Cases in 25 of the 26 counties over the past 14 days


There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today. There has been a total of 1,777 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Monday 24th August, the HPSC has been notified of 92 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 28,201* confirmed cases of Covid-19 in […]

Flood warning ahead of Storm Francis


DONEGAL County Council has issued a warning about possible flooding ahead of the arrival of Storm Francis. Earlier today Met Éireann issued a status orange weather warning for intense rainfall for Donegal and other parts of the country effective from 9pm tonight until 5pm on Tuesday. This will lead to rainfall accumulations of between 40 […]

Wet and windy weather warning for Donegal


Met Eireann has just isued the following weather warning: Unseasonably wet and very windy weather is expected from early Wednesday night until later Friday, with further rainfall and wind warnings likely. Strong winds at times may result in unsafe conditions and some disruption, especially over high ground, lakes and sea areas. There is also a […]

Tory to become first autism friendly island


TORY is on the road to becoming Ireland’s first autism friendly island with members of the business community receiving training from Autism Awareness Northwest. The first step was taken last week when a training day was held on the island with business owners, families and members of the school community coming together to hear about […]

Plans lodged for new distillery


PLANS to construct a new distillery between Fintown and Church Hill have been lodged with Donegal County Council in recent days. The application is the name of Doyle’s Distillery Limited, a newly registered company with an address in Milltown, Newmills. Their principal business is distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits. The planning application seeks permission […]

HSE data breaches revealed


THERE were almost thirty HSE data breaches in Donegal last year with more than half taking place at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH).  The data breaches included a number of incidents at the hospital’s maternity department where personal medical records were found in the wrong patient’s files. Breaches also occurred in Donegal’s Mental Health Services including […]

Fifty-seven confirmed cases of Covid-19


  There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today. There has now been a total of 1,772 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland. Advertisement As of midnight Sunday 9th August, the HPSC has been notified of 57 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 26,768* confirmed cases […]

Golden opportunity to sell Donegal as a ‘perfect place’


THE Covid-19 pandemic is proving to be a golden opportunity to sell Donegal as a perfect place to live and work. That was the message delivered this week by Boyd Robinson of Charlie Robinson Limited, Auctioneers and Valuers. “The phone hasn’t stopped ringing for the past few weeks,” said Mr Robinson who added that interest […]

Catching the Wild Atlantic Way’s beauty from a bicycle


A DONEGAL student is nearing the end of a month-long solo charity cycle along the Wild Atlantic Way. Saoirse MacCárthaigh left the Old Head of Kinsale in Cork on Monday, July 6, and since then he’s visited many hidden inlets, sandy beaches, tiny harbours, tranquil bays and everything else a coastline can offer. This week […]