A Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon in the North-West has warned of the long-term impact on patients across the country who face delays of up to 5 years on hospital waiting lists for some of the most common ENT conditions and procedures. Speaking in a special video released today by the Irish Hospital Consultants […]
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Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said any move from Boris Johnson to trigger Article 16 would be a big mistake. It comes as the Government is recommencing planning for a no-deal Brexit scenario. It’s expected the British Government will look to trigger the suspension clause in the Northern Ireland protocol. But Tánaiste Leo Varadkar says that
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After six rounds and hundreds of stages miles, both the British Rally Championship and Junior British Rally Championship titles will be settled on the Newry based Modern Tyres Ulster International Rally on the weekend of the 19th/20th November Reigning British champion Matt Edwards kept his hopes of retaining the BRC1 crown for a third successive
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Letterkenny University Hospital is the second most overcrowded hospital in the country this morning with 46 people waiting on a bed. 15 people are on trolleys in the Emergency Department while 31 are waiting on wards elsewhere in the hospital. According to the INMO’s Trolley Watch report, a total of 437 admitted patients are waiting
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European regulators are expecting to make a decision on using the Moderna Covid vaccine for 6 to 11 year olds within two months. The European Medicines Agency has started looking at an application from the manufacturer. It’s due to reach a decision on the Pfizer vaccine for 5 to 11 year olds next month.
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There are 551 Covid patients in hospital today – the highest figure since the end of February. 73 people with the virus have been admitted since yesterday, with 38 discharges. There are now 83 Covid patients in ICU – with more than half of them not fully vaccinated. HSE chief executive Paul Reid says over
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40 new jobs are to be created in Derry. Global company AquaQ which currently employs 230 people is to launch new offices in Derry. The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Graham Warke says the high value jobs in the software development sector are welcome news not only for the city but the
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A Donegal Deputy has clashed in the Dail with Taoiseach Michael Martin after the Environment Minister Eamon Ryan appointed ‘two close colleagues’ as members of the Climate Change Advisory Council. Mr Ryan last month made the appointments of Professor Morgan D Bazilian, who was previously an adviser to him and Dr Cara Augustenborg, who ran
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Letterkenny Gaels and Naomh Padraig Lifford will go head to head for the right to be Donegal Junior B Champions this weekend. Their clash is the curtain raiser for the junior double header at the O’Donnell Park. Ahead of the game Tom Comack heard from both camps: Naomh Padraig’s Manager Sean McConnell and Captain Paul
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This Saturday, Finn Harps will be represented in the National League of Ireland Cup Finals at U-14 and U-15 level in a double-header at the Athlone Town Stadium. The U-14s, managed by Head of Academy Kevin McHugh, take on Wexford Youths while Eamonn Curry’s Finn Harps U-15s will meet Cork City. Diarmaid Doherty looked ahead
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The Chief Clinical Officer with the HSE says it’s frustrating that some businesses aren’t checking covid vaccine certs. 44 thousand cases of the virus have been reported over the past 14 days. Only 11 per cent of the cases are over the age of 65 but 50 per cent of the hospitalisations are in the
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Donegal Deputy Joe McHugh has said he will have to reconsider his position within Fine Gael if a Mica Redress Scheme that is not fair and accessible to all homeowners doesn’t get over the line. Details on an enhanced redress scheme following months of discussions were due yesterday but it’s been delayed and now expected
The Ulster council have confirmed the fixtures for the Donegal champions in the upcoming provincial club campaigns. Newly crowned Donegal senior winners St Eunan’s will have home advantage in Letterkenny with their first round tie with Derry champions Glen to be played at the O’Donnell Park in Letterkenny on Sunday 21st November. Throw in will
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Donegal County Council has confirmed its Roads Team is investigating possible causes of flooding in the Oldtown and Charlie Daly Terrace areas of Letterkenny. The council has also submitted an application to the Department of Transport for Climate adaption funding to carry out assessments of areas of Letterkenny Town where there are repeated issues with
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Letterkenny University Hospital’s Maternity Department is holding a pop-up vaccination clinic today for pregnant women to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The clinic is for women who are attending antenatal appointments and who haven’t received their vaccine yet. In a statement Evelyn Smith, Director of Midwifery at the hospital says that guidance has changed on when
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The Shaping Our Electricity Future road map has been unveiled – a blueprint for radically transforming the country’s electricity grid. Donegal is in line for extensive investment, with several new projects required to address new renewable generation in the north-west region. These will include a new circuit, upgrading works and new technology projects to make
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Rental availability in the North West, or lack thereof, has been laid bare in the latest Daft report. Rents in the three Ulster counties rose 17.3% year-on-year, reflecting a sharp fall in availability – just 45 homes were available to rent on November 1, the lowest on record. In Donegal, rents were on average 19.7%
