Renewed calls for investigation into Belturbet bombing
Fianna Fail TD Brendan Smith has renewed a call for a proper investigation into the Belturbet bombing in County Cavan. It caused the deaths of 15 year-old Geraldine O’Reilly and 16 year-old Patrick Stanley…
HSE draft plan for nursing home vaccination released
A guidance document has been released to nursing homes with draft plans on when HSE teams will administer a Covid-19 vaccine. Under the proposals, HSE vaccination teams will travel to each of the 583 HIQA…
Two weather warnings in place for the north west
Two weather warnings are in place for the the north west. A Status Yellow warning for snow/ice is forecast for Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal which remains until 7am Monday morning. Wintry showers are predicted today…
Wind warning issued by Met Eireann
A status Yellow warning for high winds has been issued by Met Eireann for the whole country. It’s valid from 3pm this afternoon and remains until 4am Sunday morning. The forecaster are predicting wind speeds…
Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation dismayed with Brexit Deal
The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) has expressed its dismay at how repeated guarantees given to Irish fishermen have, effectively been shredded. Having secured a host of written commitments in official documents pertaining to the…
Brexit deal finally agreed
The EU and UK have agreed a Brexit trade deal. The agreement was reached following marathon talks overnight and brings 4 years of negotiations to an end. It means there won’t be extra…
Christmas Eve Covid figures – 8 deaths & 922 additional cases
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre have confirmed 8 additional deaths related to COVID-19. There has been a total of 2,192 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Wednesday 23rd December, the HPSC has been…
