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Derry's council launch online survey asking people if the Brandywell Stadium...

Derry City and Strabane District Council has embarked on a public consultation process regarding the renaming of the Brandywell Stadium. Members of the public are being encouraged to take part in the...

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Derry Jazz Festival goers in for a treat with new play steeped in the songs...

A WELL-KNOWN Derry writer has penned a new play which marries his twin loves of theatre and jazz. Dave Duggan’s ‘Chezzie’s Chance’ has been written for this year’s City of Derry Jazz and Big Band...

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VIDEO: Derry Feis Committee burst into spine tingling rendition of ‘Danny...

  A video of the Derry Feis committee singing a stunning version of ‘Danny Boy’ has been shared online. Led by Pat McCafferty, the emotional version of the city’s most famous song has been described as...

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'Disgusting' eyesore at the Glen Road in Derry cleaned up amidst calls for...

SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan has welcomed Council's clean- up of land at the bottom of Glen Road. "I am glad that Council have now taken action to clean up this eyesore," he said. "I, and others, have...

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Derry dog walkers urged to be vigilant after bag of suspected rat poison...

Dog walkers using a popular walking spot in Derry have been urged to be vigilant after a bag containing suspected rat poison was discovered at the site this morning. The bag (pictured above) was...

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Republicans arrested yesterday freed by Derry court and certain bail...

PICTURE: Thomas Ashe Mellon, standing to the left, pictured at the Saoradh press conference held in Junior McDaid House on Monday. He is standing beside some of the other men who were arrested...

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17-year-old arrested in connection with Maghera murder

POLICE have arrested a 17-year-old in relation to the murder of a Polish national in Maghera on Tuesday, April. A statement from the PSNI says the teenager was arrested in the Maghera area this morning...

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Derry café owner is honoured by the Mayor for reaching out to the less...

THE Mayor has hosted a special reception for a Derry café owner who throws open the doors of his establishment to lonely people every Christmas. Declan Moore of Claudes Café and his cousin Dermott...

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Derry Jazz Festival set to host performance from award-winning soul singer...

Derry Jazz festival-goers are in for a real treat this May Bank Holiday when the award winning and hugely popular soul performer, Buck Taylor, renowned for his likeness to the legendary Soul performer,...

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Anonymous benefactor donates funding for make-over at NSPCC's Foyle Service...

NSPCC Northern Ireland’s Foyle Service Centre has received a make-over thanks to a cash windfall from an anonymous benefactor and volunteer painters from local branches of Tesco. For over 30 years, the...

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Win a £20 Foyleside Voucher with the Derry Now Daily Bulletin

The Derry Now Daily Bulletin is the best way to stay up-to-date with the day's must-read news. Prepared by the Derry Now, Derry News, and County Derry Post teams of journalists, if features the top...

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Two decades after Good Friday Agreement Derry MP warns ‘mistakes of 20 years...

A conference featuring key players involved in in the Good Friday Agreement is took place in Belfast today, but East Derry MP Gregory Campbell says the agreement itself was ‘fundamentally flawed’ and...

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BREAKING: Police confirm man in his 60s has been arrested over stolen tractor...

A PSNI spokesperson has confirmed a 63-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of two counts of theft and criminal damage in relation to an incident in the Cherry Lane area of Feeny on Sunday. “He...

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Mother and daughter from Derry will attend the wedding of Prince Harry and...

A mother and daughter from Derry will be among the guests at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle next month. Julie-Ann Coll and her mother Catherine Cooke, both from the Waterside, received...

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Derry based group secures £5,000 Lottery funding to celebrate the cultural...

The North West Japanese Cultural Group has received a £5,263 grant to organise film showings and a book project to demonstrate the cultural exchange between Japan and Ireland over the past 100 years....

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Derry streets to get urgent pothole repairs after several vehicles damaged

The Department of Infrastructure has announced that urgent pothole repairs are to be carried out in the Garden City area of Derry. Sinn Féin Councillor Mickey Cooper welcomed news. Councillor Cooper...

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Gallagher brands postal vote system as outdated and archaic

Donegal TD Pat the Cope Gallagher has branded the current system of postal voting in Ireland, as outdated and archaic, and unlike numerous other countries in Europe. Deputy Gallagher said the current...

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Derry lottery winner claims £1/4 million prize - but shuns the limelight

Camelot, operator of The National Lottery, have announced today that the £224,264.80 prize from the EuroMillions draw on 16 February 2018 – which had previously remained outstanding in Derry has now...

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Calls made for Derry ESA claimants with under payments of up to £3,000 to be...

A Derry MLA has called on the Department of Communities to reimburse ESA claimants “as matter of urgency” after revelations that as many as 8,000 have been underpaid by an average of £3,000. The...

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People of Derry invited to explore the weird and wonderful objects donated to...

Dr Mike Simms, Curator of Ulster Museum’s Elements exhibition, will be in Derry next Thursday to host at talk at the Tower Museum He will look at examples of curious objects in museums, and how to...

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