“We all have to be positive and keep our heads down and hope that everybody gets back to work over the coming weeks and months”
Providing a ‘safety valve’ in Covid-19 battle
It’s the busiest centre in CHO region, which covers Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal, and fourth busiest in the country.
Latest: 11 deaths and 115 confirmed new Covid-19 cases
THERE have been 115 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland today, bringing the total number of cases here to 24,506. It is the first time in almost a week that the number of new cases has exceeded one hundred. There have been 11 Covid-19 related deaths reported today. The total number of deaths now stands […]
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 […]
Family fight for life changing treatment to be made available
A DONEGAL family, who lost two relatives within weeks of each other to the hereditary condition Amyloidosis, are calling for a new life changing drug to be made available in Ireland. Letterkenny sisters Evelyn Cunningham and Bernie Cannon lost their mother Evelyn on June 3, 2017 aged 62, just eight weeks after their great-aunt Martha […]
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 […]
‘I’m so grateful to be still here ‘ – Cathaoirleach
“Everyone has to be very careful. There’s a responsibility on us all to heed the warnings. It’s up to each and every individual to play their part,”
Anger as tests delayed by leaks
TWO Letterkenny women have reacted angrily over the HSE’s handling of Covid-19 tests after their samples leaked while in transit to testing laboratories and were not able to be used. Zeinab Milanovic went for her test at the test centre in St Eunan’s GAA Club on Thursday, May 7 and after waiting twelve days for […]
Kayakers get stuck in the mud
TWO kayakers were rescued by the coastguard last night after getting stuck in mud in Lough Swilly. Malin Head Coastguard co-ordinated the rescue at around 10.30pm and the helicopter was sent in to get the pair out of the sticky situation near Magherabeg school at Manor. “They got stuck in the mud. They were caught […]