The sudden death has taken place on Thursday 7th May of Very Rev Hugh Sweeney, PP, Glenswilly. Born on 13th July 1945, Fr Sweeney was ordained on 4th April 1972 in the Church of Christ the King, Gortahork, by Bishop Anthony MacFeely, Bishop of Raphoe. Fr Sweeney received his primary education in St Finian’s National […]
Latest: 27 Covid-19 deaths, 156 new cases in Ireland
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The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 27 people with COVID-19 have died. There have now been a total 1,429* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. Advertisement As of 11am Friday 8 May the HPSC has been notified of 156 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a […]
Doctors warn testing and tracing is only way forward
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“We are a Primary Care centre and the outbreak of seven confirmed cases was in the Outpatient unit above us. It could have been disastrous”
Debbie-Lee delivered for Donegal
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For the best part of a decade, the name Debbie-Lee Fox was synonymous with sport in Donegal.
‘Goal of suppressing spread of the disease achieved’
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Cases by county Carlow 132 0.6% Cavan 710 3.2% Clare 281 1.3% Cork 1197 5.4% Donegal 469 2.1% Dublin 10840 48.9% Galway 380 1.7% Kerry 302 1.4% Kildare 1302 5.9% Kilkenny 265 1.2% Laois 243 1.2% Leitrim 70 0.3% Limerick 574 2.6% Longford 259 1.2% Louth 699 3.2% Mayo 514 2.3% Meath 723 3.3% Monaghan […]
Fears for future of Pieta House in Letterkenny
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“Pieta House Northwest are not taking on new clients who are in suicidal distress. It would appear to me that the service is being withdrawn”
Latest: 78% of people with Covid-19 have recovered
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THE HSE has confirmed this evening that a further 37 people have died from Covid-19 in Ireland. The overall death toll from the virus is 1,375. A further 265 cases of Covid-19 have also been confimred, bringing the total number of caases to 22,248. In Northern Ireland, another 14 Covid-19 related deaths have been confirmed […]
Donegal man on how Germany is coping as lockdown eases
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A Donegal man living in Germany says the government there is taking no chances as it begins to ease its coronavirus restrictions. Des Porter from Buncrana has lived in Germany for 21 years and works for a company that distributes electrical components. In common with several other EU states, Germany closed some of its land […]
23 more deaths from Covid-19, 211 additional cases
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Cases by county Carlow 127 0.6% Cavan 694 3.2% Clare 249 1.1% Cork 1177 5.4% Donegal 466 2.2% Dublin 10670 49.3% Galway 369 1.7% Kerry 301 1.4% Kildare 1280 5.9% Kilkenny 258 1.2% Laois 238 1.1% Leitrim 70 0.3% Limerick 585 2.7% Longford 235 1.1% Louth 685 3.2% Mayo 510 2.4% Meath 717 3.3% Monaghan […]
Reopening of Churches for prayer and limited services
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“We made a decision to confine funeral services to the cemetery because we were concerned about social distancing at the time of funerals”