Searches take place at houses in Derry estate - councillor claims home of...
The police searched three homes in the Creggan area this morning. The republican grouping Saoradh say the home of one of their members was raided as was that of a local businessman. The independent...
View ArticleA-Level students urged to add Meningitis vaccine to the checklist ahead of...
With exam season in full swing, the Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging everyone currently doing A-Levels to think next about getting the meningococcal ACWY vaccine ahead of starting university in...
View ArticleTeen, 15, assaulted in Waterside on Saturday evening - police say the attack...
Police in Derry are appealing for witnesses following a report of a sectarian assault on a teenage boy in the Waterside area of the city at the weekend. Inspector William Calderwood said: “It was...
View ArticleDerry Girls to tackle the Crystal Maze next month as part of C4's all-new...
The Crystal Maze returns next month with all-new celebrity specials. Maze Master Richard Ayoade will guide a glittering array of fearless famous faces through the Aztec, Medieval, Futuristic and...
View ArticleDUP 'too busy with local issues to waste an afternoon' at special Palestine...
The DUP will not attend the special council meeting today to discuss the ongoing situation in Palestine saying they are 'too busy with local issues to waste an afternoon' discussing 'something we have...
View ArticleDerry man handed custodial sentence for sexually assaulting young girl
By Garrett Hargan A 54-year-old man has been jailed for sexually assaulting a young girl, at Derry Magistrate’s Court. Damien Martin Payne, was convicted by a majority verdict of one count of sexual...
View ArticleSinn Fein nominate Cllr Brenda Shivers for Mayor's role at Causeway Coast and...
Sinn Féin Cllr for Limavady Brenda Shivers had been selected as Sinn Fein’s candidate to become the next Mayor of Causeway Coast and Gens Borough Council. And Cllr Shivers told the Derry Post it’s an...
View ArticleDerry man jailed for committing offences day after receiving suspended sentence
By Garrett Hargan A Derry man with mental health issues, who hasn’t help his condition by abusing alcohol and drugs, has been jailed for causing criminal damage, at the city’s Magistrates Court. Ryan...
View ArticleLively council meeting on Palestine sees a walkout and accusations of...
There were lively scenes at today’s special council meeting to discuss the ongoing situation in Palestine. The DUP didn’t attend saying they were 'too busy with local issues to waste an afternoon', a...
View ArticleJudge condemns 'appalling state of mental health services' in Derry
By Garrett Hargan A local judge has criticised the ‘appalling state of mental health services’ in Derry as he dealt with a defendant who has received inadequate treatment. Kieran Masterton, 20, of no...
View ArticleNew children’s play centre in Derry promises to be ‘a little town in the...
An innovative new social enterprise has recently opened its doors on Bishop Street in the heart of the City Centre. Le Petit Village is a bespoke indoor role play based play centre for children under...
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Battling back: the story of the Magherafelt woman who overcame 'locked-in'...
ON Easter Monday 2015 Clodagh Dunlop was enjoying a day off work at home when life as she knew came crashing to a halt. Having spurned the initial thought of a 13-mile run to The Ponderosa and back...
View ArticleAgainst all odds: Survivor Clodagh walks a mile unaided for Stroke Association
Inspirational stroke survivor Clodagh Dunlop has continued her miraculous recovery by walking a mile completely unaided. Clodagh, from Magherafelt, who celebrated her 39th birthday at the start of the...
View ArticleDerry public urged to get their nominations for NI Heritage Awards in before...
Nominations for the 2018 NI Heritage Awards, which will be hosted in Derry for the first time later this year, will close on Friday June 1. The Ulster Architectural Heritage announced last month that...
View ArticleMid-Ulster Council to discuss waiving child burial fees
MID-ULSTER Council is set to discuss the waiving of fees for child burials at their next monthly meeting on Thursday May 24. It comes after a Ulster Unionist Councillor on Armagh, Banbridge and...
View ArticleBarking mad! Derry's council receive over 200 complaints in the last year...
Derry City and Strabane District Council is encouraging the public to act responsibly and to be more conscious about the effects of noise pollution. It comes after the council revealed that from April...
View ArticleFoyle MLA says IFA have failed to justify British national anthem 'u-turn’
The Irish Football Association (IFA) has yet to adequately explain or justify its controversial decision to play the British national anthem at the Irish Cup final earlier this month, says Sinn Féin...
View ArticleDr Watt patient: 'I don't want compensation, I want my doctor back'
A former patient of the consultant at the centre of Northern Ireland's biggest patients recall says she doesn't want any compensation from the Belfast Health Trust - she just wants her neurologist...
View ArticleSinn Fein's Mitchel McLaughlin to be appointed professor in Peace Studies at...
Sinn Féin MP Elisha McCallion has congratulated leading republican Mitchel McLaughlin on the news that he is to be appointed as an honorary professor in Peace Studies at Queen's University. The former...
View ArticleNI's First Lifestyle Care Home Opens in County Derry
The first lifestyle care home in Northern Ireland has opened in County Derry. The Milesian Manor in Magherafelt is a newly built residential, nursing, dementia, and respite care home. Milesian Manor is...
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