EDITORIAL COMMENT: A5 DELAYS ARE DISCRIMINATORY
‘Live horse and you’ll get hay’ is one of the greatest lies of Northern Irish politics. It means, in short, that if you’re patient and stay quiet you will get your reward. But as Derry has learned...
View ArticleWEATHER WARNING: Snow causing problems again in hilly Derry
This morning's snow seems to have caught the city's drivers - and the gritters - on the hop again. The sudden flurries enveloped the city before the gritters got a chance to prepare the ground, leaving...
View ArticlePLANS FOR WATERSIDE STATION ARE A 'MEDIOCRE SHAM': 'WHY IS DERRY SETTLING FOR...
A TOP consultant says Translink's new plans for Derry's railway station will leave the building's once historic interior 'looking like an anonymous 1980s hospital corridor'. Writing in Monday's Derry...
View ArticleEDITORIAL COMMENT, MONDAY FEB 12: A visit from Theresa May could prove a...
The game doesn't need another unionist referee. An intervention by Theresa May, with respect, is not what the North needs right now. The British government are so hopelessly embedded with unionism that...
View ArticleLush! Classical announces epic summer event with top DJs and the Ulster...
Tickets will go on sale on Friday for, what organisers describe as, one of the most spectacular summer events ever to be held in Derry. Lush! Classical, which attracted 10,000 music fans to a sell-out...
View ArticleCouncil advertise for £250k site for new graveyard as City Cemetery...
Derry's council have advertised publicly for a new site for a cityside cemetery, which they hope to buy within the next six months. The Derry News revealed on January 11, that the current City...
View ArticleSporting fixtures cancelled as snow causes headaches for Derry drivers and...
Yesterday's snow seems to have caught the city's sports fans, drivers - and gritters - on the hop again. The sudden flurries enveloped the city before the gritters got a chance to prepare the ground,...
View ArticleTaking the biscuit: are councillors fed better in Strabane than in Derry?
By Alan Healy Deputy Editor CONCERNS have been raised that the biscuit provision at council meetings held in Strabane is superior to that of Derry’s offering. The issue was raised at a meeting of Derry...
View ArticleMAGEE ON MUSIC: Cardboard Gangster, Óg & Blue
KEVIN MAGEE catches up with Dublin actor John Connors and Glasgow born musician Gary Og, who were visiting the city during the Bloody Sunday anniversary weekend. Imagine my surprise to find out this...
View ArticleMid Ulster Council holds rate increase to 2.98%
Mid Ulster District Council has held its rate rise to 2.98% in what it has called the ‘most challenging budget-setting year to date’. At a meeting last night (Monday), the Council agreed the new rate...
View ArticleRepublicans say High Court decision not to release Neil Hegarty is devastating
Republicans in Derry have condemned this morning's High Court decision to refuse to release Creggan man Neil Hegarty, who was returned to jail a day after being paroled. Mr Hegarty's licence was...
View ArticleWork to begin next week to facilitate new sewers in Derry - diversions possible
NI Water will next week commence ground investigation works in the Foyle Street and Water Street areas of Derry. The investigation works will involve the excavation of a number of trial holes and...
View ArticleTALKS COLLAPSE: 'The deal is there - it's now up to the DUP to reflect and...
Foyle MP Elisha McCallion tonight squarely pointed the finger at the DUP for the failure to strike a deal aimed at restoring the Stormont Assembly. The DUP collapsed the talks after the two parties had...
View ArticleNew, larger remembrance mural erected in Fountain after vandalism
A NEW mural commemorating the Battle of the Somme has been erected in The Fountain after the original one was damaged by vandals last year. DUP Councillor Graham Warke secured funding from the Housing...
View ArticleFamily car stolen in Carnhill during snow, found crashed and burnt out in...
Police in Derry are appealing for information after a car was stolen from a family home in the Carnhill area on Monday. Jewellery and a sumer of cash were inside the car at the time it was reported...
View ArticleRepublicans challenge ruling not to release Neil Hegarty over alleged tagging...
Republicans in Derry gathered outside the Strand Road PSNI Station on Tuesday night to protest the High Court decision not to release Creggan man Neil Hegarty, who was returned to jail before...
View ArticleDerry police arrest three after report of Waterside robbery
Police in Derry this morning released details of an operation in the Waterside in which three people have been arrested. A spokesperson for PSNI Foyle said: "Following a report of a robbery in the...
View ArticleCreggan community leaders say Hegarty detention is 'abuse of power' and call...
Creggan Neighbourhood Partnership (CNP) in Derry have called for the immediate release of Neil Hegarty, whose parole was revoked in December just one day after he had been released after five years in...
View ArticleDerry woman who assaulted her sister and niece excluded from entering...
A 55-year-old Derry woman who assaulted her sister and niece on Boxing Day has been excluded from entering the street in which they live. Roisin Strain, of Glenbank Gardens, admitted two counts of...
View ArticleDerry GAA to hold careers expo for players
'Outside the Game' is what Derry GAA have branded an event to take place this Saturday at Owenbeg. In the first of its kind for the county, young GAA players will be formally introduced to local...
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