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Government urged to open non-essential retail earlier

  The National Public Health Emergency Team says it has no intention to recommend the easing of any level 5 restrictions earlier than planned. Non-essential retail should be reopened sooner than December according to an Independent TD. NPHET doesn’t anticipate recommending any level 5 restrictions being relaxed before December. Independent TD Marian Harkin says the […]

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Review approved for rail tunnel between Scotland and North

  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has approved a review into a potential rail tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Daily Telegraph says the Prime Minister’s given his blessing for Network Rail to explore what would be a multi billion-euro link between Stranraer and Larne. A road bridge is also being considered, although most

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Pregnant woman in Donegal Direct Provision denied transport to hospital

    A Donegal TD has told the Dail a pregnant woman in Direct Provision in Donegal was denied transport to a hospital appointment that she needed to attend. Urging Taoiseach Michael Martin to announce a timeline for ending direct provision, Independent Deputy Thomas Pringle said the Donegal story is just one of a number

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NI Executive to review four-week circuit breaker lockdown

The Northern Ireland Executive will meet later to review the four-week circuit breaker lockdown. The Covid-19 restrictions are due to end on November 13th. However case numbers remain high, with almost 4,500 recorded in the past seven days. The hospital system is also operating at near full capacity, with just 20 ICU beds available. Anne

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Chief Superintendent issues statement on recent Derry alerts

    Derry City and Strabane Police District Commander Chief Superintendent has issued a stark message stating that the people people behind the recent security alerts in Derry are intent on targeting Police and causing harm to their communities. Enquiries into the incidents are on-going. In a statement Chief Superintendent Darrin Jones said that they

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12th Annual Golden Bridges Conference & Awards goes virtual

  The 12th annual Golden Bridges Conference and Awards ceremony will be held virtually this year, with an online event being run from Derry’s Guildhall on November 20th. The programme promotes partnerships between Ireland Northwest and Boston, Massachusetts, and is coordinated by Donegal County Council and Derry City and Strabane District Council. For the past

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Past Pupil to become principal of Errigal College in Letterkenny

Donegal ETB has appointed Danny McFadden as the new Principal of Errigal College in Letterkenny. Mr McFadden is a former student of the school, and returned to teach business before being appointed Deputy Principal at Deele College, Raphoe, in 2013. Mr McFadden will take up the principal’s post at the end of the year, replacing

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Report launched on emergency surgery research at LUH

  A Consultant at Letterkenny University Hospital believes that a new report will pave the way for improvements and new pathways in emergency surgeries. The report focusing upon research carried out at Letterkenny University Hospital as part of the Emergency Surgery Outcomes Advancement Project has been officially launched today. ESOAP forms part of the €8.6m

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Mickey Harte’s future will not be decided by the Tyrone county board for another three weeks.

Mickey Harte’s future will not be decided by the Tyrone county board for another three weeks. Four management positions are due to become vacant, and all will be filled en bloc. The Senior, U20 and Minor football posts, along with the Senior Hurling position, were all renewed for three year terms in late 2017, and

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LUH not being ‘short-changed’, says Health Minister

The Health Minister has given reassurances that Letterkenny University Hospital is not being ‘short-changed’ when it comes to budget allocations. Minister Stephen Donnelly was responding to concerns raised by Donegal Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn in the Dail last night, who said that the hospital is experiencing ‘funding discrimination’. Letterkenny University Hospital had the sixth highest number

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‘Ministers should progress western rail network’ – Anderson

  The Infrastructure Minister in the North is being urged to work with the Irish Government to develop the railway network along the Western corridor. The Minister had recently announced her intention to progress a feasibility study for high speed rail between Derry, Belfast, Dublin, Cork and Limerick as committed to in a ‘New Decade,

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