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744 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 — and the Chief Medical Officer’s warning “a large increase” in infections is on the way in the days ahead. Four more patients are confirmed to have died from the virus. 246 cases were in Dublin, 131 in Cork and 51 in Limerick — with 40 in

Gardaí are investigating the robbery of a premises on the Circular Road, Ballyboe, Glencar, County Donegal, that occurred at approximately 9:40am on Sunday, 27th December, 2020. It’s reported that a man entered this premises armed with what appeared to be a gun and threatened staff before fleeing the scene on foot with a sum of

A Donegal Bingo player turned a small punt into a four-figure sum in the space of a couple of minutes. The anonymous punter took a punt in a BoyleSports shop in the county today in the hope that their six bingo numbers were called out in store. A jackpot of €100,000 was up for grabs

Gardai have arrested a driver who was driving whilst disqualified. Letterkenny Gardaí discovered that a driver was disqualified from driving last night with the aid of the mobility app. Gardai say the driver was arrested, charged and now faces a Court appearance, whilst they have urged drivers not to take risks when it comes to

Animals in Need Donegal this morning received a call that a golden retriever dog had drowned in Donegal Bay. The organisation said the Dog was laying in an inaccessible area and extra help was needed from the sea direction and a volunteer. It later transpired that what was believed to be a dog was a

Eight counties are under a status yellow snow and ice warning. The alert for Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Longford, Louth, Leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo is in place until 7 o’clock tomorrow morning. Met Eireann says wintry showers are expected, with some accumulations of snow possible. Meanwhile, a wind warning for Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork

922 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Republic this evening, with eight more deaths. There have now been 83,073 confirmed cases since the pandemic began, with 2,192 Covid related deaths. 38 of the new cases are in Donegal, which now has a 14 day incidence rate of 324.1 cases per 100,000 people,

Police in Coleraine say they are dealing with four incidents after the discovery of suspicious objects. Local diversions are in place, and a number of people have been evacuated from their homes. Sinn Féin MLA Caoimhe Archibald told the BBC those responsible have nothing to offer local people apart from disruption and inconvenience.

  Letterkenny University Hospital continues to be very busy approaching the Christmas break. Management have confirmed that high attendances in the Emergency Department and patients with COVID-19 being treated in the hospital are the main contributing factors. In a statement Hospital Manager Sean Murphy says that although the number of patients with COVID-19 in the

  Northern Ireland has confirmed its first case of the coronavirus variant that was initially detected in southern England. Health Minister Robin Swann says he’d been expecting the news. His officials believe it’s been in circulation at a low level in the community for several weeks.

  The RNLI and the Coast Guard are appealing to the public to exercise caution when participating in any activity on and near the water during the Christmas and New Year period. They are also reminding everyone to be mindful of the restrictions in place to deal with the COVID pandemic. Many traditional Christmas and

  The new Covid-19 variant is now in Ireland, according to NPHET. Meanwhile, there has been a further 938 new cases of Covid-19 and 13 additional deaths. 68 of the new cases are in Donegal. Donegal’s 14 day incidence rate now stands at 317.9 – more than double the national average. The nationally 14 day

  Over 25,000 people have now received the Covid-19 vaccine in Northern Ireland. They include over 17,400 care home residents and staff, with a 75 per cent uptake so far. Nearly 7,700 health and social care staff have also received the Pfizer Bio N Tech vaccine. The North’s health minister, Robin Swann, says the vaccination

A 36 year old man has been remanded in custody after being charged with the murder of Strabane man Michael Barr. The 35 year old father of five was shot dead in in a Dublin pub as part of the Hutch/Kinahan feud. In April 2016 two gunmen entered the Sunset House Pub in Dublin’s north

  Another 787 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, and there are a further 21 deaths. 12 people died with the virus in the past 24 hours, but there was a delay in reporting the other nine deaths. Hospitals in the North are operating at 100 per cent capacity. 451 people are

  EU countries are making contingency plans in the event a Brexit trade deal is agreed today. Reuters news agency is reporting the European Commission told diplomats that member states should be ready to meet tomorrow, should an agreement be reached. Efforts to break the deadlock in post Brexit trade talks between the EU and

    Minister For Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has tested positive for Covid-19. A spokesperson for the Donegal Minister has confirmed that he has no symptoms and he is self-isolating. All ministers are now restricting their movements while they wait to be tested. It comes as the government has urged people to reconsider their Christmas plans

239 people with Covid-19 are being treated in Irish hospitals this morning. It’s a slight increase on yesterday’s total and shows a 20 percent increase on last week’s total. As of last night, there were 31 people with Covid 19 being treated at Letterkenny University Hospital, none of them in ICU. Last night there were

Donegal County Council says emergency measures undertaken by the developer of Meenbog wind farm, in order to stabilise the peat slide that impacted the Mourne Beg River, are substantially complete. The peat slide took place on the 12th and 13th of November The council says these measures, which reduce the risk of further peat slides

The NoWDOC service has published it’s operating arrangements for the Christmas and New Year period. The four Donegal centres in Letterkenny, Carndonagh, Mountcharles, and Derrybeg will operate from 6pm on Christmas Eve until 8am on Tuesday December 29th. The service will operate as usual on the evenings of Tuesday the 29th and Wednesday the 30th

  Gardaí investigating the murder of Strabane native Michael Barr at the Sunset House pub in Dublin on April 25th 2016 have arrested and charged a man in his 30s. The man is due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice this morning. He is the fourth person to be charged in connection with