Category: Old Donegal

‘Be vigilant and be on the lookout for elderly and more vulnerable neighbours’ is the message from Gardai in Donegal.

They’re warning that it only takes just a few minutes for a burglar to strike.

Homeowners are advised to before leaving the house, ensure all doors and windows are secured, use light timer switches, store keys safely away from windows and letterboxes and set a house alarm.

Gardai are asking people to consider getting an alarm if they don’t have one and to use the alarm even when at home.

People are advised also against storing large amounts of cash in properties and to keep valuable jewellery in a safe.

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A funding package of over €5.5m has been announced for walking and cycling infrastructure in Donegal.

€5.596m for the county has been sanctioned by Transport Minister Eamon Ryan and the National Transport Authority for works on the Letterkenny Cathedral One Way project, the New Footpath Project in Muff, Bocan/ Culdaff and Carndonagh and the Safe to Schools Programme.

In welcoming the announcement, Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue says the works will help to rejuvenate towns and villages and make them safer places to live in and work in.

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3,932 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Northern Ireland.

One death was also reported in the latest 24-hour period.

371 patients are in hospital with the virus – down 23 from yesterday.

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The Manager of a Donegal nursing home believes we’re heading towards a crisis in terms of staffing in private healthcare settings.

It has led to calls on the Governement to improve the rates to the private sector to even out the playing field and pave the way for better pay.

Ann Gallagher, Manager of Hillcrest Nursing Home in Letterkenny believes that while the pay may be better in HSE positions, working conditions may not.

Ms. Gallagher feels that at the moment, private facilities are effectively training staff to a high level for export:

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An Inishowen councillor says the delay in starting work on a new Town Plan for Buncrana is affecting the prospect of addressing the town’s housing shortage, not to mention the crisis caused by Mica.

Work on a new plan should have started two years ago, but was delayed because of Covid.

Now, Cllr Rena Donaghey says work is yet to start on the plan at a time when it’s become imperative that the provisions be changed so that lands on the outskirts of Buncrana can be rezoned…………..

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The number of Covid patients in hospital nationally has risen by 40 over the past 24 hours.

The current figure is 885 – compared to 845 yesterday. There are 79 Covid patients in intensive care.

Latest figures for Letterkenny University Hospital show 31 infected patients, down eight from Friday’s figure.

Letterkenny has one Covid case in ICU.

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More disruption is expected to operations at Killybegs harbour this week.

Fórsa members at the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority are due to participate in a 48-hour work stoppage from midnight Tuesday until midnight Thursday.

It follows a 24 hour work stoppage last week.

The action is in response to what Fórsa says is a decision by SFPA management to implement and impose 47 recommendations from an independent review of SFPA without the input of the staff representatives.

Ian McDonnell Forsa Assistant General Secretary has been outlining what they believe needs to happen……

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Letterkenny University Hospital was the second most overcrowded in Ireland today.

Latest figures from the INMO show that there were 58 people awaiting admission there this morning.

17 people were on trolleys in the Emergency Department while a further 41 were waiting on wards.

Nationally, there were 471 admitted patients were waiting for beds this morning with 371 patients waiting in emergency departments, while 100 were in wards elsewhere in the hospital.

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A phased return to the workplace is now underway.

Covid restrictions on workers have been lifted and staff can return to the office on a phased basis from today.

But trade unions and opposition parties are calling for staff to be given the option to work remotely into the future.

Bernard Harbor from the Forsa trade union says remote working has benefits for individuals, employers and society……………….

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Donegal TDs are being urged to redouble their efforts to fast track the new Mica Redress Scheme.

Last week it emerged that it could be September before homeowners see any real progress, dashing hopes that the scheme would be up and running in the coming weeks.

Taking to social media, Mica Action Group PRO Michael Doherty says everything must be done to speed up the process:

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