EVERYONE needs to remain Covid aware, everywhere. That’s the message from Doctor Paul Armstrong, Clinical Lead at the Covid-19 community assessment hub in Letterkenny which has seen an increase in the number of people being referred in recent weeks. After going 23 days without a single Covid-19 case in May/June, Donegal has had twenty-five new […]
Man dies after boat hits rocks off Donegal coast
ARRANMORE RNLI has offered its condolences to the family of a man who perished off the coast of Donegal last night. The Lifeboat was launched at 8.50pm last night following reports of a boat on the rocks at Teelin. On arrival at the scene the Coast Guard helicopter R118, Killybegs Coast Guard boat and local […]
LUH manager apologises to women over Gynae care
THE MANAGER of Letterkenny University Hospital has apologised to the women impacted by serious failings in the hospital’s gynaecology services following the publication of a damning report. The review found women who suffered delayed cancer diagnosis were wrongly triaged and not booked in for follow up appointments in some cases. It identified that 38 women […]
‘Dander for Danny’ in support of leukaemia treatment
FRIENDS and neighbours will gather in Glenties on Sunday afternoon to take part in a ‘Dander for Danny’. The event is aimed to raise funds and awareness for five-year-old Danny McLoone who was recently diagnosed with leukaemia. Advertisement “Danny was diagnosed on Friday evening, June 26. He went to Dublin the following day and […]
Double delight in Donegal
“We are absolutely thrilled with the news that we sold the winning EuroMillions Plus ticket.”
Convoy has a millionaire!
“This is huge for the village of Convoy and I know that we’re going to be talking about this Lotto win for many years to come.”
Cases in 25 of the 26 counties over the past 14 days
There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today. There has been a total of 1,777 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Monday 24th August, the HPSC has been notified of 92 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 28,201* confirmed cases of Covid-19 in […]
“There will be cases in school aged children”
There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today. There has now been a total of 1,777 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Sunday 23rd August, the HPSC has been notified of 147 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 28,116 confirmed cases of COVID-19 […]
‘I love each of you to the moon and stars and back’
GERALDINE Mullan has spoken of her devastation at losing her husband, son and daughter in a crash on Thursday. John (49), Tomás (14) and Amelia (6) Mullan died when their car skidded off the road at Quigley’s Point. The family had enjoyed a day out at the cinema and bowling alley and were on their […]
Flood warning ahead of Storm Francis
DONEGAL County Council has issued a warning about possible flooding ahead of the arrival of Storm Francis. Earlier today Met Éireann issued a status orange weather warning for intense rainfall for Donegal and other parts of the country effective from 9pm tonight until 5pm on Tuesday. This will lead to rainfall accumulations of between 40 […]