Donegal moving to Level Four Covid-19 Restrictions
From midnight tonight, Donegal along with Cavan and Monaghan will be placed on level four restrictions until November 10th. It means all non-essential retail will close, only key workers should travel to work, while gyms and hairdressers will close. The entire country has also been placed on an…
More Counties in danger of moving to level four
In the latest figures released by The Health Protection Surveillance Centre there were 5 Covid-19 related deaths and 1,095 new cases in the Republic of Ireland. The number of new cases thankfully have dropped in Donegal despite the County being placed under level 4 restrictions. According to the latest…
Ireland battling with widespread community transmission of Covid-19.
The Chief Medical Officer has warned Ireland is now dealing with ‘widespread’ community transmission of Covid-19. Dr Tony Holohan says it has become ‘a whole population issue’ and has appealed to every individual, family, household and workplace to act on public health advice. It comes as a further…
Level 3 restrictions to be reviewed by NPHET on Thursday
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre confirmed 60 new cases of Covid-19 for the Counties of Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim yesterday. 39 new cases were confirmed in Donegal, 13 in Sligo and 9 in Leitrim. There were 720 new cases registered in the three counties over the past 14…
Infection rates need to reduce to show Level 3 is working – McCauley
The number of Covid-19 cases are continuing to rise in the North West and indeed across the Country. In the latest set of figures released by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre there were 2 additional deaths from Covid-19. 814 new cases were confirmed nationally. All the Counties in…
Increasing number of Covid-19 cases across the north west.
The latest 14 day incidence rate of Covid-19 cases has been published by the National Health Protection surveillance centre. The figures provide the number of confirmed cases in the various local electoral areas from September 22nd to October 5th. Compared to last week’s figures, all the local electoral…
Calls on government to ensure funds for region spent correctly
A local TD is calling on the government to ensure funds for the north west region is spent correctly. Under EU recommendations, the north west has been downgraded from a ‘Developed Region’ to a ‘Region in Transition’ which means the government is eligible to draw down €350m to help develop…