25 years ago it broke the mould, now Derry primary school is celebrating a...
Derry's first integrated primary school is celebrating its 25th anniversary. When Oakgrove Integrated Primary School opened its doors for the first time back on Monday, September 4, 1991, it was a...
View ArticleHow would you like a go on the famous organ in Derry's Guildhall? You could...
Have you ever wanted to play the Guildhall organ? More people may be given the chance to play the famous insturment following a discussion at last Tuesday’s Business and Culture Committee meeting of...
View ArticleGraffiti hotspot in Creggan transformed to pay honour to local sporting heroes
A graffiti hotspot in the Creggan estate in Derry has been transformed into an inspirational artwork using murals of sporting heroes from the local area. The new murals at the Creggan shops, Central...
View ArticleCould the famous All Blacks be on their way as part of a £6m for a major new...
The City of Derry Rugby Club has unveiled ambitious plans to transform its current 32-acre ground at Judge’s Road into a state of the art regional sports centre. The plans were unveiled at Tuesday...
View ArticleParts of Derry estate left in darkness after street lights stop working
Sinn Féin Councillor Eric McGinley has called on Transport NI to prioritise the Ballymagroarty and Hazelbank estates as a response to a large number of street lights needing replaced. Councillor...
View ArticleDerry man diagnosed with motor neurone disease thanks the 'amazing' Foyle...
On August 27, 2012, Paul Loughrey’s life changed forever. Paul, 50, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, a progressive disease that attacks the motor neurones, or nerves, in the brain and spinal...
View ArticleDerry's city centre comes alive with events as part of Culture Night 2016
Derry’s city centre was alive with culture this evening. A host of events were organised as part of Culture Night 2016. Hundreds of people visited the city centre for the special events, which included...
View ArticleI'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want is a job in science,...
The female boss of one of Derry’s biggest companies says girls should not think that engineering is not a ‘job for the boys’. Petra Grashoff, managing director of the Du Pont plant at Maydown, is...
View ArticlePolice take motorbike which has been 'plaguing' areas of Derry off the road
Police say they have taken a motorbike which has been ‘plaguing’ areas of Derry off the road. It is understood that the motorbike (pictured above) was seized yesterday. The PSNI said nothing more about...
View ArticleHouse destroyed in an overnight fire in a Derry estate but thankfully no was...
A house has been destroyed in an overnight fire in Derry. The blaze happened in a bungalow at Hawthorne Drive in the Springtown area of the city around 11pm last night. At one stage, there were three...
View ArticleCourt hears that two women were attacked and had their hair pulled by another...
A Derry woman who assaulted two other women by pulling their hair out in a bar has been ordered to pay them compensation. Tina Hegarty, 44, from Marianus Park, was charged two counts of common assault...
View ArticleNew search for the remains of missing teenager Arlene Arkinson ends without...
A new search for the remains of Arlene Arkinson has ended without anything being found. The search for the missing teenager was launched in a remote part of County Tyrone earlier this week after a...
View ArticleDerry house fire: police treating last night's attack as arson and have...
Police are appealing for information about a fire which badly damaged a house in Derry last night. The blaze broke out in a bungalow at Hawthorn Drive. Police are treating the fire as malicious....
View ArticleAmazing response to online fundraising appeal for family of young Derry...
A fundraising campaign for a young Derry man badly injured last weekend has already surpassed its target. Niall Grace suffered serious head injuries after he was attacked in Derry’s city centre last...
View ArticleWonderful honour for local doctor after she was tonight named Northern...
A County Derry doctor was tonight named Northern Ireland’s GP of the Year. Dr Emma Casey is a GP in Eglinton Medical Practice. She was tonight honoured with the Royal College of General Practitioners...
View ArticleAre you looking for a new job? Then make sure and get along to this major...
People are being invited to attend a major cross-border jobs fair later this month. The fair will be held from 10am to 2pm in the Inishowen Gateway Hotel in Buncrana on Thursday, September 29. A large...
View ArticleThe world can never have too many knitters. New knitting/crochet club...
A new crochet/knitting group will start in Derry this week. The group will meet from 11am to 1pm on Thursday, September 22, in the conference room beside Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Steelstown. All...
View ArticleNew donors wanted as blood donation session takes place in Derry GAA club...
A blood donation session will be held in Derry later this month. It will be held at Steelstown GAA club on Monday, September 26. The sessions will take place from 1.30pm to 4pm and from 5.15pm to 8pm....
View ArticleSamaritans urgently need new volunteers for its Derry office - recruitment...
A meeting will be held in Derry this week for anyone who would like to become a Samaritans volunteer. The charity urgently needs more volunteers for its local office. This week’s meeting will be held...
View ArticleThe man who led Derry's council through some of the most turbulent years of...
The man who led Derry’s council through some of the most turbulent times of the ‘Troubles’ has died. Colm Geary was chief executive of the local council from 1973 to 1991. He was initially in charge of...
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