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…
No new Covid-19 cases in Sligo and Leitrim
The Department of Health have confirmed that there have been no additional deaths from Covid-19 in the latest set of figures. 394 new cases of the virus have been detected nationally. 16 new cases were confirmed in Donegal. There were no new cases in either Sligo or Leitrim. …
Calls for Basketball centre of excellence to be established in Sligo
Sligo should be considered as a location for a Basketball Centre of Excellence. Basketball Ireland recently announced they are to develop 8 to 10 centres nationwide with Sligo/Drumcliffe Fine Gael Councillor, Thomas Walsh, calling for Sligo to be one of the locations. He says it would mean the county could…
Over 50% of people in the north west have stayed within 10km of their home
Over 50% of people in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal have stayed within 10km of their homes. The latest figures come from the Central Statistics Office’s ‘Staying Local Indicator’ which are accurate upto the 26th of March. 54% of people in Co. Donegal stayed within 10km of their home, 50.9% in…
Latest 14 day incidence rate
Two local electoral areas in Sligo registered less than 5 cases of Covid-19 in the latest 14 day incidence rate figures published by the Department of Health. The Sligo/Drumcliff area as well as the Ballymote/Tubbercurry district returned the figures of fewer than 5 cases. There were 12 cases detected…
Covid-19 numbers contine to fall
The number of patients with Covid-19 in public hospitals has continued to fall, and has reached its lowest point in 111 days. The five-day average for new infections in the Republic is down 23 per cent since last week. The Department of health has confirmed that 400 new…
Encouraging signs from latest Covid-19 figures
Five more people have lost their lives from Covid-19 according to the latest figures published by the Department of Health. 423 new cases of the virus are also included in the latest figures. There were 15 cases confirmed in the north west. All of these cases were reported…