IT’S Week Three of the new academic year and students and lecturers at Letterkenny Institute of Technology are getting used to the ‘new normal’. The Port Road campus is mapped out with one-way systems and hand sanitising stations and masks have to be worn, including in lessons, by staff and students. Paul Hannigan, President of […]
Funeral of Letterkenny businessman Clement Harvey
THE death of well known Letterkenny businessman Clement Harvey at his Drumnahoe home on Sunday last was learned of with great sadness. A qualified auctioneer, Mr Harvey (75) ran the CSI Building Society for Letterkenny before opening a number of businesses in town. He started with the Square Mod Boutique clothes shop in the Market […]
Letterkenny hospital forced to cancel operations
A NUMBER of planned surgeries scheduled to take place at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) over the coming weeks have been cancelled due to Covid-related pressures. It follows confirmation that three patients remain in the hospital’s intensive care unit last evening. Mr Sean Murphy, General Manager, said the number of Covid cases rising in the community […]
Covid: Rise in number of patients in ICU in Letterkenny
THE number of patients being treated for Covid-19 on ventilated beds or in critical care in Letterkenny is at its highest point since April. There are four critically ill people with confirmed or suspected coronavirus this afternoon, according to latest figures contained in the ‘Covid-19 Daily Operations Update for Acute Hospitals’, which is published daily […]
Retiring consultant casts cold eye on health service
A leading hospital consultant has admitted that the failings of the Health Service left him both frustrated and depressed for much of the past decade. Mr Peter O’Rourke, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Letterkenny University Hospital, recently retired after an eventful twenty-three year career in Donegal. Unacceptable waiting lists and cancellations have been cited as […]
Davy is walking the walk for two great local causes
WELL known Letterkenny man Davy Cowan is walking the highways and byways of Donegal this week to raise money for the Oncology and Neo Natal wards at Letterkenny University Hospital. Davy, who recently retired from his job in Optum Ireland, had initially planned to do a sponsored walk between Galway and Letterkenny in March. Due […]
Donegal facing possible full lockdown before Christmas
DONEGAL could be put into another full lockdown before Christmas if new coronavirus restrictions are not followed, a leading doctor has warned. Stranorlar GP Dr Denis McCauley said Donegal could get through winter without a return to a Level 5 lockdown if “everyone plays by the rules”, but suggested tougher measures could soon be implemented […]
Country on verge of a mental health crisis – Dr McDaid
COVID-19 is a highly contagious viral illness, but it is not a very virulent one and we must ‘learn to live’ with this virus. That was the heartfelt message delivered this week by former Government Minister and Letterkenny GP Dr James McDaid, in a lengthy letter to An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin. Dr McDaid said that […]
Traffic counters reveal impact of Level 3 clampdown
THOUSANDS fewer journeys are being made on Donegal’s roads as restrictions to curtail coronavirus have been ramped up in recent weeks. Donegal moved to Level 3 on Friday, September 25 – initially for a three-week period – with pubs, restaurants and cinemas being forced to close their doors once more. As part of the restrictions, […]
Fifty reasons to smile in a pandemic
A Letterkenny couple will have a quiet celebration to mark their golden wedding anniversary at home today, Saturday. Eddie and Catherine Taggart, Thorn Road, had planned big celebrations with their three daughters, their husbands and ten grandchildren but like many, they have had to be paused due to the pandemic. While they will be physically […]