Electoral staff strike over plans to close Derry office
Staff at Derry’s Electoral Office have gone on strike today in protest at plans to centralise services in Belfast. Members of the NIPSA (Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance) are supporting staff...
View Article‘Make the switch’ to public transport during Bus and Train Week, Reilly urges
A former Mayor of Derry is urging people to “make the swtich” to public transport during Translink’s first ever Bus and Train Week, taking place from Monday next, 6 June. Cllr Martin Reilly, SDLP group...
View ArticleMan killed following explosion and fire at holiday home - jury agrees verdict...
A Donegal father of three, who lived with his wife in Derry, suffered an immediate death following an explosion and fire that ripped through a holiday home, an inquest heard today. Jeffrey McLaughlin,...
View ArticleMark Farren's memory honoured by new cup competition
THE SSE Airtricity League has announced the naming of a new cup in honour of Derry City legend Mark Farren RIP. Mark Farren's death earlier this year was a sad loss to Irish football and the SSE...
View ArticleDerry man ordered to pay £4,000 in compensation to the innocent victim of a...
A Derry man was today ordered to pay £4,000 compensation to a man whose head he stamped on during an attack in the city centre. It is one of the highest ever compensation orders imposed at Derry...
View ArticleYou do not look like a jogger to me, judge tells Derry man who claims to have...
A judge today questioned the story of a Derry man who claimed to have lost an electronic surveillance tag while out running. The tag was placed around the ankle of 22-year-old Phillip O’Donnell as part...
View ArticlePolice seal off village Main Street
There is a security alert in the Co Derry village of Eglinton. Main Street has been closed in both directions to facilitate the examination of an object which has been discovered at a property in the...
View ArticleSecurity alert ends after object declared 'nothing untoward'
A security alert in the Co Derry village of Eglinton has ended. Police sealed off Main Street shortly after 5.00pm. The road was closed in both directions to facilitate the examination of an object...
View ArticleWe have lift off! Derry’s space kids to stage out of this world exhibition
A group of Derry school girls are to stage an “out of this world” exhibition. The special display of Thornhill College pupils’ space-related activities will take place in the Central Library on Foyle...
View ArticleDelight as four Derry beaches awarded Blue Flag status
News that four of the ten beaches awarded Blue Flag status are in the North has been welcomed by Sinn Fein East Derry Caoimhe Archibald. Ms Archibald said it was “fantastic” Castlerock, Benone...
View ArticleConor’s off to Italy after getting Ireland call-up
A Derry athlete has been selected to represent Ireland at this year’s IPC European Athletics Championships. Conor McIlveen will run the 800 and 1500 metres at the official paralympic event in Groseto,...
View Article16-year-old boy charged with a litany of offences after a crime spree in a...
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with a large number of offences following a crime spree in Derry this week. The teenager is charged with five counts of burglary, aggravated vehicle taking causing...
View ArticleCity legends back at Brandywell in bid to get their hands on Big Noel’s cup
A number of Derry City legends will this afternoon grace the Brandywell for possibly the last time. With the famous ground set to undergo a multi-pound revamp, not only will the occasion be one last...
View ArticleSeveral treated for injuries after another crash at accident blackspot
Several people were treated for injuries following an early morning crash at an accident blackspot in Derry. Two cehicles collided at the Collon traffic lights at the junction of Racecourse Road and...
View ArticleAward-winning company reveals it will have to make 10 people redundant after...
A Derry company today said it would be making 10 employees redundant after losing a contract. Sphere Global, which is based at Campsie, designs state-of-the-art automation solutions. The company, which...
View ArticleVoting 'remain' will help build a better European Union: Anderson
Voting to remain in the EU will help better a better European Union, Sinn Fein MEP Martin Anderson has said. Ms Anderson was speaking at the launch of Sinn Féin’s Putting Ireland First/Vote Remain...
View ArticleSky Sports 5, 9.08pm: Derry butcher Paul has sights on £150k top prize in...
Derry owner Paul Ellis will be hoping for third-time lucky when he makes his third Greyhound Derby Final in 12 months tonight. As the owner of Farloe Blitz, beaten in last year’s English and Irish...
View ArticleThe heat is on... Thousands to cheer on Walled City Marathon runners
Thousands are expected in Derry tomorrow to cheer on competitors in the annual Wall City Marathon. One thousand five hundred runners will set off at 8.30am from the Everglades Hotel in the Waterside...
View ArticleHeartbreak for Derry owner as Hiya Butt pipped in final of William Hill Derby
There was no third time lucky for Derry owner Paul Ellis when his dog Hiya Butt was pipped in the final of the William Hill Greyhound Derby run at Wimbledon tonight.. Hiya Butt, who went off at 7/1,...
View ArticleNew chapel dedicated to Mother Teresa to be created in St Eugene's Cathedral
A new chapel dedicated to Mother Teresa is to be created in St Eugene’s Cathedral in Derry. The Mother Teresa Chapel will be in room where the current Confessionals are located. New Confessionals are...
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