High Covid numbers result in more visitor restrictions at Letterkenny, Galway hospitals
A doubling of the number of patients being treated in hospital for Covid-19 in Galway and Letterkenny has prompted the Saolta Group of Hospitals to bring in new measures to reduce the spread of the disease. Hundreds of hospital staff are on Covid-related sick leave, and elective procedures have been…
Letterkenny funerals to take place tomorrow, Monday
Two men who died in a suspected murder suicide in Letterkenny earlier this week are to be laid to rest tomorrow. Daniel and Damien Duffy, 88 and 50 years of age respectively, were found dead at their home in Windy Heights on Thursday. They’ll be buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery…
Gardaí continue investigations after the bodies of two men are discovered in Letterkenny
Gardaí in Letterkenny are continuing to investigate all the circumstances into the discovery of the bodies of two men at a house in Windyhall, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. The body of one man in his 80s was discovered in the house and the body of a second man in his…
Bodies of two men found in Co. Donegal today
Donegal Gardaí have discovered the bodies of two men in Letterkenny. Gardaí are currently at the scene at a house in Letterkenny today. The State Pathologist has been requested and the scene is currently preserved. Both bodies remain at the scene at this time as Gardaí await the Technical bureau.…
Walk-in vaccination centres in Sligo, Letterkenny this bank holiday weekend
Walk-in Covid-19 vaccination centres will be open in Sligo and Donegal this Bank Holiday weekend, offering the Pfizer/Biontech jab for those aged 12 and older. The centre at the Racecourse in Sligo Town will operate from 1pm to 7.30pm on Bank Holiday Monday. The vaccine will be offered at the…
Donegal remains a Covid hotspot
Three local electoral areas in Donegal are among the country’s five worst-hit regions for Covid-19. Milford, Letterkenny, and Lifford-Stranorlar all have 14-day incidence rates of over 1,000 cases per 100,000 people. Milford’s is the highest in the country, at 1,038 – which is over two and a half…
Man dies following road traffic collision in Co. Donegal
A man in his late 40s has died following a road traffic collision in Co. Donegal. The motorcycle he was driving collided with a jeep and a tractor on the N14 in Letterkenny at around 4.55pm on Sunday between Dry Arch roundabout and the Port Road. He was brought to…