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Cllr Bernard McGuinness, the Cathaoirleach of Inishowen Municipal District and Donegal County Council’s longest serving member has died. He was 77. Cllr McGuinness, a Culdaff based publican, was first elected to Donegal County Council for Fine Gael in 1979, and has been returned in every subsequent local election. He also contested a number of General

It’s emerged that a number of services in Inishowen have been affected by the increasing number of COVID-19 cases amongst staff, residents and day services attendees in the Inishowen Disability Services. The HSE says a number of services have been closed or reduced as a result of Public Health and Infection Prevention Control advice. They

Irish Water is urging people whose water comes from the Lough Mourne Water Supply to conserve water, saying there are high levels of domestic, commercial and agricultural demand on the system, and that is likely to continue into next week. Irish Water says it has been working closely with Donegal County Council to maximise the

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1,875* confirmed cases of COVID-19. As of 8am today, 326 COVID-19 patients were hospitalised, 59 of them in ICU. Figures released this afternoon show that in the two weeks to midnight on Wednesday, there were 1,838 cases of Covid 19 in Donegal. That’s an incidence

Four people including two children have been rescued by Lough Swilly RNLI. The rescue service’s all-weather lifeboat was paged last night just before 11:10pm by Malin Head Coast Guard to assist a yacht with 4 people on board which had ran aground in dense fog at Fahan. Following an unsuccessful attempt to tow the vessel

The Saolta Hospital Group say there has been a significant increase in the number of people presenting to the Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital and an increase in the number of patients with COVID-19, resulting in long wait times at the ED. As of 8pm last night, 19 patients with the virus were being

The number of people waiting on a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning has trebled. 27 people are awaiting a bed at the hospital, up from 9 yesterday. According to the INMO’s latest Trolley Watch report, 11 people are in the Emergency Department waiting on a bed while 16 patients are waiting on wards

Donegal County Council has been announced as a finalist in Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards 2021. The awards are held in partnership with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and highlight the positive impact of local government across Ireland. In total, 90 projects from 20 local councils have been announced as

The Royal Black Preceptory will be marching in a number of towns across Northern Ireland tomorrow, with parades taking place in Derry and Castlederg. Police are warning of potential traffic delays, with people being urged to allow extra time for their journeys. In Derry, a feeder parade starts at Glendermott Road at 9 o’clock, travelling

173 additional Community Employment and Tús scheme places have been announced for Donegal. It’s part of the Government’s plan to tackle unemployment with over 2,600 additional places being made available across the country. Minister Heather Humphreys says the schemes are central to giving people the tools and opportunities needed to secure employment, providing a vast

A no swim warning has been issued for Culdaff beach due to an increase in bacteria found in the bathing water. According to beaches.ie which works in collaboration with local authorities and the Environmental Protection Agency, water quality at the Blue Flag beach deteriorated as a result of suspected sewage discharge from a wastewater treatment

Police are continuing to appeal for information regarding the whereabouts of missing man Francis McMenamin who is believed to be in Donegal. The 57 year old who is missing from Derry, was last seen on Monday. There are reports that he was spotted in Killybegs this week. Francis is believed to be carrying a grey/blue

North Inishowen remains the electoral area with the country’s highest Covid 19 incidence rate, with South Inishowen the fourth highest and Letterkenny the 10th highest. Of the seven LEAs in Donegal, six registered increased Covid figures, one, Milford, registered a drop. North Inishowen registered 457 cases in the two weeks to midnight on Monday, a

The Department of Health has reported 1,866 new cases of Covid-19. 332 people are in hospital with the virus, of whom 61 are being treated in intensive care. In the two weeks to midnight on Tuesday, there were 1,781 Covid 19 cases in Donegal, a 14 day incidence rate of 1,118.8 per 100,000 people. That

The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Jeffrey Donaldson, will meet with the Taoiseach in Dublin tomorrow. The visit will centre on the issue of Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol. Mr Donaldson says tomorrow’s meeting is part of a series of engagements aimed at challenging key stakeholders about the damage being caused to Northern

Anyone aged 12 and older who hasn’t yet received their first dose vaccine can do so at a walk-in vaccination clinic this weekend. People who are also waiting for their second dose Pfizer vaccine may also attend the LYIT walk-in clinic, once the interval between doses has been reached. The walk-in vaccination clinic times for

The number of people waiting on a bed at hospitals in the North West has dropped to it’s lowest point this week. 29 people are awaiting a hospital bed in the region this morning, down from a high of 52 on Monday. 9 people are waiting on a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital, 4 people

Irish Water are to carry out works in Killybegs to reduce the high level of leakage and bursts in the area. Works to replace over 300 metres of problematic, old water mains are to begin in the Shore Road area in the coming weeks. The utility says the works, being carried out in Partnership with