Virtual Kíla Concert from the Glen Centre to ring in the new year in
One of the only live concerts in the region will take place this evening online when music band Kíla will ring in the New Year from The Glens Centre in Manorhamilton. Covid restrictions mean that only Kíla, who will be accompanied by an 8 piece brass band, along with…
Latest Vaccination information for Sligo & Carrick-on-Shannon
Walk-in clinics for a booster vaccine for anyone aged 30 and over are available this weekend at Sligo and Carrick on Shannon vaccination centres There is no appointment needed. Sligo Racecourse Vaccination Centre is open today, this Friday and tomorrow Saturday from 8:30am until 7:30pm. It will be open…
Major changes to PCR Testing for under 40’s
PCR tests won’t now be ordered for people over three or under forty until an antigen test kit turns positive for Covid-19. The major change to testing arrangements follows a new all-time daily record infection rate of 20,554 was confirmed last night. Healthcare workers and the medically…
Man dies following Donegal Crash
A man in his 20s has died after a two-car crash in Donegal. He was seriously injured in the collision on the R236 in St Johnston in Dundee, that happened at around quarter past nine last night. The man was taken to Letterkenny University Hospital, where he later…
McConalogue ‘remembers forgotten farmers’, says Leitrim councillor
The Minister for Agriculture and Donegal TD Charlie McConalogue has announced a number of measures to help so-called ‘forgotten farmers’ in the west and north west. The measures provide a €5,000 payment to the farmers, as well as allowing those farmers get 60% grant aid under the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation…
Details of 2022 Markievicz Award bursary scheme announced
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, has announced that her Department’s Decade of Centenaries Markievicz Award bursary scheme for artists will open for online applications for the 2022 Award. This will be via the Arts Council’s website on Monday 10 January 2022 and…
Vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 who are at higher risk
The HSE in Community Healthcare Organisation Area 1, which covers Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan and Sligo, says it has opened COVID-19 vaccine registration for children aged 5 to 11 years who are at higher risk from COVID-19. Parents can now register their child for the vaccine if they have a…