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Donegal is now the second highest county in the country when it comes to the 14-day incidence rate of Covid-19 infections per 100,000 population. It’s at 737.5, which compares to the national rate of 381.6. County Sligo is 5th, at 531.0. Monaghan has the highest 14-day incidence rate per 100,000…

Cabinet has approved new Covid-19 restrictions to take effect from Christmas Eve. While Christmas isn’t being cancelled, activity will be severely limited once again. From 3pm on Christmas Eve restaurants and pubs that serve food will have to close. Hairdressers, barbers, beauticians, cinemas and galleries will also have to shut…

County Donegal continues to have the largest number of new Covid-19 cases in the north west. In figures announced yesterday evening, the county had 19 new cases, with 7 in Sligo, 6 in Cavan and none in Leitrim. The number of cases in the past 14 days in the counties…

In the latest Covid figures announced yesterday evening, County Donegal had the highest daily rate in the country after Dublin. And it had the highest number after Dublin and Cork for figures for the past 14 days. In daily figures for midnight on Saturday, Donegal had 41 cases, Cavan and…

Leitrim was the only county in the country to report no new Covid cases yesterday. There were twenty new Covid cases in County Donegal. The previous day there were 16. There were fewer than five cases in Sligo and Cavan. Fourteen-day figures for local electoral areas were also announced. There…

The government is strongly considering telling people not to travel to Northern Ireland from next week, due to the region’s Covid-19 crisis. Tánaiste Leo Varadkar told his party colleagues last night the measure may be introduced, but no final decision has been made. The cabinet sub-committee on Covid-19 will meet…