Zumba dance event being held in Derry in aid of a life-saving charity based...
A charity Zumba dance event will be held in Derry next week in aid of a local charity. Four Zumba teachers, Teresa O’Neill, Irena Noonan, Lesley Rae Hager and Josephine O’Connor, are organising the...
View ArticleRising from the ashes: Big celebrations today as Sean Dolans GAA club in...
Sean Dolans GAA Club in Derry today celebrated the official opening of its new clubhouse and playing pitch. The original clubhouse, located at Piggery Ridge at the rear of Creggan housing estate, was...
View ArticleInspirational doctor who has transformed the lives of people in South America...
A missionary doctor who has devoted his life to offering medical care to the people of Peru is speaking in Derry next month. Dr Klaus Deiter John travels the world spreading the story of the hospital...
View ArticleTrip to China in honour of Derry woman creates opportunity of a lifetime for...
A Derry teenager has received a boost as she prepares for a trip of a lifetime. Niamh McCullough, 17, is one of four young players from Na Magha Hurling and Camogie club, selected to travel to China...
View ArticleDo you want to have your say on the future of Derry? Then you might be...
People are being invited to have their say on a major community plan for the local council area. Derry City and Strabane District Council has created a ‘Local Community Plan’ to set out development...
View ArticleHuge numbers again turn out today for the popular annual Marty's Run in Derry
Hundreds of people today took part in an event in memory of a popular Derry man. Marty’s Run is held each year in memory of Marty Gallagher, a much respected and gifted member of the local Foyle Valley...
View ArticleCold Feet's James Nesbitt pays a quick visit to Derry to lend his support to...
Cold Feet star James Nesbitt was in Derry today for a special occasion. The Castlerock man was the guest of honour at a ladies day event at the City Hotel in aid of the Foyle Hospice. Nesbitt mixed...
View ArticlePolice appeal for help in finding missing Marlene Doyle
Police have appealed for help in finding a woman who has been reported missing. A police spokesperson said they were anxious to trace missing 27-year-old Marlene Doyle (pictured), who is originally...
View ArticlePolice in Derry release results of last Thursday's major road safety operation
Fourteen fixed penalty notices for excess speed were issued during a major road safety campaign in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area, police have revealed. Seven advice and warnings...
View ArticleFew in Northern Ireland will draw any comfort from Theresa May's speech:...
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has said few people in the North will “draw any comfort” by a speech by British Prime Minister Theresa May in which she said she would begin formal negotiations to leave the...
View ArticleMissing woman Marlene Doyle found: police
The PSNI has confirmed missing woman Marlene Doyle has been found. An appeal for help in finding the 27-year-old (pictured)last night was issued last night. It was issued after Ms Doyle, originally...
View ArticleWestern Trust delivers Virtual Dementia Training to staff and carers at Derry...
The Western Health and Social Care Trust (Western Trust) Older People’s Mental Health Service is holding Virtual Dementia Training to staff and carers over the coming weeks. Majella Magee, Assistant...
View ArticleBritish government 'taking a leap into the dark' and has no idea what Brexit...
The British government is taking a “leap into the dark” with no plan and no idea what Brexit means, Foyle Sinn Fein MLA Martin McGuinness has said. The Deputy First Minister was responding to comments...
View ArticleDurkan praises ‘excellent work’ of Foyle Women's Aid on occasion of charity’s...
Foyle Women’s Aid has been praised for the “excellent work” in helping thousands of victims of domestic violence in Derry and the wider North West since it was set up in 1976. Congratulating the...
View ArticleEurope’s leading haute couturist and top designers to showcase at Derry’s...
Europe’s leading haute couturist and top designers from throughout Ireland will be coming to Derry’s Guildhall next month to bring, what’s promising to be, the most spectacular runway of high fashion...
View ArticleThe ‘wittiest woman in America’ is on her way to Derry
Described as “the wittiest woman in America” wickedly satirical poet and writer Dorothy Parker will have a slick, witty and sometimes caustic exchange with poet and playwright Edna St Vincent Millay...
View ArticleCarbon monoxide detector/smoke alarm warning for students living in Derry
Students living in private rented accommodation in Derry have been called on to ensure that there is a properly working smoke alarm system in their building, invest in a carbon monoxide detector and...
View ArticleCameron ‘error’ has resulted in EU being caught up in ‘crosswind’ of anger...
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron made “one of the biggest errors in modern political calculation” in giving the go-ahead for the referendum which led to Brexit. The Foyle MLA’s comments came...
View ArticleDerry’s long-term sick to benefit from British government’s ‘U-turn’ on ESA...
News that thousands of people in Derry and throughout the North who are claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) for long-term sickness will no longer face repeated medical assessments to keep...
View ArticleMan fined for carrying 'flick baton' for protection from 'criminal organisation'
A Derry man carried a baton around the city following a a threat from a “criminal organisation,” the local Magistrates Court has been told. Patrick Quigley (29), from Beechwood Avenue, appeared charged...
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