Stronger health advice needed in light of RSV surge


According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, stronger public health advice around mandated mask-wearing must be offered amid a surge in RSV and other respiratory illnesses. This comes as 534 patients are without beds in Irish hospitals today. INMO General Secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha said they are once again calling on the Chief Medical Officer […]

Keep kids with respiratory symptoms at home – GP


A DONGEAL GP is urging parents to keep their children home from school and childcare facilities if they are displaying respiratory symptoms as the significant rise in infections is having a severe impact on the health service. Dr Denis McCauley, GP committee chairman with the Irish Medical Organisation, has echoed the plea of the Chief […]

Just one dog fouling fine issued in the past two years


DONEGAL County Council issued just one fine for dog fouling offences in 2021 and zero in the first ten months of 2022. Data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act revealed the local authority issued no fines for dog fouling offences between January and October 2022, and just one in the 12 months prior to […]

Camino trip to raise funds for Volunteer Emergency Medics in Donegal


Two consultants in emergency medicine, based in the west of Ireland, are encouraging people to bike or hike the Camino this April to raise funds for the ground services of the Irish Community Air Ambulance. The organisation has a team of Volunteer Emergency Medical Responders on the ground in Donegal, Mayo and Dublin. The trip […]

Donegal house prices expected to rise 3% in 2023


The price of the average three-bed semi in County Donegal is expected to rise by 3% in the next 12 months, according to a survey by Real Estate Alliance. Three-bed semi-detached homes in the county now cost an average of €145,000, up 14% on the December 2021 average of €127,500, the REA Average House Price […]

Public meeting being held to discuss threat of more industrial wind turbines


A public meeting is being held to discuss the on-going threat of more industrial wind turbines in West Donegal. The meeting is set to take place in St. Bride’s Hall, Lettermacaward on Saturday, January 7 at 8pm. Currently, there are four planning applications at various stages before An Bord Pleanála (the Irish Planning Board) for […]

Hospital staff in Letterkenny feeling overwhelmed and burnt out – INMO


THE Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has warned that overcrowding levels and bed capacity issues at Letterkenny University Hospital is “unprecedented”. The union has urged the government to call out hospital overcrowding around the country as “an out and out crisis”. Forty three patients were awaiting beds in Letterkenny University Hospital yesterday while 65 patients were […]

Teens due in court following cross-border pursuit


FIVE teenagers arrested after a white Toyota Aqua car failed to stop for police yesterday have been charged to appear at Strabane Magistrates Court today. Gardaí attempted to stop the vehicle on Lifford bridge but it fled into Tyrone. It was eventually stopped using a stinger device in Omagh. Advertisement One 16-year-old has been charged […]