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The Department of Health has confirmed 4,004 new cases of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland this afternoon. The number of people in hospitals with the virus has continued to fall, with 481 patients currently being treated in the country’s hospitals for the virus, down 30 on yesterday. 111 patients are in ICU with the

Many Covid-19 walk-in vaccination centres are experiencing wait times of at least 60 minutes across the Republic of Ireland today – but it’s been reported that waiting times at the Letterkenny vaccination centre have been much lower. The walk-in centre located in Sligo Town meanwhile has seen waiting times of up to 90 minutes this

Police in Derry are appealing for information, after a man was stabbed in Derry City in the early hours of this morning. Detectives say that the man was stabbed in the abdomen in the Stevenson Park area of the city at approximately 12:15am. The victim was then transferred to hospital where he remains in a

There are just a few days left to contribute to a new strategy prioritising the needs of the older community as part of a consultation being led by Derry City and Strabane District Council. The consultation, which closes on December 17th, is one element of the campaign of engagement with older people which will help

  A young man has died following a collision in Killygordon this afternoon. Gardaí and emergency services are currently at the scene of a fatal road traffic collision involving a car and a motorcycle that occurred at approximately 2:00pm this afternoon on Railway Road. The motorcyclist, a man aged in his late teens, was pronounced

  Listen back to Main evening news, sport nuacht & obituaries for Friday 10th December:

  4,115 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported this evening. Latest figures show the country’s 14-day incidence rate is 1,334 cases per 100,000 people – with Carlow, Westmeath and Kildare having the highest rates. The Chief Medical Officer, Tony Holohan, is expressing ‘very significant concern’ at the situation – saying we’re in an ‘uncertain’

  Emergency services are currently at the scene of a serious collision in Killygordon. The crash happened before 2pm this afternoon near the CAKE centre on the Railway Road. Gardai say the road is closed and is expected to remain so for the rest of the day. Motorists are being advised to seek an alternative

  Police remain concerned for the welfare of Michael McGinty Michael was last seen in the Church Court area of Strabane at approximately 8am on Saturday 4th December. Michael was last seen wearing a black and red top and black bottoms. If you are aware of Michael’s whereabouts please give police a call urgently on

  1,806 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Northern Ireland. Two coronavirus-related deaths have been confirmed in the past 24 hours. 317 Covid patients are in hospital, with 40 in intensive care. Over 3.1 million vaccines have been administered in the North.

A stop and go system will be in place on the Glenties to Dungloe road next week.  As part of road improvement works on the Letterilly Kilraine Road Scheme a Stop and Go system will be in operation on the N56 from Glenties town to the Maas junction on Tuesday 14th of December from the

  Letterkenny University Hospital is the most overcrowded in the country today with 50 people waiting for a bed there this morning. Eight were on trolleys in its ED while a further 42 were waiting on wards. Sligo University had 40 people waiting, making the combined total for North West 90. Nationally, 416 admitted patients

    Minister of State Joe O’Brien is in Letterkenny today visiting the Donegal Intercultural Platform CDP. It is one of seven successful organisations taking part in the pilot Community Development Programme. The €1m pilot programme is aimed at trialling community led interventions that address poverty, social exclusion and inequality, and promote human rights. Donegal

  A survey on Donegal households as it relates to broadband is said to be well underway. National Broadband Ireland, the company rolling out the new high-speed fibre broadband network under the Government’s National Broadband Plan is conducting the surveys in several areas of the county. In Donegal, there are over 32,000 premises in the

  Sinn Fein has increased its lead over Fine Gael and Fianna Fail and has reached a record level of support, according to a new poll. The latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI survey has the party up three points to 35 percent. Fine Gael are down two points to 20 percent, Fianna Fail are on 20

  Passengers from Britain are being advised to take daily antigen tests for five days after arrival. The new advice was issued late last night. This new advice from government comes after it received an updated public health assessment on the Omicron variant. There are now six cases here, after a further five were confirmed

  An investigation has been launched after a number of holiday caravans were broken into in North Inishowen.  The break’-ins happened at some stage between Wednesday and Thursday of this week in the Malin Head area. It’s not yet known if anything was stolen. Gardaí are appealing to anyone who has any information that might

  A total of six cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 have been detected in Ireland. The Department of Health has also confirmed 4,022 new coronavirus cases this evening. As of 8am today, 530 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 115 are in ICU. Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said:

  Lifford/Stranorlar now has the highest rate of Covid -19 in Donegal. There have been both slight increases and decreases in the rate across the county. The figures cover the 14 days up to last Monday. North Inishowen recorded 217 cases and a rate of 1279 in the latest data, reflecting a fall. A rise

  Listen back to the main evening news, sport, farming news & obituaries for Thursday December 9th:

Over one thousand customers are currently without power in the Raphoe area.  A total of 1094 customers are affected. The estimated restoration time is 8pm this evening.

  The first walk-in vaccination clinics for booster doses for people aged 50 to 59 will take place this weekend in the Letterkenny Vaccination Centre The centre has relocated to the Letterkenny Business Park, Ballyraine. The clinics will take place on Saturday and Sunday from 9am – 5pm. On Saturday it will be available for

  Lárionad Acmhainní Nádúrtha CTR, an Údarás na Gaeltachta client in the Donegal Gaeltacht, will form part of a €3.1m research project to diversify plant-protein production across the island of Ireland. The Protein-I project, which will be part-based in Falcarragh, aims to co-design pathways to support sustainable value chains that also benefit rural communities. Funding

1,819 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland in the latest 24-hour period. Another four people have also died from the virus. 338 Covid patients are in hospital, with 38 in intensive care. From today, everyone over 40 in the North is able to get a Covid booster vaccine.

  The Government has announced the extension of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme until the end of January and a restoration of November’s higher rates. Minister Paschal Donohoe said they couldn’t design a targeted scheme for the hospitality sector in time for Christmas. Ministers and officials had been working since Friday to put together a

A motorist has been caught drug driving in Letterkenny.  On Tuesday night, Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit arrested the driver at a Mandatory Intoxicant Testing checkpoint in the town. The driver failed a roadside oral fluid preliminary drug test, testing positive for cannabis and cocaine. Gardai say that weather conditions were extremely poor at the time.

The PSNI say detectives from the Terrorism Investigation Unit backed by local police conducted searches of two residential properties in the Cityside area of Derry today, as part of an ongoing investigation into violent dissident republican activity. A number of items were seized and have been taken away for further examination. No arrests have been

Letterkenny University Hospital had the country’s highest number of admitted patients awaiting beds this morning, with 52 in total, 13 of them on Emergency Department trolleys. Sligo University Hospital had 30 patients awaiting beds, 16 of them in the EU, a North West total of 82, which represents 21% of the national total of 391.