Derry dissident Republican prisoner loses High Court battle over ban on...
A 24-year-old Derry dissident Republican prisoner has lost a High Court battle to overturn a court ruling banning access to solicitors’ phone numbers. Nathan Hastings, from Stradowen Drive in...
View ArticleNew taxi ranks approved for Derry's city centre
A total of eleven new taxi ranks have been approved for Derry's city centre. The new taxi ranks will be put in place at the Waterloo Place/Strand Road area and consist of full-time and part-time ranks....
View ArticleNew Derry housing development set to welcome new tenants next month
By Alan Healy Deputy Editor A new social housing project comprising of almost 80 new homes will welcome its first tenants at the end of next month, the Derry News has learned. The 76 new homes are...
View ArticleDerry's council to look at new CCTV cameras to catch motorists throwing...
Derry's council is to look at installing CCTV cameras at a number of 'hot-spots' in the city to catch motorists dumping rubbish out their car windows. The proposal came at this afternoon's meeting of...
View ArticleMan fined £1,200 for illegally dumping tyres at Derry bonfire site
A man who admitted illegally dumping tyres at a bonfire site in the Galliagh area of Derry has been fined at the city’s Magistrate’s Court. Barry McGillion, 45, of Glenelly Road in the Gortin area of...
View ArticleDerry tree-clearing service warns planning decision may impact response times...
By Alan Healy Deputy Editor A Derry business which clears fallen trees from roads has warned that its response times to emergencies may be impacted by a recent planning decision. The warning came at a...
View ArticleSmoke alarm alerts occupier to house fire
The occupier of a house in Derry was alerted to a fire in the property by a smoke alarm, Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service has said. Firefighters from Northland Road Station responded to a...
View ArticleWoman knocked down and killed following road traffic collision on main...
Gardaí in Inishowen are investigating a fatal road traffic collision which occurred at Umricam on the main Buncrana to Carndonagh road at approximately 9.15pm last night. A 59-year-old female...
View ArticleFork-lift truck driven through front doors of Co Derry business during ram...
Police are appealing for information following a burglary in the early hours of Tuesday, 13th March at a Unit in Sperrin View Business Park, Maghera. Police said "At some point between 3am and 4am a...
View ArticleDEATH NOTICES: Thursday, March 15th, 2018
DEERY, Charles (Fats) 14th March 2018 R.I.P. beloved son of the late Jimmy and Jean, 75 Cromore Gardens, dear brother of Celine, Bridie, Neil and the late Jimmy, Bernard and Sean. Funeral from his...
View ArticleBREAKING: PSNI carry out more raids in Derry this morning
The PSNI are carrying out more raids in Derry this morning. Police are currently involved in an operation at an address in the College Glen area of the city, close to Collon Lane. It follows a number...
View ArticleDerry man fined £750 for assaulting two women tourists on the Peace Bridge
Derry Magistrate’s Court has heard that a 26-year-old man assaulted two female Scottish tourists on the city’s Peace Bridge. Caoimhan Rush, of Iniscarn Crescent, admitted a charge of disorderly...
View ArticleDerry Girls star calls on real life Derry girls (and boys) to enter new...
Derry Girls star Jamie-Lee O’Donnell is calling on local organisations who have received National Lottery funding to enter this year’s National Lottery Awards. The actor, who played wild-child Michelle...
View ArticlePolice confirm house raids in Derry conducted by Paramilitary Crime Task...
Officers from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force conducted a number of planned searches in the Derry area yesterday, Wednesday, 14 March in relation to ongoing INLA activity. A number of items were...
View Article'It's absolutely brazen of them' - People from the Waterside illegally...
PEOPLE from the Waterside are illegally dumping their household rubbish in areas on the cityside, the Derry News has learned. It comes after a number of letters addressed to a house in the Waterside...
View ArticleGuinness truck arrives in Derry to ensure local pubs are well-stocked with...
It's a sight which will warm the heart of many Derry revellers ahead of the annual St Partrick's Day celebrations - the Guinness truck unloading its supplies to ensure the bars of Waterloo Street are...
View ArticleMotorists advised to drive with caution following single vehicle RTC outside...
Police are advising motorists to drive with caution in the Disert Road area of Draperstown following a one-vehicle road traffic collision. “This collision has happened close to a sharp bend in the road...
View ArticlePrince's Trust group at North West Regional College raises funds for Derry...
Students taking part in North West Regional College’s 12 week Prince’s Trust Team Programme have raised £250 for a new sensory room at Model Primary School. The participants held a street collection...
View ArticleLooking for a Donegal beachfront home - it could be yours for just €1!
This Donegal beachfront home is to be auctioned with no reserve price next month and could technically be yours for just €1. The three-bedroom townhouse in Rathmullan, which boasts stunning and...
View ArticleDerry councillor concerned that energy price-hike will leave many in the cold
SDLP Councillor Shauna Cusack has said that a decision by energy companies to hike prices following a period of severe cold weather will leave many, particularly older and vulnerable people, in...
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