Gaelcholáiste Dhoire to feature in new BBC documentary
For 500 years Dungiven Castle has stood at the foot of the Sperrin Mountains. Over the years, this ancestral home of the O’Cahan clan has had many incarnations, including a home for the US Army during...
View ArticleBreast Screening Mobile Unit at Dunnes Stores Coleraine
The National Health Service Breast Screening Programme is due to provide screening for women in the Coleraine and Causeway area in 2018. This year the mobile screening unit will again be located at...
View ArticleMotorists advised to avoid the Windyhill Road
MOTORISTS in the Coleraine and Limavady areas have been asked to avoid the Windyhill Road. Conditions on the road are described as 'treacherous' and the PSNI have asked motorists to avoid using this...
View ArticleMaghera family need your help to fund dream Disney World holiday for disabled...
The parents of a 5-year-old boy from County Derry, who has epilepsy and global development delay, is appealing to their local community to support the charity that wants to treat her family to a dream...
View ArticleLimavady group pitches to fund new kennels for assistance dogs
A Limavady-based organisation has received a cheque for £400 after taking part in ‘Pitching for Pounds’, a new pilot scheme run by the Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland. Assistance Dogs NI was...
View ArticleAPPEAL: Quad bike stolen from Claudy garage
Police are appealing for information following a theft from a dwelling in the Kilcul Road area of Claudy. Sometime between 10.30pm on Thursday, 1 February and 8.50am on Friday, 2 a green Yamaha...
View ArticleGuildhall protest marks Universal Credit rollout
Trade Unionists and local politicians were amongst those who gathered at the Guildhall today to protest at the imposition of Universal Credit. The controversial new benefit will replace Income Support,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Body recovered from Foyle is that of Lesley McHugh
It has been confirmed that the body recovered from the Foyle earlier today was that of Strabane woman Lesley McHugh. Ms McHugh was last seen in Strabane on January 6. Her body was found during searches...
View ArticleDriver admits causing deaths of brother and cousin in Magheramason crash
By Ursula Duddy Reporter A 21-year-old man has admitted causing the death of his brother and cousin while driving unlicensed, uninsured and in a car bearing false number plates near Newbuildings in...
View ArticleANGRY CHERRY SCOOPS BEST IRISH COMIC SHOP AWARD FOR SECOND YEAR
By Gary Ferry THREE local business owners have been celebrating this week after their store retained its title as the best comic shop in Ireland, as voted by its customers. Angry Cherry, based in...
View ArticleDungiven to be split?
Residents in the Dungiven area have expressed serious concerns and opposition to the Boundary Commission’s proposals to split the town and outlying areas into three different constituencies. The...
View ArticleNo Derry gig for Nadine though she will play Belfast's Limelight Club
By Marianne Flood DERRY songbird Nadine Coyle will not be performing a home coming gig as part of her upcoming UK tour. The Girls Aloud star will coming to Belfast’s Limelight on Sunday May 20 as part...
View ArticleWashing machine and cooker stolen during burglary
Police are appealing for information following a burglary at a property in the Rathbeg Crescent area of Limavady on Tuesday, February 6. Constable Gillan said: “Entry was forced via the rear of the...
View ArticleCountry Living Legend Charley Pride to join Daniel at Millennium Forum
One of American Country Music’s biggest living legends and last year’s winner of the Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement is set to entertain Derry fans this spring. Charley Pride has enjoyed one of...
View ArticleRenewed appeal over murder of Andrew Allen in Buncrana on 9th Feb 2012
On the 9th February 2012 Andrew Allen (24 years) was murdered in his home at the Links View Park, Buncrana in front of his partner at approximately 9.20pm. He received a number of gunshot wounds and...
View ArticleNew Brandywell Stadium to open in early March, say Council
A spokesperson for Derry City and Strabane District Council stated tonight that, in spite of previously advised delay on the Brandywell Redevelopment Project, mostly as a result of this winter's...
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Powerful ending to Derry Girls series reduces the internet to bits
The first series of Derry Girls bowed out tonight with a finale that was both joyous and heartbreaking. And if any body doubted Lisa McGee's talents before, tonight saw her cement her reputation as a...
View ArticleLisa McGee speaks about the ending that captured social media around the world
Lisa McGee has told the Radio Times why she felt compelled to write last night's heart-wrenching finale to the first Derry Girls series. The episode, which was described as "so brilliant, so moving" by...
View ArticleDalriada Urgent Care to be relocated to Mid Ulster Hospital site
At the February meeting of the Health and Social Care Board (HSCB), members approved the permanent relocation of the Dalriada Urgent Care service from Moneymore to the Mid Ulster Hospital,...
View ArticleBUSINESS COMMENT BY PAT McART: Does it still pay to be a Unionist?
With two tax regimes, two legal systems and two competing economic development agencies, PAT McART asks if a 32-county administration would now make economic sense for all citizens on the island....
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