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233 medical card holders have been waiting over six months for an initial assessment for counselling. A further 1,610 have been waiting between four and six months. Of those waiting over 6 months, 42 are in Donegal. They’re waiting to access the HSE’s Counselling in Primary Care Service, which is available in over 240 locations
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Former Northern Ireland civil rights activist and government minister, Austin Currie, has died. The Tyrone native passed away peacefully at his home in Derrymullen, Co Kildare, at the age of 82. Taoiseach Micheál Martin says he did ‘so much for people, as a peacemaker and in politics’. He was one of the founding members of
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The Northern Ireland Protocol will be discussed during a meeting between the European Commission and the US president today. Ursula von der Leyen and Joe Biden will also speak about climate action, health and trade. The UK is threatening to stop implementing parts of the Brexit protocol, by triggering Article 16. Fianna Fáil MEP Barry
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3,578 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed this evening. It’s the eighth consecutive day the figure has exceeded 3,000. 520 Covid patients are in hospital – the highest in over eight months – with 83 in intensive care, up five from yesterday. The chief medical officer says 44,000 cases have been reported in
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Listen back to Main Evening News, Sport & Obituaries for Tuesday November 9th:
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Members of Letterkenny and Milford Municipal District have backed a motion calling for better privacy for women attending the Breast Check facility in the grounds of Letterkenny Public Services Centre. Cllr Michael McBride asked the the unit be moved to a car park adjoining Joe Bonner Road while building works continue and the PSC.
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The Irish League of Credit Unions is warning people about a new online ad scam offering fake same day loans. Those who express interest are contacted by a person claiming to be from the ILCU, who then requests a money transfer as insurance. The ILCU says it does not offer loans and is urging
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1,228 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the North in the last 24 hours. There have been 7 additional covid related deaths. There are 395 patients being treated for the disease in hospital in Northern Ireland, with 39 in ICU.
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A Donegal Councillor has claimed that the authority is failing the community when it comes to Drumonaghan Wood in Ramelton. Cllr Ian McGarvey told a meeting of Letterkenny and Milford Municipal District this afternoon that he believes his democratic rights are being denied by the council’s executive. Cllr Mc Garvey said he would not be
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Inland Fisheries Ireland has opened a fund to support vital conservation projects around the country. Up to €1 million is being made available. Minister Eamon Ryan is encouraging all eligible angling clubs, fishery owners and other stakeholders in Donegal to apply for funding to support fisheries conservation projects through the 2022 ‘Habitats and Conservation’ scheme.
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Former Donegal senior football boss Jim McGuinness is being linked with a surprise return to the sport. McGuinness is being lined up as part of a new Down management lead by Conor Laverty. Martin Clarke would also be included in the backroom team. If Guinness decides to jump onboard with the new Mourne County set
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Gardai conducted a crime prevention checkpoint on the outskirts of Letterkenny last night. Crime prevention patrols and checkpoints take place across the Donegal Division both during the day and night. In a statement, Gardai say that unfortunately, incidents of burglaries are on the increase and they are encouraging everybody to report any suspicious
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The North’s Deputy First Minister is calling on the UK Government to withdraw its threat to trigger Article 16. It comes as tensions continue to escalate both politically and on the streets of Northern Ireland – over the post-Brexit protocol. Michelle O’Neill met with David Frost this morning in the wake of two bus
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The hospitality industry has called for stronger sanctions for pubs and restaurants breaching the Covid regulations. The Restaurants Association of Ireland says this should include fines and closures. It follows a meeting between the hospitality sector, Government officials and the Deputy CMO Dr Ronan Glynn this afternoon.
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The Government has announced an investment of almost €2.5m to help a Carrigans based food producer develop and diversify post Brexit. 22 projects across the country in the meat and dairy sectors will receive funding as part of the €70m fund. Donegal Meat Processors, has been awarded capital investment to support a market diversification
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People are still socialising even though they are showing symptoms of Covid 19, and that is contributing to an increase in incidents of the disease in Donegal. That’s according to the Director of Public Health with HSE West, who says cases in the community are increasing. On today’s Nine til Noon Show, Dr Anthony Breslin
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Gardaí in Ballyshannon are investigating a spate of burglaries in the South of the county. Money and jewellery were stolen during a number of incidents. A small sum of money, jewellery and clothing was stolen from a house in the St. Josephs’ Avenue area of Donegal Town between 7pm and 11:50pm on Saturday evening last.
