More than 1,400 new Covid cases in Donegal and Cavan in past 14 days
There has been more than 1,400 new Covid cases in Donegal and Cavan in the 14 days to Friday last. That’s according to figures released yesterday from the National Public Health Emergency Team. There were 578 new cases in Cavan, 567 in Donegal, 199 in Sligo and 70 in Leitrim…
Concern expressed over Covid-19 figures in Cavan
Ballyjamesduff in county Cavan has the highest 14-day incidence rate than any other local area in the country at over 651. Lifford Stranorlar in county Donegal has risen in the past week to a rate of 610. There are concerns about the situation in cities with Cork…
New bishop of Diocese of Kilmore to be ordained this Sunday
A new Bishop of the catholic diocese of Kilmore will be ordained this Sunday. The Diocese of Kilmore includes almost all of County Cavan as well as portions of Leitrim, Sligo and Fermanagh. Sixty-years old Fr Martin Hayes will be ordained as bishop of Kilmore during Mass this Sunday in…
Information sessions to be held in North West as €28m Brexit package announced
Enterprise Ireland is to hold a series of information sessions throughout the north west next week on the recently-announced €28m Brexit package for counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth. The package includes a €15m enterprise development fund specifically for projects in the six border counties. On Wednesday next…
Government aim to house 750 asylum seekers throughout region
The government plans to house a number of asylum seekers across the north west. They aim to house over 5,500 asylum seekers nationally. The Department of Justice is looking for providers to operate centres in 8 regions around the country. One of these regions includes counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Cavan…
Armed Garda Support Unit stationed along the Cavan/Monaghen border
From this morning, an Armed Garda Support Unit has been stationed along the Cavan/Monaghen border. At last weeks Cross Border Organised Crime Conference, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris confirmed the deployment. A third third armed support unit has been deployed in the Cavan/Monaghen. It comes after the assault and abduction of…
PSNI’s Superintendent Clive Beaty appeals for info on Lunney Assault
The Director of Quinn Industrial Holdings is recovering in hospital this evening after being abducted from his home in Fermanagh last night. Kevin Lunney was found on the side of the road in Cavan after having sustained what the PSNI are describing as ‘life changing injuries’. A cross border investigation…