Young Persons Mental Health Awareness Night being held in Shantallow
Young people aged 11 and upwards are being invited to attend a Young Persons Mental Health Awareness Night being hosted tomorrow night by the Shantallow Community Residents Association. Tbe event,...
View ArticleWestern Trust to promote new Acute Care at Home Service
The Western Health and Social Care Trust (Western Trust) is to promote the new Acute Care at Home Service on International Day of the Older Person taking place on Monday next, 1 October. Under the new...
View ArticleAfrican minister breaks down in tears at Derry event as visit to Tyrone farm...
An African minister visiting Derry broke down in tears last night as he recalled his trip a few days earlier to a dairy farm in County Tyrone. Rev Benjamin Kibara was the guest of honour at an...
View ArticleCall for ‘robust’ legal action against Derry’s illegal firework sellers after...
A Derry councillor as called for “robust” legal action to be taken against those selling "dangerous" illegal fireworks in the city. The call comes from Sinn Fein’s Colly Kelly who was complaints about...
View ArticleDog waste bins to installed at new-look £6.5m Brooke Park
Dog waste bins are to be installed at the recently opened Brooke Park within the next two weeks. The move has been welcomed by Sinn Fein Councillor Cooper who said he had received written confirmation...
View ArticleDurkan calls for ‘urgent action’ to bring Derry’s 1,200 empty homes ‘back...
SDLP Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan has called for Derry’s empty homes to be brought back into use. Stating that 1,200 of the North’s 20,000-plus empty homes were in the city, Mr Durkan said: “This is...
View ArticleTHE BIG DEBATE… Colum Eastwood’s beard: should it stay or should it go?
The big debate is on – and we are not talking about the race to the White House or who should replace Sam Allerdyce as the next manager of the England. When you mention the word “debate” and SDLP...
View ArticleMan to appear in court charged in connection with discovery of Derry cannabis...
Detectives from the PSNI’s Reactive and Organised Crime Branch have charged a 22-year-old man with cultivating cannabis, possessing Class B controlled drug with intent to supply and possession of a...
View ArticleAnger after firework thrown into bus in Galliagh
There are fears Translink will suspend its services to the Galliagh of Derry after a bus was damaged when it had a firework thrown into in last night. The incident occurred on Heather Road. It is...
View ArticleBrexit fallout: McGuinness to meet European Parliament leaders in Brussels
Foyle Sinn Fein MLA Martin McGuinness is to meet leaders of the European Parliament in Brussels next month for talks on the impact of the recent EU referendum. The move has been welcomed by Sinn Fein...
View ArticleFoyle Search and Rescue looking for fundraising volunteers
Foyle Search and Rescue, regarded as Derry’s “fouth emergency service,” is looking for fundraising volunteers. Application forms can be obtained by sending a stamped addressed envelope to Foyle Search...
View ArticleDublin should ‘play active role’ in the development of City of Derry Airport;...
The Irish Government has been called on to support the development of City of Derry Airport. The call comes from Sinn Féin Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile who says Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport...
View ArticleTwo cars collide on busy road in Derry this afternoon - motorists advised to...
A collision has taken place this afternoon on a busy road in Derry. The crash happened at the junction of Buncrana Road and one of the entrances to the Springtown Industrial Estate. It is understood...
View ArticleDrunk driver involved in crash in which woman was critically injured was...
The drunk driver of a car involved in a crash in which a woman was critically injured was three times over the limit, Derry Magistrates Court has heard.. Ramunas Vaitkevicius, (56), from Armagh, was...
View ArticleMajor road safety operation sees police target speeding drivers outside...
The PSNI in Derry today carried out a major road safety operation across the city. Officers were present outside a number of schools in an operation which the city’s police chief said was held to...
View ArticleNew rural funding opportunities after £320k allocation helps create 15 new jobs
The Derry and Strabane Rural Partnership are calling on local rural businesses to apply for a share of their latest release of LEADER funding, just days after grants worth over £320,000 were approved...
View ArticleDerry Sinn Féin to meet DHSS and Concentrix over ‘bureaucratic’ Tax Credit...
Derry Sinn Féin representatives, Councillor Elisha McCallion and Michael Anderson from Raymond McCartney MLA’s Office, will tomorrow meet with DHSS management to discuss the crisis created by what they...
View ArticleWATCH: Trailer for the hit musical 'Blood Brothers' ahead of its arrival in...
The West End touring production of Blood Brothers opens a five-night-long run at Derry’s ]Millennium Forum on Tuesday next, 4 October. Featuring former Seekers singer Lyn Paul (pictured) the show...
View ArticleNew rural funding opportunities after £320k allocation helps create 15 new jobs
The Derry and Strabane Rural Partnership are calling on local rural businesses to apply for a share of their latest release of LEADER funding, just days after grants worth over £320,000 were approved...
View ArticleSeamus Heaney’s wife and children to open HomePlace
The Heaney family are to officially open an arts and literary centre dedicated to Seamus Heaney this evening. The late poet’s wife Marie Heaney, together with their children, Michael, Christopher and...
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