Family-run firm wins contract for £30 million private housing development
A Derry family-run construction firm is to build the largest housing development in Antrim in more 10 years. Claudy-hased Hagan has been awarded the £30 million contract to construct 250 private homes...
View ArticleHope a vital ingredient for popular award-winning Derry restaurant
An award-winning Derry restaurant is literally growing from strength to strength with the help of a special ‘plot to plate’ partnership involving local young people with a passion for horticulture. The...
View ArticleDerry schools celebrate being top of the class at Best Kept School Awards
Derry schools celebrate being top of the class at Best Kept School Awards Pupils and staff at Lisnagelvin Nursery School and St Mary’s Primary School in Altinure, Co Derry, are celebrating after...
View ArticleDerry holds its hand out to welcome hygiene campaign torch to city
A torch promoting the importance of hand hygiene has visited Derry. The Western Health and Social Care Trust’s (Western Trust) Infection Prevention and Control Team are supporting the nationwide in the...
View ArticleThe two Martins sign up for the same team in bid to improve men's health
A Derry shopping centre is to host an event in support of Men’s Health Week 2016, taking place from 13-18 June. Men visiting Foyleside Shoppping Centre on Friday, 17 June, will be able to have free...
View ArticleBlinds company pulled on to shortlist for greatest new Irish innovations awards
A Co Derry- based firm is among the 21 finalists from established companies, innovators, start-ups and academia which have been nominated for an accolade at the prestigious Irish Times Innovation...
View ArticleDerry Diocese offering MA Degree in Catholic School Leadership
The Derry Diocesan Catechetical Centre, in partnership with Saint Mary's University, Twickenham, is once again offering an MA in Catholic School Leadership beginning this autumn. A diocesan...
View ArticleNorth West Regional College to share in 50 new civil engineering apprentceships
The North West Regional College is to share share in 50 new civil engineering apprenticeships, it has been announced.. Economy Minister Simon Hamilton has announced apprenticeships through the Work +...
View ArticleWATCH: Stunning video of Foyle Cycling Club’s high-speed CRIT
This stunning video was recorded during Foyle Cycling Club’s Maiden City CRIT staged in Derry city centre last night. Hundreds turned out to cheer on almost 40 top riders representing every county in...
View ArticleJail sentence for man in balaclava who had large hunting knife at bonfire
A Limavady man was observed wearing a balaclava and swinging his arms while holding what police believed was a large hunting knife at a bonfire in the town, a court has heard. Damien Nicholson was...
View ArticleCocaine found inside two Kinder Surprise egg containers, court hears
Police found cocaine with a potential street value of £350 inside two Kinder Surprise egg containers, a court has heard. The class A drugs were found following the search of a property at Sperrin Road,...
View ArticleTwo people taken to hospital after being resecued from River Foyle
Two people were taken to hospital after being rescued in separate incidents from the River Foyle last night. Shortly before 8.00pm, .police contacted FSR by phone with reports of a person having...
View ArticleTop Irish amateur open golf tournament to return for another round next year
Ireland’s biggest open golf tournament is to return to Co Derry next year, it has been confirmed.. The renowned touring Golf Digest Volvo Open, one of the biggest and best amateur golf tournaments on...
View ArticleMairtin beats off all-comers to be crowned the first-ever BNBF Northern...
A Co Derry personal trainer is celebrating after being crowned the first ever British Natural Bodybuilding Federation Northern Ireland Champion. Mairtin Gillen, from Dungiven, walked away with the...
View ArticleBrexit 2016: Durkan teams up with former Irish President to urge 'Remain' vote
SDLP Foyle MP Mark Durkan and former President of Ireland Mary McAleese have teamed to urge Irish people living in Britain to vote ‘Remain’ in the June 23 EU referendum.. They are pictured at last...
View ArticleFelix Healy named one of Irish League's greatest ever players
Derry’s Felix Healy has been named one of the Irish League’s greatest ever players. The ex-Northern Ireland international is the only Derry man named in a Legends XI chosen to celebrate the past 50...
View ArticleREVEALED: Number of children in care at all-time high within Western Trust area
The number of children in care is at an all-time high within the Western Trust area, it has been revealed. Figures released at a meeting of the Trust Board meeting held today show the number of...
View ArticleMan accused to trying to force-feed dog food to partner remanded in custody
A 30-year-old Derry man who allegedly got his dog to bite the feet of his partner and tried to force-feed her dog food has been refused bail. Jonathan Coups, from Glenside Road, appeared at Derry...
View ArticleFormer school to remember young brothers who died in Buncrana pier tragedy
Former school to remember young victims of Buncrana pier tragedy The former school of two of the victims of the Buncrana Pier tragedy will hold a special sports day in their memory tomorrow. St....
View ArticleCall for Derry policing body meetings to be held in public
There has been a call for meetings of a policing body in Derry to be held in public. To date, the Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) for the Derry City and Strabane District Council area...
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