The Nine til Noon Show with Greg Hughes – Weekday’s 9am to 12noon
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Official Christmas parties in controlled settings are preferable to ‘unofficial’ work Christmas parties, according to Donegal GP.
High levels of Covid-19 in the community have cast a shadow over planning for the festive season this year.
NPHET has advised people to ‘dial back’ their socialising and ‘ration’ their activities.
Stranorlar Dr Denis McCauley, who chairs the IMO’s GP Committee, says unofficial gatherings may not be the best approach……………
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A Lifford based councillor is questioning a proposal to call the old army barracks the ‘Three Coins Centre’.
Cllr Gerry Crawford has previously said he favours calling it ‘The Prior’, in recognition of the school that previously stood on the site.
It has been agreed that a building in the complex will be called ‘The Prior’, which Cllr Crawford says he hopes will be used for the county’s archives.
Clle Crawford says he doesn’t agree with the proposal to use ‘Three Coins’ as the name for the centre, and he’s particularly upset at the way in which he found that out…………..
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Around 400 primary school children are testing positive for Covid 19 every day, according to the Irish National Teachers Organisation.
It says it’s very concerned about the escalation in cases and is once again calling for contact tracing to resume in primary schools.
The Health Minister says it’s being considered in the run up to Christmas, along with the use of antigen tests.
But General Secretary of the INTO, John Boyle, says they need a decision much sooner:
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Rathmullan’s heritage led regeneration project has taken a step forward with the appointment of Robin Lee Architecture to provide design team services.
Robin Lee Architecture will oversee the stages of planning and detailed design, construction supervision to final certification and handover.
The project will focus on two of the key built heritage assets in Rathmullan: The Napoleonic Gun Battery and Rathmullan Abbey both of which are Protected Structures and will see the development of a Community Hub.
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Kevin Eves and Chris Melly finished third on Sunday at the Kerry Winter Stages in Banna.
The Donegal crew were the leading two wheel drive car and they also took the fastest stage time in their Toyota Corolla on the last run of the day.
Eves finished 1min 44sec behind the winner Sam Moffett in a Hyundai R5 and just over a minute down on second place Gary Kieran who was steering a Ford Fiesta R5.
The Pettigo man done enough on the final stage to get into the top three by just 3.4 seconds from Colin O’Donoghue and John McElhinney in a Ford Escort Mk2
There’s been a slight drop in the number of people waiting on a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital but it still remains the second most overcrowded hospital in the country.
According to the INMO’s Trolley Watch report, 45 admitted patients are waiting on a bed at the hospital, 9 of them are on a trolley in the Emergency Department.
A total of 449 people are waiting for beds at hospitals across the country.
The HSE has confirmed that respite services are to return to Mountcharles and Dungloe.
Rehab Group are to provide respite services at Seaview House five days a week while the HSE has made a funding submission to extend the service to seven days a week.
Meanwhile, respite care is set to resume at Dungloe Community Hospital upon completion of the current refurbishment next month.
Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle says not only is it important that existing services are restored, but that the service is also expanded:
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Border Communities Against Brexit has described this latest move as an utterly reckless attack on the Protocol and an attack on every person living on the island of Ireland as well as an attack on the Good Friday Agreement.
The campaign group says recent data shows that the Protocol has positively improved the economy with a 61% increase in trade between North and South.
They are calling on the EU and the United States in the event Article 16 is invoked, to take a firm and solid stance against the British Government.
A West Donegal Councillor believes cameras need to be used in a bid to tackle illegal dumping in the area.
In recent days household items, including a hoover have been dumped between Falcarragh and Dunfanaghy.
Councillor Michael McClafferty has appealed once again to those responsible to properly dispose of waste.
He says there is no other option but to install cameras in illegal dumping hot spots:
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