Donegal County Council is restricting vehicular access to a number of beach carparks and beaches following consultation with relevant state agencies. This move is as part of ongoing efforts to ensure compliance with public health guidelines during the current Covid19 pandemic in particular with regards to staying within 5km of your home for exercise. An […]
Outpatient clinics deferred as 238 new cases in Donegal
Letterkenny University Hospital is deferring all but very urgent and time critical inpatient and day surgery from today January 5th. Outpatient clinics will also be restricted however some of these will take place virtually unless it is absolutely necessary for patients to be seen. These measures are been taken to help the hospital manage the […]
McConalogue tests positive for Covid-19
Minister for Agriculture and Donegal TD Charlie McConalogue has tested positive for Coronavirus. Members of Cabinet are now self-isolating as a result, including Taoiseach, Micheal Martin and Tanaiste, Leo Varadkar. A spokesperson for Minister McConalogue said: “He is self-isolating and is following all public health guidelines. He has displayed no symptoms and he will continue […]
‘March 12 will forever be etched in my brain’
HOW do you teach 29,000 students in the middle of a pandemic? That was just one of many questions Anne McHugh was struggling to answer as she drove home from Dublin on Thursday, March 12. Advertisement Ms McHugh, Chief Executive, Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) had been at a meeting in the Department […]
Bishop of Raphoe calls for lifting of public Masses ban
THE Bishop of Raphoe is calling on the government to lift the ban on public worship, put in place as a measure against Covid-19. All churches across Donegal closed in late September as part of the Level 3 lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Since then, religious services have moved back online. The […]
Traffic counters reveal impact of Level 5 restrictions
THOUSANDS of less journeys are being made on Donegal’s roads since Ireland moved to Level 5 of the Plan for Living with Covid. 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. However, on Wednesday […]
Lockdown but Donegal traders fighting back
COVID-19 cases are dropping in the county but new, stricter restrictions came into place yesterday, generating anger in some quarters and resignation in others. On Wednesday evening, shop owners around Letterkenny were busy putting in place alternative systems for trading, including online and click and collect. “We’re trying to be as positive as possible […]
Figures show drop in Covid-19 cases in Letterkenny area
THERE has been a significant reduction in the number of cases of Covid-19 being reported in the Letterkenny Electoral Area over the past seven days. The figures, available from the Covid-19 Data Hub, show case information at a Local Electoral Area (LEA) level across Ireland between September 29 and October 12. The Health Protection Surveillance […]
‘The numbers have come down slightly in Donegal’
A LEADING public health specialist has warned that it will take some time yet before we see a decrease in Covid-19 numbers in Donegal. As cases continue to mount, Donegal has seen an incidence rate of 354.9 cases per 100,000, and 565 new cases in the last 14 days. It is one of three border […]
Up to eight hundred on site at Letterkenny IT
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 […]