NPHET issue Covid warning ahead of bank holiday weekend
Public Health Officials are pleading with people to double down on their efforts to fight Covid-19 this bank holiday weekend. The National Public Health Emergency Team says it’s “very concerned” at the 85 newly confirmed cases of the virus. Another patient has died, meaning the death toll now…
Slight increase in north west Covid-19 cases
85 people who travelled abroad may have incorrectly had their Pandemic Unemployment Payment stopped. The Department of Social Protection says it has completed a review of all 2,500 cases where the payment was cut. The department said it will be contacting the 85 individuals directly in the coming…
IFA president in Donegal this morning
The president of the Irish Farmers Association is visiting Donegal this morning. At 9 o’clock he will meet a group of farmers at the farm of Seamus Quinn at Ballinakillew, Laghey. He will also discuss issues affecting local hill farmers when he meets them at 11am at the farm of…
Donegal schools having difficulty in getting SNA hours
SNA number of schools in County Donegal have been experiencing difficulty in recent weeks in getting Special Needs Assistant hours allocated for children who have been described as in desperate need of such help. It’s been claimed that some schools that have applied for SNA support have been refused, and…
Covid-19: One new case in Donegal, Leitrim; Sligo more than a week without new case
It’s now more than a week since a case of the Covid-19 virus has been confirmed in County Sligo, where the number remains at 148. There has been one new case over the weekend in each of counties Donegal and Leitrim; Donegal now has had 472 cases while there has…
Buncrana music festival cancelled
The Buncrana Music Festival has been cancelled. The festival was due to take place from July 30th to August 2nd when the country was supposed to have entered Phase 4 of the governments roadmap for reopening the nations economy. This would have allowed upto 500 people to attend, however, the…
Dún na nGAAll podcast 16/07/2020
The Donegal senior gaelic footballers are getting on their bikes this Sunday – to help a very special Donegal girl, ‘Livie’ Mulhern. Hugh McFadden dons the lycra to tell us more. #TeamDonegal4TeamLivie Paddy is also joined by his fellow Ardara man and Donegal News journalist Frank Craig to unpick the…