LETTERKENNY Tidy Towns is publicly launching its new website today, Thursday, and a new competition to coincide with the start of National Spring Clean which resumes this week. The competition called – ‘Keep it Local. Keep it Beautiful’ encourages people to pick up a few items of litter while out enjoying their normal daily […]
Plans for additional outdoor dining and seating areas
Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council Cllr. Nicholas Crossan has today unveiled plans to support the re-opening of businesses in the tourism and hospitality sector through facilitating additional outdoor dining and seating areas. Owners of restaurants, cafés and eateries can apply for a licence from the Council for additional outdoor seating areas that will provide them […]
Latest: 5 deaths and 19 new cases confirmed
THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has been notified that 5 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died – bringing the total deaths to 1,695 There has been 19 additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed. There have now been 25,231 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland
Heartbreak of funeral during Covid-19 emergency
In an interview on Barrscéalta on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta today, Bernie Ní Dhuibhir described her family’s heartbreaking during the Covid-19 emergency when her mother Bridie Uí Dhomhnaill, 93, passed away in March. Bridie Uí Dhomhnaill, or Bridie Diver as she was known, from Gaoth Dobhair in Donegal, died on 26 March, at a […]
Funding for 13 heritage sites and projects in Donegal
Thirteen projects across Donegal are benefitting in latest round of funding under the Historic Structures Fund and Built Heritage Investment Scheme
‘Situation continues to improve in Ireland and Europe’
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 9 people with Covid-19 have died. There have now been a total 1,691* Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Monday 8 June the HPSC has been notified of 9 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 25,215** […]
Latest: Lowest daily Covid-19 figure since March 11
Four more people have died from Covid-19 in Ireland bringing the overall death total to 1,683. There have also been nine new confirmed cases, bringing the total number of cases in the Republic to 25,210. It is the lowest daily figure since March 11. Also, the daily Department of Health briefings have now been reduced […]
PE teacher, homeopath, Atlantic sailor and handy man
I like to work with wood but I’m not fussy what I do at the moment as long as I have enough to pay the bills and provide for my wife and two boys”
Donegal 17 days with no Covid case, 1 death in Ireland
It is now 17 days since there has been any confirmed cases in Don egal, Indeed, today the Health Protection Surveillance Centre advised that in the process of validating data and reviewing addresses, one Donegal case was reassigned to another county, leaving 471 confirmed cases in the county. Cases by county County Number of cases […]
‘It’s almost like we’re reopening for the first time’
We’ve been given a second chance to cut out all the mistakes we made first time round. It’s an exciting time,”