Status Yellow Weather Warning issued for Donegal overnight
A status yellow wind warning has been issued for County Donegal overnight. It will run from 3am tomorrow morning for six hours until 9am. Met Eireann is predicting gusts of up to 100 kilometres per hour, and say they could he higher in coastal areas, or on higher ground.
6,296 Covid-19 cases recorded in the north west over one week period
6,296 new cases of Covid 19 were confirmed in the Counties of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal between January 16th and 22nd. When the HSE published figures are broken down county by county they show there were 4,102 cases in Donegal, 1,493 were detected in Sligo and 701 in Leitrim. It’s…
Planned Russian navy exercises ‘very alarming’ says local TD
TDs and senators are expected to strongly challenge the Russian Ambassador to Ireland at a meeting next week. Yury Filatov has been invited to the Oireachtas foreign affairs committee, over his country’s planned military drills off the Irish coast. The fishing industry met him yesterday about the impact the exercises…
308 adults availed of emergency accommodation during one week of December
308 adults in the north west region accessed emergency accommodation between the 20th and 26th of December. The December homelessness report has been published by the Department of Housing. The report finds that 196 men and 112 women availed of local authority housing during this time. The latest figures also…
Reduction in those waiting for hospital admission in the region
There has been a reduction in the number of people waiting for admission to the north west’s two main hospitals today. 46 people are waiting on trolleys or chairs in Letterkenny University Hospital, 11 fewer than yesterday and 20 people are waiting in Sligo University Hospital, 10 fewer than Thursday.…
Parts of the North West will have to wait until 2025 For High Speed Broadband
A Sligo Leitrim TD is claiming that the north west is once again ‘at the back of the queue’ when it comes to regional development. Independent TD, Marian Harkin made the comment after learning the majority of homes across Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal won’t be connected to broadband until…
Gardaí in Donegal seek the public’s help in locating missing 16 year old Boy
Gardaí in Donegal are appealing to the public for assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 16 year old boy. Ronan Quinn from Manorcunningham, was last seen on Friday evening 21st January, 2022. He is described as being approximately 5 foot 8 inches in height with a medium build, brown…