of a very difficult summer if farmers concerns around public access and hillwalking are not addressed. There’s been a big increase in the number of people accessing local hills however this in turn has led to a jump in the number of farmers making complaints to The Irish Natura & Hill …
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Ireland’s economy has returned to pre-Covid levels. In its latest quarterly bulletin, the Central Bank’s predicting domestic demand to grow by 7.1 percent this year. It’s forecasting roughly 170,000 new jobs to be created through to 2024, and unemployment to fall below 5 per cent in that period. However it says inflation’s now at a …
43,500 mortgages were drawn down in Ireland last year – the largest amount in 11 years. New figures from the Banking and Payments Federation show they totalled 10.5 billion euro, with first-time buyers making up more than half of drawdowns. Just over 53,000 mortgages were approved in 2021. Chief Executive of the BPFI, Brian …
Surveying works as it relates to the Government’s National Broadband Plan is said to be well underway in Donegal. In Donegal, there are 32,483 premises in the Intervention Area, which includes homes, farms, commercial businesses and schools. This equates to 32% of all premises in the county. Under the National Broadband Plan, Donegal will …
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The requirement for all employers to have a remote working policy’s “excessive” and “unnecessary”, according to IBEC. Workers could be given the legal right to ask their boss to work from home by the summer, under new draft legislation announced yesterday. Among its provisions, ALL employers will need to set out how remote working …
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