Donegal musician says 80%, preferably 100%, audience needed
A well-known Donegal musician says 80%, and preferably 100%, audience capacity is needed for the music and entertainment sector when it returns at the end of Covid restrictions. The Cabinet sub-committee on Covid-19 meets this afternoon for final discussion on ending the curbs. The plan will be published tomorrow, with…
McCallion: Covid booster programme a work in progress
The HSE says a covid booster programme is still a work in progress. It comes as figures show 88 percent of adults are fully vaccinated while 65 percent of 12 to 17 year olds have registered for a vaccine. Some over 70s are still showing up at walk in clinics…
30 hospital patients waiting for beds in NW
Thirty-nine patients in the north west’s two main hospitals are waiting for beds today. There are 25 in Letterkenny University Hospital, six of whom are in the emergency department, and 14 in Sligo University Hospital, where there are nine in ED. A total of 305 patients in hospitals throughout the…
CLAR funding for Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal
Allocations totalling about €1m have been announced for schools, playgrounds, infrastructure projects and community organisations across Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. It’s part of a total of more than €4.2m that’s being given to 104 projects throughout the country under the Department of Rural and Community Development’s CLAR programme. Among them…
Donegal Cllr objects to PSNI recruitment ad in GAA match programme
A PSNI recruitment ad in a GAA match programme is at odds with what the founding fathers of the GAA believed in, and should not have been included. That’s according to Donegal councillor Michael Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig – the ad appeared in the All-Ireland Hurling Final programme OceanFM…
Major staff shortages in early childhood sector
Early Childhood Ireland is raising serious concerns about funding as crèches reopen across the north west this week. It’s calling on the Government to double investment in childcare by 2028 and to publish a plan to achieve this in Budget 2022. Its members are also reporting more staffing issues…
Deputy Joe McHugh leads tributes to Donegal politician
The Tánaiste and Leader of Fine Gael, Leo Varadkar has led the tributes to the late Donegal Councillor, Bernard McGuinness. Bernard McGuiness was first elected to Donegal County Council in 1979, and has was returned to office at each subsequent election since that time. Donegal TD Joe McHugh described…