A man who died in Donegal, and who may have contracted Ebola while working in west Africa, "had been in high spirits since returning home", locals have said.

Health chiefs are awaiting blood test results today on a suspected Ebola case in Donegal after a man who recently returned from Africa died suddenly.

Test results expected later today will reveal whether a man found dead in Donegal yesterday died of ebola.

Health officials last night moved to allay fears of a potential ebola outbreak as it carried out tests on a Donegal man who died just days after returning to Ireland from a disease blackspot.

Medics suspect a man found dead in Donegal was infected with the deadly Ebola virus while working in Africa, the HSE has said.

The builder who is erecting a stone wall to give Kian Egan privacy at his home has joked that he wish he knew how rich the ex-Westlife singer was before he priced the job.

The Donegal Senior Football team will bring the Sam Maguire Cup to the south of the county today.

With a freezer full of sausages and steaks, Michael Neary and Joe O’Grady yesterday set out on what must be one of the longest campervan trips from Ireland to Poland.

GARDA representatives yesterday demanded their members be armed with pepper sprays after gardaí were hospitalised following a public order incident.

The county of Donegal is today mourning the death of five people killed in road accidents over St Patrick’s weekend.

The death toll from three overnight road accidents in County Donegal has risen to four.

A second man has died in an overnight road accident in County Donegal.