Following an infection control meeting this afternoon, the visiting restrictions at Letterkenny University Hospital have been extended.
From this afternoon, no visitors are permitted to visit the hospital other than in exceptional circumstances and following prior arrangement with the ward manager.
AS the number of patients in Donegal with the flu is continuing to increase Letterkenny University Hospital has implemented visiting restrictions.
A man in his late 20s is expected to appear before a sitting of Letterkenny District Court this morning following an attempted robbery in Newtowncunningham. On the 29th November 2019 at approximately 11.45am a lone male entered a convenience store in Newtowncunningham. He threatened a staff member at knife point before leaving the store on […]
COUNCILLOR Frank McBrearty has launched an explosive tirade after a motion he tabled was withdrawn without him being officially notified. The Raphoe independent rose to his feet during a council meeting this week to loudly berate Cathaoirleach Nicholas Crossan and Director of Services Joe Peoples. In a diatribe that lasted several minutes, Councillor McBrearty used […]
“I fully understand the stress that the threat of flooding causes and the frustration that people feel at delays”, said Minister Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran
A Tyrone businessman is creating jobs in West Donegal through the expansion of his bacon company. Mervyn Kennedy, whose father William was from Kilmacrennan, owns Kennedy Bacon, an Omagh-based firm that supplies cooked and streaky rashers to retailers including Spar and Musgrave. Kennedy Bacon also make ‘bacon bits’ – the little chunks of meat used […]
DONAL Kelly has officially taken his late son Manus’s seat on Donegal County Council. Mr Kelly momentarily struggled for words this morning as he spoke of his pride at being able to take up the role his son was elected to in May. Father-of-five Manus was killed when his car left the road on the […]
Donegal County Council has passed its budget for 2020 which has an extra €8.4 million to spend in the coming year. The revenue budget for 2020 is €154 million with a large chunk of the funding, €48 million, going towards roads. Two amendments were adopted at the meeting in Lifford today. The first was proposed […]
“For the month of October the INMO confirmed a total of 693 people were either on trolleys or waiting on wards on the hospital over four weeks.”
IRELAND’S love affair with Down Under may be on the wane but for some Australia continues to be the land of opportunity. Firmly in that category is Donegal man James Anthony O’Donnell. The 34-year-old traded Manorcunningham for Perth in 2011 – at the second time of asking – and has carved himself out a career […]