“The rural community is my main issue, getting money spent and to get a bit more into the Finn Valley.”
ELECTION 2024: Tallies predicting that Martin Scanlon will top the poll in Lifford-Stranorlar
The performances of Martin Scanlon and Niall McConnell were the big talking points when the tally figures were weighed up from Lifford-Stranorlar MD. Scanlon looks like topping the poll with the tallies predicting the Independent candidate to poll 1,387, just around 200 short of the predicted quota of 1,582. Niall O’Connell meanwhile polled 856 first […]
Inishowen records lowest rate of children vaccinated
Inishowen has recorded the lowest level of children vaccinated against Covid-19. New figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) have revealed that just the Primary Course Completed rate in five to eleven year olds is just 4 percent in Buncrana and Carndonagh – the lowest rate in the country. The county also recorded the second […]
Covid cases fall in five of Donegal’s seven LEAs
FIVE of the seven Local Electoral Areas in Donegal have seen a reduction in the 14-day incidence of Covid-19 cases. Covid rates in Letterkenny, Milford and Glenties are now all below the national average. Numbers have also dropped in Carndonagh and notably in the Lifford-Stranorlar area, previously one of the hardest hit areas in the […]
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 […]
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 […]