Episode Two: Arts North West
This Week on the Show… 0:52 Johnny Gogan, Filmmaker. 15:28 Maeve McGowan from the Hawkswell Theatre Sligo. 21:12 Ciaran McAuley & Steve Wickham. Arts North West is a weekly, magazine arts show that covers everything creative in the region. Featuring the best of music, theatre, storytelling, with the best of…
36 Covid-19 Deaths in North West nursing homes
Confidential HSE figures published by the Irish Times today show that there have been 36 Covid-19 related deaths in nursing homes across the north west. The breakdown per county is: Donegal 30 Sligo 5 Leitrim 1 The figures show a breakdown nationally of 1,030 deaths in 167 facilities…
Failure to comply with Passenger locator form could result in fines or time in Jail
Passengers arriving into Ireland from overseas will face a fine or jail if they fail to fill out a Covid-19 passenger locator form. From today, it’s mandatory to provide details of where you will be self-isolating and your contact information. Anyone who fails to do so could be…
Leitrim economic recovery could be hampered by planning permission difficulties
Difficulties in relation to planning permission in Leitrim could well impact on the success of the county’s economy emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s according to the Sligo/Leitrim TD Martin Kenny. The Sinn Fein TD had introduced an amendment to the Local Government Act, which would permit local authorities…
Covid-19 numbers remain static in North West
The Chief Medical Officer will brief Cabinet Ministers this afternoon about how Ireland is doing in the fight against Covid-19. There has been no change in the number of cases recorded in Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim over the past twenty four hours. The combined number of cases is 689…
No change in North West Covid-19 figures
A full return to economic activity is important, but so too is sticking to the plan and doing it on a phased basis, according to the chief medical officer. Dr Tony Holohan has described the latest Covid-19 figures as a “positive development,” but warned against complacency. Yesterday marked the first…
Lucky Leitrim Lotto player wins €96,000
A lucky Leitrim Lotto player has won €96,000. The National Lottery is asking those who who bought a ticket in McGowan’s Spar, Kinlough to check if they have the winner. The player fell one number short of claiming the overall jackpot of over €3.2m which wasn’t claimed and now rolls…