A second Community Testing Centre opens in Donegal today as the HSE continues to ramp up Covid-19 testing in the community. Latest figures show that the current facility at St Conal’s Campus, Letterkenny has offered up to 580 appointments per day to members of the community referred for testing. One month ago, a total of […]
Gardai to recommence Operation Fanacht for Donegal
An Garda Síochána will at midnight, Friday 25th September, recommence Operation Fanacht in Donegal. The Government on the advice of NPHET are requesting the people of county Donegal to adhere to increased public health measures that are being applied to stop the spread of COVID-19. Operation Fanacht is focused on supporting public compliance with these […]
Appeal to avoid all unnecessary cross border travel
IRELAND’S Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ronan Glynn and the Chief Medical Officer for the north, Dr Michael McBride have issued a joint statement this afternoon appealing for people to avoid all unnecessary cross border travel. Following a meeting this morning they said: “Given the current number of new cases in Donegal and neighbouring areas […]
Appeal from customers with disabilities during pandemic
IF you own a business that has had to change things around due to social distancing regulations, please take your disabled customers into consideration. That was the heartfelt message delivered to the business community across Donegal this week by Marcus Ward, a Letterkenny-based disability activist. Mr Ward, who is a teacher, said he had noticed […]
Cases among young people and along border on the rise
THE GP and Clinical Lead of the Covid hub centre in Letterkenny has warned the situation remains fragile and what we do now is going to influence the next wave. While Donegal has the second-highest 14-day incidence rate of confirmed cases per 100,000 population nationally, Dr Paul Armstrong said the situation could change quickly. “The […]
Donegal records highest daily total in over five months
DONEGAL has recorded the highest single daily increase in confirmed Covid-19 cases in more than five months. It follows confirmation that 30 cases were notified today. Donegal’s peak number of new infections came on 12 April when 39 new cases were reported. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that 2 people with […]
Covid-19 starts to hit from Lifford to Dungloe
Acting Chief Medical Officer has ‘concern’ about Donegal after 71 new Covid-19 cases reported inside the last week alone.
Watched from Sweden as daughter confirmed in Donegal
AFTER an initial surge, Sweden now has one of the lowest coronavirus death rates in Europe. The Scandinavian country left its schools, restaurants, and gyms open, and while the government banned gatherings over 50 people and urged residents to self-isolate, their lack of strict lockdowns was in contrast to the rest of Europe. Advertisement […]
Local Link thriving across Donegal despite pandemic
LOCAL Link is a great success story and has become a permanent part of Ireland’s public transport system. Last year over one million passenger journeys were taken through Local Link in Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim. All services have continued as normal through the Covid-19 pandemic and at the moment the public transport service is operating […]
New Community Testing Centre opens on Saturday
THE new Community Testing Centre for Donegal will become operational on Saturday. The new Community Testing Centre is located on the St Conal’s Hospital Campus site, Letterkenny in the upper car park area. Primary Care General Manager for Donegal, Edel Quinn, said the centre will ensure that testing is delivered to the people of Donegal […]