Athletics Ireland issues guidelines for return to limited activity
ATHLETICS Ireland has published a series of guidelines for clubs, coaches and athletes ahead of a return to limited activity next week. Athletics clubs, in accordance with specific government...
View ArticleMcHugh defends Leaving Cert decision in Dáil
Students may have had to wear masks and gloves if the Leaving Cert exams took place in July, Education Minister Joe McHugh has said. The Minister told the Dáil today that students’ exam experience...
View ArticleSinn Féin call for new supports for SMEs
SINN Féin Deputies have called for additional liquidity supports for SMEs. Sinn Féin spokesperson for Finance Pearse Doherty and spokesperson for Business, Enterprise & Innovation Imelda Munster...
View ArticleCovid-19: Two more deaths, 60 new cases in Northern Ireland
NORTHERN Ireland’s Covid-19 death toll has risen to 449, it has been confirmed. The Department of Health has announced two further deaths from the coronavirus this afternoon. A further 60 people have...
View ArticleDonegal toddlers invited to ‘Toddle at Home’ for Barnardos
Barnardos children’s charity is calling on young families to join the Big Toddle for Barnardos 2020. Since the fundraiser began nearly half a million toddlers – including 1,518 in Donegal – have...
View ArticleContractor appointed for €22M road and cycleway project
Donegal County Council has announced the appointment of BAM Civil Ltd as contractors to the N56 Dungloe to Cloghbolie Road Improvement Project. This new 7.1km long road and cycleway project is...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Ten more deaths confirmed, while recovery rate rises to 84.3%
Ten more people have sadly lost their lives as a result of Covid-19, it has been confirmed. This brings the number of deaths to 1,497. A further 159 new cases were confirmed by the Department of Health...
View ArticleBreaking: Child killed in tragic accident on Malin farm
A YOUNG girl has died following a tragic accident in the Malin area this afternoon. It is understood that the girl was involved in an accident with machinery on a family farm. Emergency services rushed...
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DD Motoring: An ordinary but extraordinary man
Three young brothers working in a field alongside the Letterkenny to Derry Road. The youngest would lift his head to listen to a sound in the distance, then he would call out ‘BSA, or Morris or Ford’...
View ArticleGovt need to clarify July education provision plans – McConalogue
Deputy Charlie McConalogue has called on the Minister for Education and Skills and his Department to clarify the status of the July Education Programme, also known as the ‘July Provision’. McConalogue...
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Little Livie’s lifesaving campaign gets off to amazing start
A campaign to get lifesaving treatment for the daughter of a Donegal Town man has got off to an amazing start – but there’s still plenty of fundraising to be done. Little Olivia (Livie) Mulhern was...
View ArticleBuncrana man in court after alleged attack on car
A 30-year-old Buncrana man has appeared in court following an alleged attack on a car in the town. Jason O’Connor appeared at a sitting of Letterkenny District Court yesterday. O’Connor of Park na...
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Outrage as neglected animals rescued from Donegal farm
The ISPCA has rescued six donkeys and two ponies – the second such large rescue of animals in Donegal in recent weeks. The equines were seized as a result of a joint operation involving ISPCA Senior...
View ArticleHSE vows to achieve three-day turnaround for Covid tests from next week
THE HSE says that it will have the capability of a three-day turnaround for Covid-19 tests from next week. As Ireland prepares to enter the first phase of its reopening from the lockdown, HSE chief...
View ArticleDeputy Pringle says we must be careful with contact tracing
Deputy Thomas Pringle has said contact tracing must be used carefully. The Killybegs-based politician referred to potential that a contact tracing App could have in tracing a person’s contacts in the...
View ArticleListen: Former Finn Harps goalkeeper on his ‘desperate’ Covid battle
FORMER Finn Harps goalkeeper John Young has told how he recovered from Covid-19 – after a ‘desperate’ battle. The 77-year-old Derry man, was the Finn Harps ‘keeper and the club captain when the...
View ArticleNational Public Health Emergency Team to decide restrictions advice
IRELAND’S National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) meets today to discuss the advice it will give ahead of the first phase of easing the Covid-19 restrictions. The first of the five phases of...
View ArticleDoherty slams ‘inexcusable’ cancellation of childcare scheme
PEARSE Doherty has said that the cancellation of the government’s childcare scheme for frontline health workers is ‘inexcusable’. Deputy Doherty, Sinn Féin spokesperson for Finance, said that the...
View ArticleDonegal ETB welcomes announcement on ‘calculated grades’
DONEGAL Education and Training Board (ETB) at its May meeting welcomed the recent announcement from the Department of Education and Skills on ‘Calculated Grades’ for the Leaving Certificate class of...
View ArticleCouncillor says supermarkets should host recycling banks
A Donegal County Councillor wants all supermarkets in Donegal to accommodate recycling banks for bottles and cans. Cllr Martin Harley made his submissions during today’s meeting of Stranorlar Municipal...
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