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Donegal County Museum is taking part in ‘Museums Now’, an all-island initiative of special events which will take place in museums all over the island this weekend. The initiative is intended to encourage visitors back into museums and celebrate their opening once again, after having been closed to visitors for many months. At the centrepiece

1,144 new cases of Covid 19 have been confirmed in the Republic this evening. As of 8am this morning, there were 384 Covid 19 patients in hospital, 59 of them in ICU. North of the border, 1,764 positive Covid cases have been reported today, with nine additional Covid-related deaths. 407 patients were being treated for

A body has been recovered from the water at Ballywhoriskey in Fanad. Gardai have confirmed the body was recovered earlier today, and brought to Letterkenny University Hospital, where a post mortem will take place at a later date. Enquiries are ongoing, but gardai say foul play is not suspected at this time.  

  The importance of the Co-Lab centre at Letterkenny Institute of Technology is being highlighted as the college prepares for the new academic year and a return to more normal activities and timetables. The CoLab project began in the early 80s as a small incubation centre. It is now the largest business centre in the

The rate of Covid-19 in Monaghan is over three times the national average. Latest Health Protection Surveillance Centre figures covering the 14 days up to midnight on last Thursday show Monaghan’s 14-day incidence rate was just under 1,500 cases per 100,000 people. Donegal, Cavan and Leitrim were the next worst-affected counties, with an incidence rate

Social enterprises in Donegal are set to benefit from almost €50,000 in additional Government funding, following an announcement by the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys. Just over €46,000 will be allocated to local authorities in Donegal to distribute to social enterprise groups, with the goal of the funding to facilitate the purchase

27 people are now awaiting a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, down slightly on Friday’s most recent figure of 29. There are now 6 people awaiting a bed in the LUH Emergency Department, down 4. Meanwhile there are now a total of 21 patients waiting on beds in wards elsewhere in the hospital

Gardaí say that while they are still investigating all of the circumstances, foul play is currently not being suspected, after the discovery of a man’s body in Letterkenny yesterday morning. The man, believed to be in his sixties, was discovered by the ambulance service at a house in Sylvan Park in the town in the

A man in his thirties has died after falling from a cliff in Bundoran at the weekend. The man, named locally as Stuart Hamilton, originally from Armagh, fell from a cliff in the Tullan Strand area of Bundoran early on Saturday morning. He was then taken to Sligo University Hospital for treatment, where he was

The Letterkenny Institute of Technology is to receive just over €1.3 million in funding from the Government, in order to carry out a number of capital works as third-level institutions begin to return to full in-person classes. The funding comes as part of €38 million in funding that has been allocated nationally to third-level institutions

All plastic packaging waste, including soft plastics, can now be placed in household recycling bins. From this week, all waste collector companies must take and sort soft packaging, such as crisp bags, sweet wrappers and bread wrappers, provided they are “clean, dry and loose”. The move is expected to reduce the need for large volumes

1,180 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been announced in the Republic of Ireland today. 362 people are now being treated in hospitals for the virus nationally – that’s down one on yesterday. 59 of those patients are now in ICU, up 7 in 24 hours. As of the latest HSE figures, Donegal has maintained

The contract to provide flight services from Donegal to Dublin has been put out to tender once again, according to today’s Irish Independent. The flight path is up for tender for the second time this year, after the future of the route was put into question earlier this summer after the collapse of Stobart Air.

The Bundoran RNLI were called to assist with a medical evacuation from Tullan Strand in Bundoran yesterday morning. A crew of Bundoran RNLI volunteers were called to assist the national ambulance service, after a casualty had fallen and received injuries in the early hours of yesterday morning. The crew members assisted with the transfer of

Gardaí are currently carrying out investigations after the body of a man in his sixties was discovered in Letterkenny this morning. Shortly after 2 o’clock this morning, Gardaí attended a house at Sylvan Park in Letterkenny after the ambulance service reported that they had discovered the body of a man in his sixties. The scene

Gardaí from Buncrana say that they have seized cannabis with a street value of €20,000, after stopping a vehicle on Thursday they observed driving erratically. They say the car was driving erratically and at speed on the N13 road, and after the car was stopped and searched, 1kg of suspected cannabis was found, with all

A new Community Inclusion Hub has been established in Donegal Town by the HSE. The HSE says the premises will offer Adult Day Services in South Donegal, as well as acting as a permanent base for the School Leavers Programme and meeting other needs in the community. The HSE says that in the course of

Agriculture and Marine Minister Charlie McConalogue has announced the launch of a temporary Tie-up Scheme for the Irish Fishing Fleet to help counteract the impact of Brexit. He says the scheme will help mitigate the impacts of quota cuts on the fishing fleet arising from the deal agreed in December between the EU and UK.