Category: Old Donegal

The PRO of the Mica Action Group has said that “the devil is in the detail” when it comes to the Government’s leaked Mica redress scheme.

Under new proposals leaked over the weekend, full redress could be granted to affected homeowners but will be capped at €420,000.

Michael Doherty claims that headline figure comes with asterisks – including a cap of €138 per square-foot, which falls short of estimates that costed a requirement of €150.

A stipulation is also expected to be included requiring rental properties be registered with the RTB as of November 1st.

Michael Doherty says the Mica Action Group will be rejecting the Government’s proposals if they are ratified by the cabinet on Tuesday:

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The National Public Health Emergency Team will meet the Coalition party leaders today, to discuss the new Omicron variant.

Last night, the Chief Medical Officer said new regulations are being drawn up to give effect to new travel and home quarantine rules.

The World Health Organisation says it’s not yet clear whether infection with Omicron causes more severe disease compared to other variants, including Delta.

Infectious Disease Specialist, Professor Sam McConkey, is hopeful people won’t get as sick with the new strain:

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The Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan says while there’s much attention on new variants, cases of the Delta strain of covid remain too high here.

It comes after 3,735 new cases of covid 19 were confirmed, with 576 people in hospital last night, including 117 in ICU.

Donegal doctor. Denis McCauley from the Irish Medical Organisation says while the new strain is a concern, the current one needs to be tackled:

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The requirement for Covid-19 passports in restaurants and bars comes into effect in Northern Ireland today.

However unlicensed premises, such as coffee shops and cafes, will not have to enforce vaccine passports.

Hospitality venues in the North will be required to ask customers for proof of vaccination, or a negative test result.

It begins today, however there is a two week grace period before any fines would be imposed on venues that are non-compliant.

Derry City will be playing in Europe next season after St Pat’s beat Boh’s 4-3 on penalties after the game finished 1-1 after Extra Time.

The game finished goaless in the 90 minutes before Chris Forrester put Pat’s ahead on 107 minutes.

Rory Feely came off the bench to level the game up and bring the game to penalties but it was Stephen O’Donnell’s side held their nerve to lift the cup.

Downings will play in an Ulster Junior Football Club Championship Semi Final after they claimed a 0-11 to 0-07 win over Aughlisnafin in Pairc Esler in Newry.

Kevin Gallagher’s men took a seven point lead at the break.

The Down Junior Champions battled back in the second half but couldn’t bridge the gap as Downing earned a four point win.

Downings boss Kevin Gallagher told Tom Comack he’s delighted to get over the line…

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Downings will play in the Semi Final of the Ulster Junior Club championship after they beat Aughlisnafin of Down 0-11 to 0-07 in Pairc Esler.

Lorcan Connor was the top scorer for the men from Downings firing over six points.

Tom Comack has the full time report…

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Bonagee United and Cockhill Celtic both enjoyed wins in the Ulster Senior League on Sunday afternoon.

Michael Doherty’s goal was the difference between the two sides as Bonagee beat Derry City Reserves 1-0.

Garbhan Friel enjoyed a hattrick for Cockhill Celtic as they eased to a 4-1 victory against Letterkenny Rovers, Laurence Toland was also on the scoresheet for Gavin Cullen’s side with Sean McBride netting for Rovers.

Downings progressed through to the Ulster Junior Club Championship Semi Finals on Sunday afternoon with an 11 points to seven win over Aughlisnafin of Down.

Lorcan Connor was the star for the Downings men as he split the posts six times in the match.

After the game, Tom Comack got the thoughts of Downings Oisin Boyce.

The World Health Organisation says it’s not yet clear whether infection with Omicron causes more severe disease compared to other variants, including Delta.

It says preliminary data suggests there are increasing rates of hospitalisation in South Africa.

However, this may be due to increasing overall numbers of people becoming infected, rather than a result of specific infection with Omicron.

They also say that there is currently no information to suggest that symptoms associated with Omicron are different from those from other variants.