A midnight curfew for restaurants, bars and nightclubs comes into force later today.
The measure has been brought in to try curb the recent spike in Covid-19 cases.
However, several nightclubs across the country say they’ll continue to open, but will just start earlier in the evening.
The Dail has been told that several Donegal families have been traumatised as a result of mistakes made when land registry maps were being digitised.
Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn says when the land registry was renamed the Property Registration Authority of Ireland and moved to a digitised system a number of years ago, some families in Donegal found that the boundaries of their land holdings were altered in the new digital maps.
This, he says, has brought some into civil and legal disputes, with one man ending up in a very costly court case……….
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A Donegal TD says there is a very real risk that laws intended to address the climate crisis end up punishing the poorer people in society.
Speaking during a Dail debate on a Labour Party Bill on Carbon Labelling, Deputy Pringle said while labelling is a useful tool, it doesn’t begin to address the policies needed to tackle the climate crisis.
He said one major problem is the idea that everyone has to take personal responsibility, while the likes of data centres are using up an incredible amount of energy.
Deputy Pringle says policy must target the largest producers of emissions, and not the working classes……..
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This Friday evening Finn Harps host Longford Town in their final game of the Premier Division campaign.
Harps know that a win is required to stay in the top flight of the League of Ireland.
Going into the game, the Ballybofey side are out of the Relegation/Promotion Play Off place, only on goal difference ahead of Waterford.
Despite their relegation to the First Division, Longford have been putting in big performances where just last week they drew with Waterford.
It’s still all to play for and Harps boss Ollie Horgan is realistic of the outcomes on Friday. He’s been speaking with Diarmaid Doherty.
Jason Quigley and Demetrius Andrade held the traditional pre-fight press conference on Wednesday evening ahead of their WBO World Middleweight title clash in New Hampshire, USA on Friday.
Quigley is ranked as a big underdog against the American who picked up his ring for five world title defence’s this week.
The Donegal man is looking to bring that winning run to an end by taking what many would see as a shock in the boxing world, but not in the Quigley camp.
Watch the Matchroom pre-fight event below: (Hosted by Eddie Hearn -Jason’s segment starts at 31 minutes).
Northern Ireland has recorded its highest number of Covid-19 cases in nearly three months.
1,848 new infections have been confirmed – the largest one-day total since August 27th.
12 people have also died from the virus in the past 24 hours.
427 Covid patients are in hospital in the North, with 33 in intensive care.
Meanwhile, the Stormont Executive has agreed vaccine passports will be introduced in Northern Ireland.
The DUP voted against the move – but the other four parties backed it.
The measure is due to be in place across the hospitality sector by mid-December.
SDLP deputy leader, Nichola Mallon, says it should have been in place some time ago……….
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3,633 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Republic this evening, with 634 Covid patients in hospital today, 119 of them in ICU.
Latest figures for Letterkenny University Hospital show 17 Covid patients beiong treated there, none of them in ICU.
There has been a total of 5,609 deaths related to COVID-19 notified in Ireland. This includes 43 deaths newly notified in the past week.
CMO Dr Tony Holohan says as many as 400,000 people could be infected by Covid next month if action isn’t taken.
That would mean nearly 13,000 cases every day in December.
Dr Holohan says there would be huge pressure on the hospital systems if cases continue to rise at their current rate……………
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News, Sport and Obituaries on Wednesday November 17th………..
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Luke McAteer was back in the winners enclosure this afternoon on the all weather track at Dundalk.
The Donegal Jockey won the 3/1 favourite Timourid for trainer James McAuley.
The win was the 24th of the year for Luke and his second this month.
Radio stations have proved they’re good value for money in public service broadcasting.
That’s according to Independent Broadcasters Ireland, which briefed politicians at an Oireachtas Committee today.
It’s called for a Climate Support Fund, similar to the Sound and Vision scheme launched to help pay for in-depth Covid coverage last year.
IBI Chair John Purcell says that scheme was a massive success, and extensive public service broadcasting can continue with further support………….
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