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  The Department of Health has reported an additional 5,622 cases of Covid 19 today. There’s been a reduction of 41 in the number of patients in hospital compared to yesterday, it stands at 487. While the number of patients in ICU has risen slightly to 114, up 4 from Friday’s figure.

  The Letterkenny Vaccination Centre in the Letterkenny Business Park has extended the times of its walk-in booster vaccination clinics today Saturday. It’s for people aged 60 to 69 who have reached an interval of at least 150 days since their second dose vaccine or an interval of 3 months since receiving a single dose

    There’s been a 50% increase in sexual offences in Donegal since last year. The offences include assaults and rape. The stark figures were revealed at the latest sitting of the Joint Policing Committee by Chief Superintendent Terry McGinn who said there that been a significant increase in these type of crimes since the

  Derry City and Strabane District Council are seeking the public’s input into a comprehensive five year plan for its delivery of sports and leisure services. The Physical Activity, Wellbeing and Sport Strategy for 2022 – 2027 will detail how Council will deliver and enable others to deliver a range of activities and services to

Met Eireann has issued a weather for Donegal for next week.  The forecaster says that a spell of wet and very windy weather is expected to impact Ireland on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday the 8th December, with potential impacts including travel disruption and coastal flooding. There is also the potential for wintry precipitation on Tuesday

  5,419 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed this evening. 528 patients are in hospital with the virus, with 110 in intensive care. Latest figures show the country’s 14-day incidence rate has risen to 1,358 cases per 100,000 people. Carlow has the highest rate, at 2,171.

  8 million euro is going to be spent on upgrading and improving the transport options for HSE funded organisations. Almost €700,000 is being allocated to CHO1 which covers Donegal. The Junior Minister for Disabilities Anne Rabbitte has announce the funding on International Day for People with Disabilities. The money will go to groups which

    Listen back to the main evening news, sport, nuacht and obituaries for Friday December 3rd:

  The planned extension for Little Angels School in Letterkenny has been given the green light to proceed to construction stage. The extension will be built under the Large Scale Capital Programme. The project will consist of 20 new classrooms and has been described as a substantial boost to the Little Angels school and the

  More than 20 Gardai in the Donegal Garda Division are currently off work due to Covid-19. Garda Chief Superintendent Terry McGinn revealed the details during the latest sitting of the Joint Policing Committee. 21 Gardai in total in the county are currently off duty due to either having Covid or are awaiting the results

  An investigation is continuing into a car fire in Manorcunningham in the early hours of this morning. The incident happened in the Abbey park area at around 5am. It’s understood that the car was subsequently removed for further examination. No injuries have been reported.

  Joe Morgan and Ann Owens – members of the mica redress team from Donegal, supported by the Left Group and Luke ‘Ming’ Flanaghan MEP, this week presented the mica/pyrite defective blocks issue to the EU Petitions Committee (PETI). The issue was also discussed by wider redress team members (Eileen Doherty, Eamonn Jackson, Mary O’

A number of social enterprise projects in Donegal are to receive almost for €40,000 in funding. Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys has announced €680,000 in funding is being made available for 50 organisations under a new initiative designed to raise awareness of the positive role played by Social Enterprises. Bundoran Community Development

The Letterkenny Vaccination Centre has been relocated to Letterkenny Business Park. The move to the bigger centre is said to be to support the rollout of the booster programme in Donegal. Vaccination clinics are to commence at the new clinic in Letterkenny Business Park tomorrow. The vaccination clinic previously located on Kilmacrennan Road will now

A number of events have been planned across the North West to mark the 1500th anniversary of Colmcille’s birth on December 7th. Marking the historic year, Donegal County Council and Derry City & Strabane District Council, are coordinating a full line-up for ‘Colmcille 1500,’ to celebrate the anniversary of the patron saint. Celebrations for Colmcille

The number of people awaiting a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital has dropped further today. According to the latest Trolley Watch report from the INMO, 39 people are waiting on a bed at the hospital. 7 people are on a trolley in the Emergency Department while a further 32 are waiting on wards. Nationally, 351

The Housing Minister has approved 12 new posts for Donegal County Council’s housing delivery team which will assist in delivering their social housing targets. More than 200 posts have been approved nationwide and include engineers, quantity surveyors, architects and administrative roles. Minister O’Brien says the new posts, ensures that Donegal County Council have the capacity

Plans for a new apartment building occupying the former Tillie and Henderson site in Derry have been given the green light this week. The new development, which will be located at the cityside end of the Craigavon Bridge overlooking the River Foyle, will comprise of 131 modern apartments, and the development will also feature a

27,000 ducks have been culled at a commercial duck premises in Co Tyrone over a suspected outbreak of bird flu. Northern Ireland’s Chief Veterinary Officer Robert Huey said a suspect case of Avian flu was reported to the Department on Tuesday and following confirmed cases in Monaghan the cull was initiated at the farm in

A scheme will open next month to allow undocumented migrants in Ireland to regularise their status here. While there are no totally reliable figures the Department of Justice estimated there are around 17,000 undocumented in Ireland, including 3,000 children. The scheme will open in January for people who’ve been here for four years without permission,

  North Inishowen continues to have the highest Covid incidence rate in Donegal. It’s a bit of a mixed bag this week with both increases and decreases in the rate in other local electoral areas in the county. The figures cover the 14 days up to last Monday November 29th. Glenties recorded 245 new cases

  4,163 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed this evening. Latest figures show Carlow, Westmeath and Longford have the highest 14-day incidence rates. There are 545 patients in hospital with the virus, down 33 from yesterday, while the ICU figure is unchanged at 117. Chief medical officer, Tony Holohan, says the situation has started

  A potential tragedy was averted in Letterkenny recently thanks to the swift action of a local Garda.  On Tuesday evening November 30th, Garda Peter McGee of Letterkenny Garda Station responded to an emergency call that a woman had slipped into the water close to the Port Bridge in the town. On arrival, Garda McGee

  The future of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment and the Wage Subsidy Scheme will be considered by Ministers over the next few days. Government is awaiting NPHET advice on whether there’s a need to further restrict socialisation over the next few weeks. Supports for businesses, including the hospitality sector, will depend on what health officials

  Work is set to start on a new wastewater treatment plant in Kilcar. The works are part of the Kilcar Sewerage Scheme and are aimed at eliminating the discharge of raw sewage into Tawny Bay. In a statement Irish Water say that once operational, the new plant and associated infrastructure will ensure compliance with