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A small local road in Fanad has been closed pending repairs to an unsafe bridge.
Donegal County Council has confirmed the route, known locally as the Black Moss Road at Drumhallagh Upper between Kerrykeel and Rathmullan was closed last night because the has become structurally unsafe.
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A Garda investigation has been launched following the discovery of a man’s body in “unexplained circumstance”.
At approximately 7:30pm on Friday evening, the body of a man in his 50s was discovered lying in a laneway behind a row of houses in the vicinity of Knockalla Drive in Buncrana.
The body remains at the scene.
The scene is currently preserved and will remain preserved overnight. The office of the State Pathologist and the Garda Technical Bureau have been notified and both will attend the scene on Saturday.
A post-mortem will be conducted with the results of this examination to determine the course of the Garda investigation.
No further information is available at this time.
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Six projects in four Donegal schools have been successful in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.
The awards have gone to schools in Letterkenny, Donegal Town and Stranorlar.
Two Letterkenny schools received awards, Iseult Ni Mhathuna in Colaiste Ailigh received the Best Project in Irish award and third place in her category for a project on attitudes to a united Ireland. Meanwhile, three students at Loretto Convent were highly commended for their project on microplastics in water and fish guts.
Two projects at Abbey Vocational School were successful – Ciara Cannon won a second place award for her project on microbial activity of nanoparticles, while Hughie McShane was highly commended and won a display award for his app to improve writing in children with dysgraphia.
Two projects from St Columba’s College were also highly commended – Corey McCloskey and Cormac Morris for their project on the influence of viral social media in a school environment, and Theresa McMenamin for her project on fighting fast fashion.
Full details of Donegal projects –
Best Project in Irish and Individual 3rd Place, Social and Behavioural Sciences (Senior)
“An dearcadh agus eolas atá ag diagoiri i dtreo Eire aontaithe”
Iseult Ní Mhathúna – Colaiste Ailigh
Individual 2nd Place, Biological and Ecological Sciences (Intermediate)
“An investigation into the optimum microbial activity of nanoparticles”
Ciara Cannon – Abbey Vocational School
Highly Commended and Special Display Award Technology
“An app to improve writing in children with dysgraphia”
Hughie McShane – Abbey Vocational School
Highly Commended Biological and Ecological Sciences
“Microplastics in water and fish guts”
Csenge Bodnar, Petra Bodnar, and Lakshmi Shaji – Loreto Convent
Highly Commended Social and Behavioural Sciences
“How does the influence of viral social media trends affect behaviour in a school environment?”
Corey Mc Closkey and Cormac Morris – St Columba’s College
Highly Commended Social and Behavioural Sciences
“Fighting Fast Fashion for our Future”
Theresa McMenamin – St Columba’s College
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News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries on Friday January 14th……
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17,065 new cases of Covid 19 have been reported in the Republic this evening .
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said this evening that vaccine uptake has been exceptional.
59% of the adult population here have availed of a booster dose, compared with just 32% across Europe.
He said the primary purpose of vaccination has always been to prevent serious illness and death, and the vaccines continue to prove remarkably effective in this regard and have provided significant protection to the most vulnerable and to our health system in recent weeks, with the booster dose restoring protection against severe disease to 90%. At present, just 20% of people in intensive care have been boosted.
He said it’s also clear that those who have been boosted are less susceptible to infection and, if infected, are less infectious to others, compared with those who have not been boosted.
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Former Limerick and Waterford midfielder Bastien Héry has sign for Finn Harps.
The Madagascar international spent the first half of last season at Bohemians, before a loan move to Derry City.
Héry was named in the PFAI Team of the Year in 2018 and played alongside current Harps defender Ethan Boyle at Linfield FC where he won a league title.
He was capped at underage level for his native France, where he came through the Paris Saint-Germain academy.
He told FinnHarps.ie: “I am excited to be at Harps. When I spoke to Ollie and he explained his plan for the team I knew it was something I wanted to be a part of. Everyone knows Finn Park is a tough place to go so I’m looking forward to playing there as a Finn Harps player this season.”
Ollie Horgan told club media: “Bastien is a talented lad who will give us a lift, especially going forward. He knows the league well, and knows what it takes to get results in what will be a very tough Premier Division.”
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Former Bohemians, Derry City, Limerick and Waterford midfielder Bastien Héry signed for Finn Harps on Friday.
Last year, Peil Star came together with Héry to create “Un Ballon – A Street Football Film”.
