“There is a total lockdown here. Very little is open. We have not moved the car in more than four weeks”
Business as usual at Letterkenny University Hospital
“The hospital is still open. Non Covid patients have not been abandoned. All patients are equally important. Don’t be afraid to come to the hospital”
Three further Covid-19 related deaths in the North West
Cases by county Carlow 59 0.5% Cavan 345 2.7% Clare 136 1% Cork 945 7.3% Donegal 352 2.7% Dublin 6567 50.5% Galway 266 2.% Kerry 254 2% Kildare 621 4.8% Kilkenny 179 1.4% Laois 139 1.1% Leitrim 46 0.4% Limerick 343 2.6% Longford 79 0.6% Louth 384 3% Mayo 259 2% Meath 421 3.2% Monaghan […]
Letterkenny man’s ‘escape’ from New York
“It was strange and unsettling experience having people from Donegal and Peru send us messages telling us they had seen Elmhurst Hospital on the news”
Donegal priest says they should get Covid-19 payment
A DONEGAL priest has said the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment should be made available to priests. In an interview on Friday on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Fr Éamonn Ó Gallachóir, parish priest in Cill Chartha in southwest Donegal, said that priests should be entitled to the state COVID-19 payment of €350, particularly younger priests who […]
Donegal maths tutor to stream free live lessons
A LETTERKENNY maths tutor is inviting Honours Level Leaving Cert students to join him online for free classes. Dr Conor Purcell is the founder of Purcelltutor.ie, a private tuition service. But on Monday Dr Purcell will begin free Facebook Live sessions. “When the schools closed on March 14 I knew that I would have to […]
Pensioner left without phone for three weeks
“I’m a pensioner and a bit of an old hippy. I don’t have a computer but I always pay my bills on time when they arrive in the post”
Latest: 320 confirmed Covid-19 cases in Donegal
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that 43 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died. · 34 deaths located in the east, 4 in the west, 5 in the south of the country Advertisement · the people included 22 males and 21 females · […]
“It felt like the whole community was with us”
“Paddy would have been so proud – in his own town – to have received such a lovely send off. Despite Covid it didn’t feel like a lonely time”
Applications invited under the Covid-19 emergency fund
DONEGAL County Council is inviting applications for a programme which provides funding to support community and voluntary groups involved in the delivery of Covid-19 community response efforts. The Covid-19 Emergency Fund will provide immediate and urgently needed funding totaling €2.5 million. This will be available to groups who are participating in the government’s ‘Community Call’ […]