Search
08 Oct 2025
Search
08 Oct 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Coronavirus Covid 19
A group of students in Limerick have been told to self isolate following confirmation this Thursday that there are four patients with the coronavirus receiving treatment in a local hospital.
In a notice circulated, students from a specific course have been told to ‘self isolate immediately’ until Thursday March 12.
The students are asked to “please await further instructions” and the message states that “there is currently an emergency hospital meeting regarding same.”
While there is no indication that any of these students have the coronavirus, the Limerick Leader understands that they may have come into contact with someone with the virus.
It was confirmed today that four people with the coronavirus are being treated at the University Hospital Limerick in Dooradoyle.
The two males and two females are understood to be in an isolated unit.
There are seven cases of the virus now confirmed in Ireland. The other two are being treated in the Isolation Unit in Dublin. Another is being treated in Cork.
For advice and updates on Covid-19 log onto the Department of Health Website
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
