North West Schools to close tomorrow
All schools will be closed in the counties of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal tomorrow due to the weather warning that is in place. The affected counties are Cork and Kerry, which are under a Red warning, and Donegal, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon, which are under an Orange snow and…
Status orange snow warning for the north west
A 12-hour snow warning has been issued for the counties of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal Met Eireann is warning the North Wes to expect “blizzard-like conditions”. A Status Orange snow warning has been issued for Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo and Roscommon. Met Eireann is warning of “heavy…
Storm Dudley to hit Donegal this Wednesday
An orange wind warning has been issued for County Donegal this Wednesday. Storm Dudley will cross the North of the island, bringing damaging gusts of up to 130 kilometres per hour. Met Eireann’s warned of high tides leading to some coastal flooding. A yellow wind warning has also been issued…
Sport Capital Grant programme to benefit several local clubs
Just under nine million euro has been allocated to the North West counties of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal through the sports Sport Capital Grant programme. Sligo has received 2.183 million euro, 5.654 million has been allocated to Donegal while Leitrim sports Clubs will receive 1.109 Cathaoirleach of…
Over 2,000 patients impacted by lack of Ophthalmic services in Donegal
Concern is being expressed this morning with the scaling back of essential services at Letterkenny University Hospital. Independent TD Thomas Pringle claims over 2,000 eye-care patients in Donegal have been waiting over a year to get necessary treatment due to the lack of ophthalmic services at the Hospital. …
Yellow weather warning issued for Co. Donegal
A Yellow Weather alert has been issued for Co. Donegal. The warning for strong winds begins at 3pm this afternoon and remains until midnight. Strong winds are expected with gusts of up to 100km/hr. Galway and Mayo are also included the wind warning while a separate rain warning for Cork,…
200 homes burgled in two months between Donegal and North Galway
The Dail’s heard claims there were 200 homes burgled and trashed in the space of two months last year, between Donegal and north Galway. The government is being urged to respond to concerns of rural homeowners after a spate of aggravated burglaries. 73 year old Tom Niland is fighting for…