Fiddling in the time of coronavirus


MORE than one hundred fiddlers around the globe marked World Fiddle Day on Saturday last with the sound of Donegal tunes. While musical celebrations were low key this year, though due to public health measures to limit the spread of Covid-19, musicians took the time to offer up some tunes from their living rooms. Over […]


Dig starts to find remains of Red Hugh O’Donnell


AN Archaeological dig  has started in Spain in the hope of finding the 400 year-old burial place of Irish Chieftain Red Hugh O’Donnell. In the City of Valladolid in the north west of the country the archaeologists first have to find the old Convent of San Francisco and within that what was known as the […]


Sixth consecutive day of under 100 new confirmed cases


The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 12 people with Covid-19 have died. There have now been a total 1,583 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of 11am Thursday 21 May the HPSC has been notified of 76 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 24,391 […]


Latest: 87% of confirmed Covid-19 cases have recovered


The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 11 people with Covid-19 have died. There have now been a total 1,571* Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of 11am Wednesday 20th May the HPSC has been notified of 64 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 24,315 […]


Churchill brothers go global and now have a ‘rally car’


TWO young Churchill brothers have kept themselves busy during lockdown by building a rally car to sit in when they play the Xbox. Eight-year-old Leon Doherty and younger brother Shay (5) built their car out of cardboard boxes and have spent the past week covering it with hundreds of advertising business cards which have been […]


Ireland reports 51 new Covid-19 cases today


  The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 16 people with COVID-19 have died. There have now been a total 1,561* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. Advertisement As of 11am Tuesday 19 May the HPSC has been notified of 51 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total […]