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“It’s all about the three points”- Sean Boyd on Harps win over Longford

Finn Harps moved out of the bottom two in the Premier Division on Saturday night after they beat Longford 3-0. An own goal from Michael McDonnell and a volley from Ryan Rainey gave Ollie Horgan’s side a 2-0 halftime lead. Sean Boyd then sealed their with with seven minutes remaining. After the game Sean told […]

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Fully vaccinated secondary students won’t need to self-isolate if close contact

Vaccinated pupils won’t be required to get a Covid-19 test or restrict their movements if they become a close contact in school. The HSE’s planning the exemption, so long as they don’t have symptoms. However unvaccinated children will be required to take time out of the classroom. President of the Second Level Students Union, Emer

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“Fourfold” increase in Covid hospitalisations in a month – Dr Ronan Glynn

The deputy chief medical officer says there’s been a four-fold increase in Covid hospitalisations and ICU admissions over the past six weeks. Dr Ronan Glynn says there are 43 patients with the virus in intensive care – just below the 47 at the peak of the second wave. And 223 were in public hospitals with

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Vaccination for 12-15 year olds begins this weekend

12 to 15 year olds are receiving Covid-19 jabs in most vaccination centres today and tomorrow, including in County Donegal. Clinics throughout the country are administering first doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to this age-group. Registration opened on Wednesday evening, and the first appointments started yesterday. Public health expert, Gabriel Scally, says the take-up

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Gerard Donnelly delighted & relieved to get over the line in Ulster MFC Final

Tyrone are Ulster Minor champions for the first time since 2012 after they beat Donegal 2-11 to 1-07 at Brewster Park. Gerard Donnelly’s side lead 0-7 to 0-3 at half time and struck two goals midway through the second half from Conor Owens and Cormac Devlin to give them a nine point lead. Donegal did

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Luke Barrett on Donegal’s Ulster Minor Football final defeat to Tyrone

Donegal were beaten 2-11 to 1-07 by Tyrone in the Ulster Minor Football final at Brewster Park on Friday night. At halftime Luke Barrett’s side trailed 0-07 to 0-03 and conceded two goals in the opening 20 minutes of the second half to Conor Owens and Cormac Devlin to trail by nine. Karl Joseph Molloy

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Former Fine Gael Cllr doesn’t believe now is the time for an election

A former Fine Gael Councillor doesn’t believe now is the time for a general election. Earlier this week, Donegal Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn expressed the view that an election needs to be called as quickly as possible in light of what he says is the people’s loss of confidence in the current Government following Leo Varadkar’s

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INMO call for curtailment of non-emergency services at LUH

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has this morning, called for the curtailment of non-emergency services at Letterkenny and Sligo University Hospitals. The organisation is warning of mounting pressure at the hospitals as a result of additional workloads and unfilled nursing and midwifery shifts. INMO Industrial Relations Officer, Neal Donohue says hospital staff in the

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Despite decreases, some of the highest rates of Covid-19 are in Donegal

Despite slight decreases in the rate of Covid-19 in Donegal, the county continues to have some of the highest infection rates in Ireland. The North Inishowen area has retained the highest 14-day incidence rate in the country, at 1,880 cases per 100,000 people, that’s down slightly from last week with 319 cases confirmed in the

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Highest number of cases in 7 months in ROI – 1,903 new cases

The highest number of Covid-19 cases in almost seven months has been reported today. There are 1,903 new infections being reported this evening – the highest daily figure since January 23rd. 219 people are in hospital with the virus in the Republic, with 37 in intensive care. 1,610 people have tested positive for the coronavirus

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HSE continue to urge public to attend Buncrana walk-in testing centre

The HSE are urging people to continue to avail of the walk-in Covid-19 testing centre in Buncrana, after it recorded a 30% positivity rate last week. The HSE say the centre has been successful in detecting and containing cases of the virus, but they are still urging people to continue to avail of the service.

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