EA Sports Cup SF: Derry City suffer shock defeat to Limerick at Brandywell
Derry City crashed out of the EA Sports Cup (League Cup) when they suffered a shock 1-0 home semi-final defeat to Airtricity First Division side Limerick FC at Brandywell tonight. Stephen Kenny got the...
View ArticlePSNI appeal for help in finding missing teenager Michael Kane
The PSNI have appealed to the public in helping to find a Co Derry teenager who has been missing for a week. Police and the family of Michael Kane (18), from the Moneymore area, are concerned for his...
View ArticleResidents evacuated after gas leak detected at city apartment block
A gas leak was detected at a block of apartments in Derry last night, the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) has said. Residents were evacuated from the building at Clarendon Manor (off...
View ArticleMiddleton condemns death threats issued by armed and masked men
Foyle DUP MLA Gary Middleton has condemned the appearance of masked and armed gunmen in a Co Derry village at the weekend. Three uniformed and masked men, at least one of them carrying a gun, issued...
View ArticlePrayers and walk for peace in Creggan to take place tonight
A walk and prayers for peace in Creggan will take place tonight. It follows attacks on homes in the area, including that of a 74-year-old woman who had windows smashed in her Rinmore Drive home on...
View ArticleCampsie Saturday Club to unveil new mural along river bank
The Saturday Club in Campsie has been working hard on a piece of artwork to be revealed along the river bank. It is part of a reimaging initiative by Campsie Residents’ Association for the area which...
View ArticleInvestigation clears police over allegations they stripped and assaulted...
A Police Ombudsman investigation has rejected a complaint that police stripped and assaulted a female prisoner in a cell at Strand Road police station (pictured) in Derry. The woman also claimed police...
View ArticleTeenager who had been missing for a week found safe and well
A Co Derry teenager who had been missing for a week has been found safe and well. Police and the family of Michael Kane (18), from the Moneymore area, had expressed concern for his welfare after he was...
View ArticleSinn Fein welcome use of police helicopter in fight against car crime in Derry
Sinn Fein in Derry have welcomed the use by the PSNI of a police helicopter in the fight against car crime in the city. Sinn Fein Cllr Tony Hassan also welcomed news that patrols by the local and a...
View ArticleBrexit fallout: Lost Ryanair service a 'bleak omen of what is to come': Durkan
SDLP Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan has expressed his concern about further repercussions from the EU referendum result after Ryanair announced they were reducing services between City of Derry Airport and...
View Article£180,000 grant funding awarded to two Derry engineering firms
Two Co Derry firms are to get £180,000 in grant funding to help deliver their businesses. Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Michelle McIlveen handed over letters confirming the...
View ArticleAngela vows 'to do whatever it takes' to help mental health sufferers after...
A Co Derry woman has bravely spoken out about her own mental health to highlight the need for community-based mental health services in Limavady. Angela Canning-Kane (44) was prompted to speak out...
View ArticleResidents pray and walk for peace in Creggan
Around 20 people took part in a walk through Derry’s Creggan estate tonight in protest at anti-social behaviour in the area. The walk, organised by the Rinmore Drive and Creggan Heights Residents Group...
View ArticleVIDEO: Creggan residents walk through estate in protest at anti-social behaviour
Residents staged a walk through Creggan estate in Derry tonight in protest at anti-social behaviour in the area. The walk followed the saying for the Rosary for peace on the estate. Organisers, the...
View ArticleThree injured, one extremely serious, in crash between van and car
Three men have been taken to hospital in Derry following a collision between a car and a van on the Foreglen Road in Claudy this afternoon. Police say the condition of one of the men, a passenger in...
View ArticleCar fire could have spread to homes: Hassan
The rapid reponse of fire crews prevented a car fire spreading to homes in the Ballyarnett area of Derry tonight, a local councillor has said . Sinn Fein Cllr Tony Hassan was speaking a car was set on...
View ArticleMajor fish kill in River Faughan 'deeply disturbing': Mullan
News of a major fish kill in the River Faughan in Claudy, Co Derry, is “deeply disturbing,” East Derry SDLP MLA Gerry Mullan has said. Over 1,000 fish, of varying species, were discovered dead over...
View ArticleRights of Irish speakers 'need to be met': Campbell
An action plan is needed to promote and preserve the Irish language in the North, a Derry councillor has said. Sinn Fein’s Kevin Campbell was speaking after the Welsh government unveiled a plan to...
View ArticleHospital choir on song with donation towards care of patients with brain...
Spruce House at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry has received a donation of £1,000 from its choir. The proceeds were raised from the choir’s Christmas and Spring concerts. Spruce House is an 18 bed...
View ArticleDEATH NOTICES: 3rd August 2016 (updated)
HUNTER, Jane Isabella (Jean) – 2nd August 2016 (peacefully) at Altnagelvin Hospital, surrounded by her loving family (in her 89th year), dearly beloved wife of the late George Hunter, much-loved mother...
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