Over 100 new cases of Covid-19 reported in the North West
Over 100 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the North West in the Department of Health’s latest daily figures on Covid-19. Donegal reported the second highest number in the country with 84 cases being confirmed. There were 9 cases in Leitrim and 8 in Sligo. 617…
31 new cases of Covid-19 detected in the North West
The Department of Health have confirmed that there have been 31 additional cases of Covid-19 detected in Donegal. The figure was reported as part of 401 new cases reported nationally yesterday. No new cases were found in Sligo or Leitrim. 15 additional deaths were also confirmed in…
Thirty five new Covid-19 cases in the north west
Thirty-five new cases of Covid-19 in the north west have been announced by the National Public Health Emergency Team. The figures, to midnight on Sunday, showed 11 new cases in Donegal and 12 each in Sligo and Leitrim. There were 18 in Mayo. Throughout the country, there were 403 new…
Deputy Chief Medical Officer happy with falling covid numbers
Ireland’s current Covid-19 numbers are ‘better than anything we could have hoped for a few weeks ago’, according to the National Public Health Emergency Team. New cases of the virus have steadily dropped with 309 confirmed yesterday – bringing the five-day moving average to 358, down 12 percent on last…
Significant growth in wind farm sector predicted
A new report by KPMG for Wind Energy Ireland suggests there could be significant growth in the sector. 22% of rates income for Leitrim County Council now comes from wind farms; this figure is 8.6% for Donegal and 6.3% in Sligo. The report says close to two thousand more jobs…
34 new cases of Covid-19 in Donegal
The Department of Health has confirmed that 12 more additional deaths have occurred from Covid-19. 431 new cases of the virus were also reported in the latest set of figures. Donegal registered 34 new cases. Only Dublin and Kildare reported more cases. Once again there were no cases…
Cabinet meet to discuss vaccination programe
Cabinet Ministers will discuss the latest setbacks for the vaccination programme when they meet this morning. The Taoiseach is to be briefed by the HSE and the vaccines taskforce as work continues on redrawing the roll-out plan. Re-drawn plans to take account of the problems with the…