A DONEGAL student spent much of his time during lockdown earlier this year writing a book on Ireland and climate change. Ben Harkin (19) from Termon is a second year Software and Electronics students at Queen’s University in Belfast. Writing the book ‘Time nor tide’ gave Ben something to focus on during lockdown. Advertisement “It […]
Donegal drops to eighth in latest Covid-19 rankings
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THERE were 48 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Donegal this evening. It means there have now been 510 instances of the disease across the county over the last fortnight, latest data from the Department of Health shows. The incidence rate of Covid-19 in Donegal now stands at 320.4 per 100,000 people as it slips […]
Hospital reminds patients to attend their appointments
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The team at Letterkenny University Hospital would like to remind patients who have appointments at the hospital that they should attend their appointments as usual. Under the guidelines for travel patients are permitted to attend medical appointments at the hospital. “It is really important that patients turn up for their scheduled appointments. While we are […]
Covid latest: 13 deaths, 1,269 confirmed cases
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THERE were twenty-one new cases of Covid-19 reported in Donegal today as the county drops to sixth in the 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (328.5) with 523 new cases in last 14 days. It comes as the Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 13 additional deaths related to Covid-19 and 1,269 […]
New music project helping ‘shed’ fatigue of lockdown
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A shed in rural Donegal could turn out to be the saviour of the north west’s music industry. Treehouse Productions is an entity formed by south Donegal musicians Keith Mannion of Slow Place Like Home fame and former Wild Herring band member Patsy O’Kane. Over the past number of years the two friends have been […]
A brave face as local businesses close again
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“KEEP the head up, stay focused and we’ll all come through this together and emerge safely out the other side.” That was the rallying message delivered to the business community this week by Letterkenny hairdresser Patrick Gildea. The Government announced on Wednesday night that Donegal, along with Cavan and Monaghan, had been moved to Level […]
Figures show drop in Covid-19 cases in Letterkenny area
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THERE has been a significant reduction in the number of cases of Covid-19 being reported in the Letterkenny Electoral Area over the past seven days. The figures, available from the Covid-19 Data Hub, show case information at a Local Electoral Area (LEA) level across Ireland between September 29 and October 12. The Health Protection Surveillance […]
‘The numbers have come down slightly in Donegal’
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A LEADING public health specialist has warned that it will take some time yet before we see a decrease in Covid-19 numbers in Donegal. As cases continue to mount, Donegal has seen an incidence rate of 354.9 cases per 100,000, and 565 new cases in the last 14 days. It is one of three border […]
Writer turns attention to west Donegal’s ‘Wise Guys’
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A US Congressman, world boxing champion and major brothel keeper is just one of the gangsters featured in a new book by Gaoth Dobhair based writer and author John Joe McGinley. The Irish Wise Guys shines the spotlight on 17 of the most notorious Irish American crime bosses for whom death and destruction was a […]
Donegal actors battle the undead in new horror comedy
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A new horror comedy starring two Donegal actors gets its world premiere at the Kerry International Film Festival tomorrow (Saturday). Letterkenny actor Aidan O’Sullivan and Ardara native Marybeth Herron are among the cast of Follow the Dead which tells the story of four millenials in rural Ireland who stumble upon a zombie apocalypse taking place […]