Coleraine Rugby Club fined after verbal abuse shouted at female referee from...
Coleraine Rugby Club has been fined after a female referee from Derry was subjected to verbal abuse from its members during a match last month. Ulster Rugby administered the fine against the club after...
View ArticleBREAKING: Police confirm man rescued from River Foyle today at lunchtime
Police have confirmed a man was rescued from the River Foyle today shortly before 1pm and is now being treated in hospital. At approximately 12.40pm today, Wednesday, 25 April, police received a report...
View Article'This service must be protected' - Extra funding secured for Derry service...
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Karen Mullan has welcomed the allocation of extra funding by the Housing Executive to local organisation Foyle Haven which provides a day centre service to support local street...
View ArticleDerry vigil for Alfie Evans to take place at lunchtime today
A vigil will take place today at the Guildhall in support of the Liverpool toddler Alfie Evans who has been prevented from travelling abroad for medical treatment after life support was withdrawn at...
View ArticleWell known Derry woman dies suddenly on holiday in Spain
The death has been announced of Ann McCrea (née Kerrigan), from Meenan Drive in the Bogside, who died suddenly in Malaga in Spain yesterday. Funeral arrangements for Mrs McCrea, who was in her 60s,...
View ArticleSite of new Derry Post Office put out to consultation
The Post Office have announced this morning that they are proposing to re-open their Rosemount branch in Derry at a new location - Gill's Spar Newsagent Ltd, 5-7 Park Avenue. A spokesperson said: "I am...
View ArticleDerry family event working towards 'Making Sense of Autism' hailed as great...
Derry hosted one of five family events that took place throughout Northern Ireland working towards 'Making Sense of Autism'. Autism NI in partnership with the Children and Young People’s Strategic...
View ArticleOngoing police raids at Junior McDaid House and at Republican's homes in Derry
There have been police raids today at Junior McDaid House in Derry, headquarters of the Republican groups Saoradh and IRPWA. The Saoradh national office, at Junior McDaid House, was searched earlier...
View ArticleDerry vigil for seriously ill Liverpool toddler as parents hope to take him...
A vigil for the seriously ill Liverpool toddler, Alfie Evans, took place today at the Guildhall Square. The little boy, who is almost two-years-old, has been legally prevented from travelling abroad...
View ArticlePolice to step up park patrols in Derry following weekend teen trouble
By Alan Healy Deputy Editor THE PSNI is to increase its patrols at a park in Derry during periods of good weather in a bid to curb large groups of youths engaging in anti-social behaviour. The move...
View ArticleFoyle Hospice Female Walk/Run goes global by inviting North West ex-pats to...
Marianne Flood Reporter The Foyle Hospice is celebrating the 18th year of its famous walk/run by inviting ex-pats from the North West to take part. But rather than asking people to buy a plane ticket,...
View ArticleDEATH NOTICES: Friday, April 27, 2018
OLPHERT Caroline Helen April 26, 2018 Peacefully at Altnagelvin Hospital (surrounded by her loving family after a short illness in her 52nd year) much loved mum of Sarah- Louise and Aaron, adored...
View Article'Lives are being put at risk' - Scale of illegal dumping at street in Derry's...
Sinn Féin Councillor Colly Kelly has said lives are being put at risk with indiscriminate dumping at a stairwell in a flats complex at Gartan Square in the Bogside. Councillor Colly Kelly said “I was...
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OPINION: Fr Paddy on Bishop McAreavey - 'The Resignation of a Friend'
Pictured above: Fr Malachy Finnegan, the priest at the centre of a child sex abuse scandal. "Following media reports which have disturbed and upset many people I have decided to resign as bishop". So...
View ArticleDerry man accused of campaign of ‘organised harassment’ against ex-partner of...
A 44-year-old Derry man accused of harassing an ex-partner was sprayed with CS gas by police when he answered the door armed with a hammer and refused to drop it. John McBride of Celadine Court...
View Article‘Derry Model’ to be launched as beacon of conflict resolution at Museum of...
A new project based on the lessons learned in conflict resolution in Derry will be launched in the Museum of Free Derry this coming Monday. The conflict resolution project, the ‘Derry Model’, holds the...
View ArticleCouncil to continue locking gates at steps in Rosemount area of Derry...
SDLP Councillor Shauna Cusack has welcomed the decision by Council officers to keep locking the gates at the Baldrick Crescent steps area of Rosemount. The gates at Baldrick Crescent and in Nassau...
View ArticleSinn Fein meet with PSNI over house searches and arrest operations in Derry
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney speaking today after a Sinn Féin delegation including Elisha McCallion MP and Karen Mullan MLA met with the PSNI over house searches and arrest operations in Derry...
View ArticleStellar line-up at this year's City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival
Derry will be swinging from next week as the City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival welcomes hundreds of musicians for a musical extravaganza like no other. The Festival is renowned the world over...
View ArticleDerry man jailed for abusing young babysitters who looked after his children
A Derry man has been jailed for the historic abuse of two young girls who looked after his children. James Christopher Duffy, 63, of Maybrook Park, pleaded guilty to nine counts of indecent assault on...
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