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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Addressing Mica crisis will be difficult and challenging, says Taoiseach
The Taoiseach says addressing the Mica crisis in affected counties will be difficult and challenging for the Government. Micheal Martin says a significant number of families will have to live in rented accommodation while reconstruction…