Cabinet sub-committee will consider plans to reopen the country
The Department of Health has confirmed that there has been an additional death related to COVID-19. 679 new cases of the virus have also been reported in the latest set of figures. Locally 26 cases were announced for Donegal, less than 5 in Sligo, and none in Leitrim.…
43 additional cases of Covid-19 in the north west
The Department of Health have confirmed that 43 more cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the Counties of Sligo Leitrim and Donegal. 29 new cases were reported in Donegal yesterday, there were 9 in Leitrim and 5 in Sligo. 901 new cases were reported nationally along with…
Sligo teacher expresses concern over Leaving Cert
A Sligo Teacher’s union official has expressed his concern in relation to this year’s Leaving Cert examinations Students are being given the option between predictive grades or sitting the exams. Those who decide to sit an exam will get whichever result is higher. General Secretary of the ASTI, and Sligo…
Concern expressed over British variant of Covid-19
The Department of Health have confirmed that 34 more people have died from Covid-19. 650 additional cases of the virus were also reported yesterday. There were 12 new cases in Donegal, less than 5 in Sligo and none in Leitrim. 180, 192 people have now received their first…
Significant decrease in north west Covid-19 cases
There has been a significant decrease in the number of covid-19 cases detected in the north west. Both Sligo and Leitrim reported 5 additional cases yesterday while the number of new cases in Donegal was less than 5. Nationally there were 33 deaths confirmed yesterday from Covid-19 with…
If you go down to the woods today….
The number of people visiting forests nationally, including in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal, increased by 38 percent since the start of the pandemic. Coillte say 2.2 million people have visited a woodland between March 2020 and the end of last year. The most popular areas were in Dublin,…
Covid-19 figures continue to fall
The Department of Health have reported 821 additional cases of Covid-19 in their latest figures. There were no additional deaths in yesterday’s figures. 29 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Donegal. There were 10 in Sligo and 5 in Leitrim. 175,238 have now received their first…