Traffic delays on main Derry - Letterkenny road due to checkpoint
Motorists travelling between Derry and Letterkenny - in both directions - are being advised to allow extra time for their journey. A garda checkpoint is in operation on the Letterkenny side of...
View ArticleSUPER-STORE AND MEDICAL HUB GIVEN THE GO-AHEAD AT ARNTZ DESPITE TRAFFIC CONCERNS
By Marianne Craig Derry's council this evening granted planning permission - pending certain conditions - for a £117m super-store and medical centre at the former Arntz Belting site in the Pennyburn....
View ArticleMORE THAN 70 CIVIL SERVICE JOBS TO BE MOVED OUT OF DERRY
By Alan Healy Deputy Editor MORE than 70 civil servants will transfer out of their current offices in Derry to a new site in Ballykelly, the Derry News can reveal today. The move will form part of...
View ArticleSudden death of man at Iniscarn Crescent in Creggan, Police investigating
Detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of a 56 year old man in Derry. The man was admitted to hospital on the evening of Monday 29 January after he was discovered...
View ArticleDerry family treated for smoke inhalation after petrol bomb attack allegedly...
By Garrett Hargan A family managed to escape from their home after a petrol bomb was allegedly thrown through their living room window by a neighbour, Derry Magistrate’s Court has heard tody. Ruairi...
View ArticleMan’s body discovered near Limavady
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was found in the Largy Road area of Limavady this morning (Thursday, February 1). A post mortem is due to be carried...
View ArticleLá Fhéile Bríde Shona Daoibh!
Gino Del Pinto of Bunscoil Cholmcille proudly presents the St Brigid's cross of rushes he made at Shantallow Community Centre to mark the saint's holiday today, February 1 - and the official start of...
View Article'Nuisance' in monkey mask jailed for a month at Derry court
By Garrett Hargan A Derry man has been jailed for shouting obscenities at police while wearing a monkey mask and wielding a plank of wood. Michael Kane, 20, of Bonds Hill, appeared at Derry Magistrates...
View ArticleUUP's Derek Hussey has concerns over Derry's '17-day' Irish Language Week
The UUP have raised concerns over plans for an Irish Language Week in Derry. Council officers outlined plans for the event at a meeting of Derry City and Strabane District Council's Governance and...
View Article12-year-old shaken following Galliagh girl-gang attack
In one of the other weekend incidents, the Galliagh Co-op was robbed in a ram-raid attack at the weekend. by Gareth Cross gareth@derrynews.net A 12-year-old girl has said she is afraid to return to...
View ArticleDerry News Editorial: UU must secure old Foyle College land immediately or...
THE DERRY NEWS: News Without Borders Derry is perilously reliant on Ulster University as its only major third-level education provider. All opportunities to expand our university sector are...
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Could this BEE the course for you? You could be making your own honey!
March sees the start of a beekeeping course open to the public from Donegal, Derry and Tyrone. Because of the rapid decline of the honeybee population world wide, more and more people are taking the...
View ArticleThatcher on Thursday: Not as big a fish as I'd thought
This week KEN THATCHER has to take drastic action when he finds himself getting a little green around the gills I have always thought of myself as a fairly average-sized fish in a fairly...
View ArticleAfter the Duke Street march I x-rayed 44 skulls - and so did my colleague
Fifty years ago trainee radiographer DEIRDRE O'DOHERTY took part in the seminal October 5 civil rights march in Duke Street. Last weekend, at a civil rights commemoration event at Holywell Trust, for...
View ArticleLimavady man to be made Freeman of the Borough of Causeway Coast and Glens
Mervyn Whyte MBE will be made a Freeman of the Borough of the Causeway Coast and Glens at a ceremony in Coleraine today (Friday). The Limavady man will receive the prestigious accolade from Causeway...
View ArticleWhy is Derry's new transport hub named after river and not city, campaigners ask
Derry's rail lobby group Into the West tonight queried the apparent decision not to name the new Waterside transport hub after the city. Campaigners tonight published a picture of a model of the new...
View ArticleOriginal Derry Girls reunite to meet Lisa McGee at City Hotel fundraiser
Derry Girls writer Lisa McGee was back in her native city yesterday to host a 'Legenderry Ladies' lunch at the City Hotel in aid of Cancer Research. And while she was there, she got a chance to meet up...
View ArticleDERRY’S PRIMROSE CAFE NAMED IN SUNDAY TIMES LIST OF IRELAND’S TOP 100...
By Alan Healy Deputy Editor A Derry bistro which opened up just nine weeks ago has been named one of Ireland’s best 100 restaurants The newly-opened Primrose on Derry’s Strand Road was named on the...
View ArticleDerry & Strabane Council set for debate today on St Patrick’s Tricolour ban
By Marianne Craig A row is set to erupt at a meeting of the local council this afternoon over the inclusion of flags and emblems at the St Patrick's Day parades. They have always been banned from the...
View ArticleCo Derry firm fined over fish kill
COUNTY Derry firm J & A Renewables Limited was today fined £1,600 and ordered to pay compensation of £1,845 at Magherafelt Magistrates Court for causing a fish kill in the Altagoan River and for...
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