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A leading immunologist says its likely there’ll be covid cases in schools when they reopen, despite children over 12 receiving their first covid vaccines. It comes as the Chief Medical Officer looked to reassure parents that school’s haven’t been a major source of disease transmission so far. While 1,706 new cases of covid-19 were reported

Representatives from the live events industry are meeting with Government today, calling for a full re-opening of the sector following over a year and a half of closure due to the pandemic. The Music and Entertainment Association of Ireland say in a statement that they will be directly asking An Taoiseach Michael Martin to stop

A Post Mortem examination is to be carried out on the body of a man who died yesterday after being found unconscious on Arranmore Island. The man, who was in his 50s, was found unconscious on a beach shortly before 10 yesterday morning. He was airlifted to Sligo University Hospital, where he was later pronounced

The PSNI say a man was arrested yesterday evening in Derry in association with an incident that happened on Friday of last week, where firearms were fired at a Republican commemoration within the city. Police say they arrested a 30 year old man yesterday evening in the Fern Park area of Galliagh in Derry, after

The Department of Health has announced 1,706 new cases of Covid-19 today. There are 347 people in hospital with the virus – an increase of 23 on yesterday – while 61 of these are being treated in intensive care. Meanwhile over 20 walk-in vaccine centres are continuing today, including the Letterkenny walk-in centre at the

Tributes are continuing to be paid to Councillor Bernard McGuinness, the Cathaoirleach of the Inishowen Municipal District, after his death at the age of 77. Cllr McGuinness was the longest-serving member on Donegal County Council, having first been elected in 1979, and maintaining his seat at each subsequent local election. Nicholas Crossan is the Leas-Cathaoirleach

Major roadworks are to take place on two of Letterkenny’s biggest roads in the coming fortnight. The Port Road will be closed to the public from both the Station Roundabout and Polestar Roundabout over three nights from Wednesday the 8th of September to Friday the 10th of September, with work expected to take place overnight

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