Author name: oisinkelly

  A record of nearly 910,000 people are on a hospital waiting list in the Republic. The figure topped 900,000 for the first time a month ago, and has risen by another 2,000 since then. Almost 654,000 people are waiting for their first outpatient consultation – which is also an all-time high. Nearly 75,000 people

  Emergency services are currently at the scene of a collision at Drumkeen. The crash happened at around 4pm on the Ballybofey side of the village. It’s not yet known if anyone has been seriously injured. Motorists are being advised to expect delays.

  Donegal County Council is proposing to close one lane of the Kilmacrennan Road this Sunday between 8am – 4pm. Windyhall Road will also be closed to facilitate the works. This will be to facilitate preparation works ahead of the night works planned the following week. The works will involve planning out the existing carriageway

  1,914 new coronavirus cases are being reported this afternoon, that’s up 287 on yesterday’s figures. There are 413 patients being treated for the disease in hospital, with 73 in ICU. The five day moving average is 1,685 cases.

  Motorists are being advised of a road closure in south west Donegal. Donegal County Council advising that due to the essential road works, the stretch between Ardara and Narin/Portnoo will be blocked from 7am – 4pm tomorrow Saturday 16th October. The exact location of the road closure will be at the funeral home between

  1,349 new coronavirus cases have been reported by the North’s Department of Health. There have been an additional 4 Covid related deaths. 348 patients are being treated for the disease in Northern Ireland, with 37 in ICU.

  A live pilot whale has been washed up on a Donegal beach. The six-metre whale was found on Rossnowlagh beach yesterday morning. The live stranding was reported to the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group and the organisation sent a stranding volunteer to the scene yesterday. A member of the team has confirmed that bright

A local councillor is West Donegal has expressed disappointment at the closure this week of the Vaccination Centre in Burtonport. Cllr Noreen McGarvey says the centre began administering only six weeks ago, and she was hopeful it would remain open to offer the booster injections when the programme was rolled out. She also says there

ISME says the Government cannot react to every shift in Covid-19 case numbers. The business group believes the easing of restrictions on October 22nd should proceed as planned. On average, 50 people with Covid-19 are being admitted to hospital every day. ISME CEO Neil McDonnell says we have to learn to live with the virus……….

There were 35 people awaiting beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, six of them on Emergency Department trolleys. That was the state’s third highest figure, behind Limerick and Galway. In Sligo, there were 10 people waiting, five of them in the ED. Nationally, today’s figure was 387.

South Inishowen is facing more water outages today. There are reports of a major burst on the trunk main at Fahan, with Donegal County Council Cathaoirleach Jack Murray saying in a social media post that supplies will be affected the whole way as far as Newtowncunningham. He says the outage is likely to last for

A report has found that at least 18 intellectually disabled residents of Ard Greine Court and the Sean O’Hare Unit in Stranorlar were subjected “to sustained sexual abuse” during a period of about 13 years with the full knowledge of staff and management. A copy of the unpublished report has been obtained by the Irish

  The rate of Covid-19 has dropped further in most local electoral areas in Donegal. In recent weeks, some areas in the county had some of the highest Covid rates nationwide. However, in the latest data which covers the 14 days up to last Monday October 11th, nowhere in Donegal features in the top ten

  The Department of Health has reported 1,627 new cases of Covid-19. There are 415 people in hospital with the virus, of whom 70 are being treated in ICU. The Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Ronan Glynn, says the growth rate of the virus has accelerated in recent days. Dr Ronan Glynn also warned breakthrough infections

  Police in Northern Ireland are urging the public to be on their guard against a recent wave of scams. Numerous reports were received in recent days in relation to a scam involving a text or WhatsApp from a person claiming to be a family member. All the contacts have the common aim of encouraging

    A motorist has been clocked driving at 127km/p/h in an 80 zone in south Inishowen.  Gardaí from the Roads Policing Unit in Buncrana stopped the driver this morning on the outskirts of Muff village for the offence of speeding. A fixed charge penalty notice has been issued. Gardai are appealing to the public

Gardaí are investigating an alleged incident of dangerous driving which occurred on the N15 near Carrick, Castlefinn at approximately 12 noon yesterday. Two of cyclists, both male, were injured following the incident. One of these received treatment at the scene while a second was taken to Letterkenny University Hospital. Gardaí are appealing to anyone who

  European Union officials are in London for what the UK government says it hopes are ‘intensive’ talks. The meeting comes after the EU proposed reducing the number of checks on British goods arriving into Northern Ireland by up to 80 percent. It’s hoped tensions surrounding trade rules will be eased.

    1,304 new coronavirus cases have been reported by the North’s Department of Health. There have been six additional covid related deaths. 345 patients are being treated for the disease in hospitals in Northern Ireland, with 38 in ICU.

Letterkenny University Hospital is the second most overcrowded hospital in the country today. According to the INMO’s Trolley Watch report, 46 people are awaiting a bed at the hospital – 7 of them are waiting in the Emergency Department and a further 39 are on a trolley on wards elsewhere in the hospital. A total

A report into gynaecology services at Letterkenny University Hospital has found that further governance and management improvements are needed to safeguard women. Following a series of concerns about the quality and safety of gynaecology services at the hospital, HIQA undertook a review of the governance arrangements of the services at the hospital, Saolta University Health

A Donegal man who died following a farm accident in Monaghan has been described as someone who had a smile and a quick wit that endeared him to all who were lucky enough to know him. Tomas Feeney, of Corkishbane, Castleblayney, originally of Ardara, died on Tuesday. His native GAA club, Ardara paid tribute to

The Taoiseach says a decision is expected in the coming days on the further rollout of booster Covid vaccines. Micheál Martin told his parliamentary party last night they’ll be rolled out ‘without delay’ as soon as NIAC makes a decision. They’re already recommended for all over-80s, and over-65s in nursing homes.