Bastien is Madagascar International (Malagasy) and his former football clubs also include Paris St. Germain (PSG), Carlisle United, Accrington Stanley, and Linfield.
“Un Ballon – A Street Football film” was shot on the streets East Belfast, Ireland. The home of George Best.
Watch Below:
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The Donegal Hurlers meet University Ulster in a winner take all game in the McGurk Cup on Saturday.
After an impressive win over Antrim last week another win over the students of Jordanstown would send Donegal to the final.
Donegal Manager Mickey McCann feels Saturday’s test will be a tougher one than their first outing:
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The Taoiseach says the 8pm closing time for hospitality businesses could be scrapped.
The curfew has been in place for weeks in an effort to slow the spread of the Omicron variant.
While cases surged over Christmas, officials are hopeful the peak of the wave has now passed.
Micheal Martin says the issue will be examined next week…………….
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A Donegal Deputy says he has no confidence that the HSE will act on the Brandon report into sexual abuse at Ard Gréine Court, Stranorlar.
It’s after a recent HIQA inspection reported stated that the inspector observed a resident engaging in inappropriate sexual behaviour, which was not responded to by agency staff supporting them.
Deputy Thomas Pringle claims the problem isn’t with residents but with management within the HSE.
He says the body urgently needs to take responsibility……
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Statement from HSE –
Ard Greine Court provides residential services for 30 persons with mild to severe Intellectual Disability. A number of residents have other presenting conditions such Autism, Cerebral Palsy and Mental Health difficulties.
There are seven bungalow style homes and one single apartment on site which are organised into four designated centres, namely – Dunwiley & Cloghan; Edencrest, Riverside & Cloghan Flat; Railway View & Finnside; Dreenan.
All four designated centres were inspected by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) on various dates in September and October 2021 and the findings identify that improvements are required to achieve compliance with the regulations inspected across three of the four centres. The Dreenan Centre was found to compliant or substantially complaint in all regulations. The HSE has submitted detailed compliance plans to HIQA to address these issues and the improvement actions have been accepted by HIQA.
Service Improvement Programme – is being implemented to address areas of non-compliances across Ard Greine Court. The specific improvement actions implemented include:
· A Person in Charge (Clinical Nurse Manager II) has been appointed to all designated centres and the governance of centres has been further strengthened by the appointments of Clinical Nurse Managers (Clinical Nurse Manager I).
· Consistency of staffing in centres is being addressed with ongoing monitoring.
· Multidisciplinary professional supports such as Speech and Language Therapy, Psychology, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Behaviour Support, Occupational Therapy and Social Work have been assigned to the service.
· Advocacy supports are being provided to a number of residents.
· Compatibility Assessments for residents were completed. Where residents are incompatible, alternative appropriate accommodation is being planned to address this.
· A review of resident’s medical and personal plans has been undertaken.
· A Human Rights Committee has been established in Donegal to support and provide oversight to the Service.
· The Ard Greine Court Quality and Service User Safety committee, meets on a monthly basis to review all incidents.
· Safeguarding plans for each resident have been reviewed, updated and implemented in conjunction with the CHO1 Adult Safeguarding & Protection Team.
· Staff training is ongoing and is monitored on a monthly basis.
CHO1 Disability Services remains firmly committed to the development of a community based model of living and support for people with disabilities and will continue to work towards implementing this model though decongregation.
CHO1 has completed the decongregation of 112 residents from the Cregg campus in Sligo over a number of years and has commenced decongregation in other congregated settings also, namely, Cloonamahon, Sligo and the James Connolly Memorial Unit, Carndonagh.
Ard Greine Court has been identified as a priority site for decongregation. From 2019 to date a number of residents have been moved. Active planning for a number of residents to move in 2022 is under way with properties being procured and renovated to the necessary regulatory standards. Engagement and communications with all stakeholders on planning for this will commence in quarter 1 2022.
COVID-19 has brought challenges to services since the start of the pandemic including day services, community activities and contact with family and friends. It has also presented staffing challenges. Ard Greine Court has had COVID contingency plans in place throughout the pandemic and will continue to implement these as needed.
Head of Service for CHO 1 Disability Services, Edel Quinn, stated “The safeguarding of residents is our number one priority. The HSE will continue to work to ensure that robust governance, quality and safety arrangements are in place and that these systems are working effectively to ensure that person centred, safe, high quality services are provided. CHO 1 will continue to advocate for the further development of services for people with disabilities ensuring that accommodation and supports that best meets residents’ needs are in place “
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