28 Garda trainees, reserves coming to help out in NW
Twenty-eight extra gardai are coming to the north west to support the policing of Level 5 restrictions. It follows reports earlier this week of more than 70 gardai in the region off work due to…
Feighan says progress being made in battle against Covid
The Junior Minister for Health and Sligo/Leitrim TD Frank Feighan says progress is being made in the fight against Covid-19. That’s despite a record figure of 93 deaths announced yesterday evening as well as the…
8 Covid patients in NW in ICU
There are 38 people being treated for Covid-19 at Sligo University Hospital and 120 at Letterkenny University Hospital. There are 8 patients in the North West currently in ICU units. 90 additional cases were reported…
Need for permanent reinstatement of cross-border health scheme
A Fianna Fail senator is calling for a cross-border healthcare scheme that ended after Brexit to be permanently reinstated. The Department of Health has confirmed that a new temporary scheme called the Northern Ireland Planned…
American congressman with Donegal, Sligo links hails start of new tone in U.S. politics
Joe Biden will overturn some of the decisions made by Donald Trump during his time in the White House. The soon-to-be president will immediately put more than a dozen executive actions in place. They’ll reverse…
Sinn Fein to table Dáil motion on pay for student nurses
Sinn Féin will forward a motion in the Dáil this evening which if successful will force the Government pay student nurses and midwives immediately. Donegal Sinn Féin TD for Donegal, Pearse Doherty TD, has…
93 additional Covid-19 deaths confirmed by Department of Health
The Head of the HSE says teams are under ‘unrelenting strain’ in hospitals and the community because of Covid 19. Paul Reid says anyone who dismisses the seriousness of the illness is spreading ‘nonsense,’…
