Derry could soon have its own Irish passport office after council agree to...
Sinn Féin have successfully passed a motion at March's full meeting of Derry City & Strabane District Council calling on the Irish government to open an Irish passport office in the north. Speaking...
View ArticleDEATH NOTICES: Friday, March 30, 2018
McLAUGHLIN (Feeny), James (Jimmy ), 29th March 2018 at Templemoyle Care Home. Loving son of the late James and Ellen R.I.P. Funeral leaving his late residence 590, Glenshane Road, Feeny on Sat 31st at...
View ArticleDerry man who sexually assaulted a woman in a lift at Altnagelvin Hospital...
A Derry man who admitted sexually assaulting a woman in a lift at Altnagelvin hospital has been jailed for eight months. Christopher Woods, 53, of Pennethorne Court in the Waterside area of the city,...
View ArticleOPINION In The Room: Mark Durkan reflects on the making of the Good Friday...
John informed us that his first words to Tony Blair were: "We will not negotiate with a f***ing fax machine!" As the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement approaches, MARK DURKAN, who went...
View ArticleRepublican flute band hit out at comments from TUV leader Jim Allister ahead...
The Spirit of Freedom Republican Flute Band has branded criticism from TUV Leader Jim Allister as ‘faux outrage aimed at stoking tensions’ ahead of the planned ‘Windmill Hill’ Tour tomorrow in Derry....
View ArticlePolice issue appeal after two cars damaged after being set on fire in the...
Police are appealing for information and witnesses following a report of criminal damage to a car in Campion Court, Derry on Tuesday, 27 March. Shortly before 2.20am police received a report that a...
View ArticleEmergency protest to be held in Derry today after at least 16 Palestinians...
inn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has called on the people of Derry to attend an emergency demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian’s in the Gaza Strip following clashes with the Israeli...
View ArticleDEATH NOTICES: Saturday, March 31st, 2018
Furness Juliette; 30th March 2018 Peacefully in Ardlough Care home Londonderry. Beloved wife of the late Kenneth. A Private Funeral service will take place on Saturday 7th April 2018. All enquires to...
View ArticleDerry post office which closed down in December is now set to re-open at a...
A Derry post office which shut in December is to re-open at a new location, it has emerged. Efforts had been ongoing to save the branch at the Academy Road since September after the postmaster...
View ArticleSunderland have announced that Derry's Darron Gibson has left the club by...
Sunderland have announced that the Darron Gibson has left the Championship club by mutual consent. The former Manchester United and Everton midfielder, 30, was suspended by his club on March 18 after...
View ArticleDerry Traveller site which was recently refurbished has been abandoned after...
A site for the Travelling community in Derry which was recently refurbished is now lying empty again after continued vandalism, it has emerged. The Daisyfield site on the Letterkenny Road underwent...
View ArticleTributes paid to Derry rock giant and former Big Electric Ceili Band frontman...
The Derry music world was last night mourning the former Big Electric Ceili Band frontman Charlie Herron, who died in the Donegal Hospice on Tuesday. Mr Herron, who was in his 50s, had also been a...
View ArticleRuff justice - Derry dogs to be banned from beaches in Donegal
Dogwalkers in Derry could be waving goodbye to leisurely strolls on Lisfannon beach this time next year when Brexit finally takes effect. It marks the latest blow ahead of the Article 50 deadline next...
View ArticleJudge tells homeless man in Derry to start applying for housing in jail
A Judge told a homeless man jailed for disorderly behaviour in the hospital and biting and spitting at police officers that he should begin applying for housing in jail. Sean Connell, 20, of no fixed...
View ArticlePolice investigate reports of device being left close to the foot bridge in...
olice received a report that a device had been left close to the foot bridge in Strabane around 10.30pm yesterday evening, Saturday 31 March. A telephone call was made to a local newsroom. Inspector...
View ArticleSinn Féin delegation meet officials to discuss new medical school for Magee...
A Sinn Féin delegation has met with the Head of the Civil Service to seek assurances that the project to deliver a medical school at Magee University remains on track. Speaking after the meeting,...
View ArticleCouncil staff will not remove bonfire material from sites in Derry without...
DERRY’S council has said it will not send its staff into remove materials from bonfire sites across the city until agreement has been reached with the ‘key players’ in the events. The move was revealed...
View ArticlePolice declare device discovered close to the footbridge in Strabane as a hoax
The PSNI has said that a device discovered close to the footbridge in Strabane has now been declared a hoax. PSNI Inspector Vince Redmond said: “We understand the frustrations felt yesterday and today...
View Article'We are building on the work of great people' - tributes paid to former...
Tributes have been paid to the late Martin McGuinness and a number of local IRA volunteers during the annual Easter commemorations in Derry. Earlier this afternoon, hundreds of republicans gathered at...
View ArticleIreland's answer to the ‘Orient Express’ could be Derry bound if new...
A number of tourism bodies and a luxury travel operator who is behind the Irish version of Orient Express have thrown their support behind a new Transport Hub for Derry. Tourism NI, Visit Derry and...
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