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Walk-in Covid booster clinics will be held this week at the Letterkenny Vaccination Centre for people aged 60 to 69. The clinics will be held at the recently relocated centre in Letterkenny Business Park, Ballyraine for those in the age group who have reached an interval of at least 150 days since their second dose

There’s been a jump in the number of people waiting on a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital today to 70, the highest figure in weeks. 19 people are on trolleys in the hospital’s Emergency Department while a further 51 are waiting on wards. 436 patients are awaiting a bed at hospitals across the country according

€50 million in funding has been announced to address the digital divide in schools. 203 primary and post-primary schools in Donegal will benefit from €2.5 million worth of the grants under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. Schools will be required to use the funding for the direct benefit of their students including the option

The Department of Education has revised its rules for mask wearing among primary school children. Last week it advised that all kids in third class and above wear one, and that they should be sent home if they declined without a medical reason. However in updated advice, it now says children should not be “excluded

Searches are continuing in Strabane for missing man, Michael McGinty. Michael was last seen in the Church Court area of the town on Saturday morning at 8am. He was last seen wearing a black and red top and black bottoms. Police say they are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of Michael and are appealing

Third level students are to be given free antigen tests on campus. The Government is to announce a €9 million fund for colleges to provide the tests. Last week, the Government abandoned plans to subsidise antigen tests, saying many retail outlets had started offering them at a cheaper rate already. Higher education institutes will be

Anyone arriving into the Republic of Ireland from overseas will now need proof of a negative Covid test. It must be a professionally taken antigen or PCR test, and came into effect yesterday. Meanwhile, passengers arriving into Northern Ireland from abroad will be required to take a pre-departure Covid test from 4 o’clock tomorrow morning.

A crisis management meeting was held over the weekend by Government departments, Met Eireann and Local Authorities, ahead of storm Barra, which is due to make landfall here tomorrow morning. The Road Safety Authority is also warning people to only undertake essential journeys during the storm. A status yellow wind warning comes into effect for

A man is due before Letterkenny District Court this morning over the weekend theft of a charity donation box at the Whoriskey’s Christmas Lights display in Kerrykeel. The box was stolen at around 9pm on Saturday night. Gardaí in Milford were alerted to a theft with investigations commencing locally – they were later assisted by

  A top level crisis management team meeting has taken place ahead of the arrival of Storm Barra. The National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management’s Crisis Management Team, conducted a virtual meeting today with Met Éireann, the OPW, and Local Authority Severe Weather Assessment Teams. The key public safety messages are for people to

A number of Donegal routes are to be gritted this evening.  From 5pm the following routes will be gritted 01: National Primary North 02: National Primary Central 04: Inishowen South 05: Inishowen East 06: Inishowen West 07: Milford South 08: Milford North 09: Cill Ulta East 12: Binswilly 13: Stranorlar North 14: Stranorlar East 15:

    A man has been arrested in connection with the theft of a charity donation box at the Whoriskey’s Christmas Lights display in Kerrykeel.  The box was stolen at around 9pm last night. Gardaí in Milford were alerted to a theft with investigations commencing locally, they were later assisted by Letterkenny District Detective Unit.

    Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of Michael McGinty. Michael was last seen in the Church Court area of Strabane at approximately 8am yesterday morning. Michael was last seen wearing a black and red top and black bottoms. Anyone who knows of Michael’s whereabouts is being urged to contact police on 101.

  Storm Barra is set to rattle Donegal and elsewhere on Tuesday and Wednesday. Met Eireann has issued a yellow weather warning for the entire country for Tuesday, and that’s expected to update over the coming hours. Strong winds and heavy rain have been forecast, with damaging gusts possible in the West. Some flooding is

  The Department of Health has reported an additional 5,156 new covid cases today. Meanwhile the number of patients in hospital is up 16 on yesterday’s figure, the total is now 503. Of those people, 110 of them are receiving treatment in an intensive care unit.

  There’s pressure on hospitals, with over 1,800 nursing staff vacancies across the country. New figures from five regional hospital groups show 33 hospitals have a total of 1,839 full and part-time vacancies. Today’s Sunday Times reports there are 525 permanent and 192 temporary nursing and midwifery jobs unfilled in the Ireland East Hospital Group.

Heartless thieves have stolen the donation box at the renowned Whoriskey’s Christmas Lights display. The donation box was taken at around 9pm on Saturday evening. It had been a busy night and it’s understood hundreds of euro may have been lost. Money this year is being raised for the BUMBLEance service. It’s not the first