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Gardai are appealing to residents in the Solomon’s Manor area of Letterkenny to come forward if they have any information relating to a break in last week. Entry was gained to a house in the area by forcing open a rear window between 11am on Tuesday morning last and 11am the following morning. Gardai say
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A house in Letterkenny has been ransacked during a burglary in recent days. Sometime between 11pm on Sunday night and 1pm yesterday afternoon, entry to the property in the Ard Na Rí area was forced through the rear door. Items including a Sony Karaoke machine, Michael Kors watch, jewellery and a number of clothing items
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HIQA has today published a number of inspection reports on designated centres for people with disabilities. Two centres in Donegal were inspected during unannounced visits in August of this year. No non-compliances were identified in Teach Sona or Moville Residential Group Home.
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There were 44 people awaiting beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, eight of them on Emergency department trolleys. It’s the joint third highest figure in the state this morning along with Cork, with only Galway and Limerick registering larger numbers In Sligo, there were six people awaiting beds, all of them in the ED.
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Donegal County Council is being urged to include a sum of money in next year’s budget to progress plans for a promenade in Downings. The issue is to be raised at a Letterkenny Milford Municipal District meeting this afternoon by Cllr John O’Donnell, who says between €20,000 and €25,000 is needed to make a foreshore
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A student attending Letterkenny Institute of Technology is being forced to undertake a 270km round trip 4 days a week due to a lack of student accommodation in Letterkenny. Tadhg Cadden, a Quantity Surveying student leaves his home in Sligo each morning at 7am and some evenings, may not return until 8:30pm evenings. He says
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Donegal company, Nomadic Dairy has been sold in a €29m deal. Specialist food investment group BiaVest has partnered with Development Capital to acquire the company from Donegal Investment Group. Nomadic Dairy, currently employs 80 people in Killygordon supplying multiple products across the UK and Ireland. BiaVest will hold a 54% stake and Development Capital a
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This Saturday, Finn Harps will be represented in the National League of Ireland Cup Finals at U-14 and U-15 level in a double-header at the Athlone Town Stadium. The U-14s, managed by Kevin McHugh, take on Wexford Youths while Eamonn Curry’s Finn Harps U-15s will meet Cork City. It’s just rewards for the young players
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The Government is being urged to stop ‘leaking trial balloons’ as it relates to the Mica Redress Scheme. Details of a so-called ‘enhanced scheme’ were due to be published today however, it is being delayed as further adjustments are to be carried out. It’s after speculation that a cap of €350,000 would be included in
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There is no appetite among communities in the North for a return to violence, according to Sinn Fein. It comes after a decision by bus drivers in Belfast to walk out in protest over the recent hijacking and burning of vehicles. Cavan Monaghan TD Matt Carthy says the recent violence has no support from the
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There are calls for the Breast Check Unit in Letterkenny to change location. Currently the unit sits outside the Public Service Centre in the town however there’s concern that the site is currently not ideal due to construction taking place nearby and a lack of privacy for those attending. It is proposed to move the
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It’s been confirmed that work is to start to fix what’s been described as the most problematic water supply in south Inishowen. The line at Inch Island serves hundreds of customers yet bursts quite frequently, sometimes leaving residents without water for long periods of time. Irish Water has stated that it is to carry out
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Government officials will meet the hospitality sector today about their lack of compliance with Covid rules. The Department of the Taoiseach sought the meeting on Friday, after new ESRI data was released. It found 34 per cent of customers in restaurants aren’t having their Covid certs checked – and 37 per cent in pubs. But
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489 Covid patients were in public hospitals last night – a rise of three on 24 hours before. It’s also six higher than a week ago. According to latest figures, there are 22 infectious cases in Letterkenny University Hospital, 2 in ICU.
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Gardaí have attended the scene of an incident at a domestic dwelling near Ballybofey. They were called to the residence on Monday afternoon. One man has been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences and is currently being detained at Letterkenny Garda Station. No further information is available at this time
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Over 3,000 cases of Covid-19 have been reported every day over the past week. 3,161 new infections have been confirmed this evening – but that’s an estimate, due to a technical issue. 498 Covid patients are in hospital, an increase of 20 from yesterday, while the ICU figure is up three, to 78. The
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