Mercedes car stolen in Derry house burglary
Police in Derry are appealing for information following the burglary of a house in the Coshquin Road area on the afternoon of Saturday, 12 March. Entry was forced to the house at around 4.30pm and a...
View ArticleIrish President offers sympathy following Buncrana pier tragedy
Irish President Michael D. Higgins has offered his sympathy to the extended McGrotty family following the tragedy in Buncrana yesterday evening. “I have heard with the greatest sadness of the terrible...
View ArticleBuncrana pier tragedy: Families of the five victims speak about their...
The families of the five people who died in the tragedy at Buncrana pier last night have spoken of their devastation. The victims died when a vehicle they were all sitting in went in to Lough Swilly...
View ArticleBuncrana pier tragedy: a town struggling to come to terms with latest sad deaths
Derry News reporter Garrett Hargan has spent the day in Buncrana following Sunday night’s tragedy. He writes here about a town in shock. Buncrana is a town sadly used to tragedy in recent years. A...
View ArticleDerry security alert ends after bomb made safe
The security alert in the Waterside area of Derry has ended following the discovery of a bomb. British army bomb disposal experts were called to Sperrin Park in the Caw area this afternoon following...
View ArticleDerry pensioner wakes to find thief in bedroom
A Derry pensioner has been left traumatised after a heartless thief broke into her home in the middle of the night. The burglary happened at woman’s home in the Glencaw Park area of Galliagh at 3.50am...
View ArticleDerry man beaten up in broad daylight while walking dogs
A Derry man was left with serious head injuries after he was assaulted while walking his dogs on a Derry busy street in broad daylight. Glibert Lee, 60, was walking his two Dachshunds at the Trench...
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Father said "Save my baby" - pier tragedy hero recalls
The Donegal man who rescued the baby in the Buncrana Pier tragedy is being hailed as a hero. Davitt Walsh (29), who hails from Kerrykeel in Co. Donegal, was in Buncrana last night when an Audi Q7 SUV...
View ArticleGreyhound racing: tonight's results
Race 1 Track Lotto Sprint heat 1 (300 yards): 1, Wellpad Tiny 3/1; 2, Garlyn Joy 6/4 fav. Time:17.56. Distance: 2 lengths. Race 2 Track Lotto Sprint heat 2 (300 yards): 1, Corrakelly Max 2/1 fav; 2,...
View ArticleBuncrana pier tragedy: Bodies of five victims to be returned to Derry home today
The five members of the Derry family who died in Sunday night’s tragedy in Buncrana will be brought home today. Sean McGrotty, his two young sons Mark and Evan, Ruth Daniels and her teenage daughter...
View ArticleDerry woman wins prestigious Community Health award
A Derry woman has won a prestigious Community Health award. Susan Gibson, manager of Derry Well Woman, was presented with a coveted King’s Fund award for Community Health at the GSK IMPACT Awards in...
View ArticlePier tragedy: Books of condolence opened in Derry and Buncrana
Books of condolence have been opened at two Derry churches in memory of five members of a local family who tragically lost their lives at the weekend. Mayor of Derry City and Strabane Council, Cllr...
View ArticleResidents kick up a stink after sewage leaks onto Derry street
Residents of a street in Derry have demanded action be taken bring an end to a recurring sewage leakage they claim has plagued the area for the past six years. The latest incident (pictured) occurred...
View ArticleDEATH NOTICES: 22nd March 2016
McCLOSKEY, Michael (Claudy) - 21st March 2016 (peacefully) at his residence, 13 Pinewood Crescent, Claudy, Co. Derry, dearly beloved husband of Mary and loving father of Gary, Shauna and Stephen,...
View Article£4million investment and 93 new jobs announced at Bloc Blinds Magherafelt
Magherafelt-based Bloc Blinds is to create 93 new manufacturing jobs by 2018 following a £4million expansion. Supported by Invest Northern Ireland and First Trust Bank, Bloc Blinds’ investment includes...
View ArticleAnger at ‘brutal’ killing of fox in Ballymagroarty
The killing of a fox in the Ballymagroarty area of Derry in the early hours of this morning has been described as “brutal” by Eric McGinley, Sinn Fein councillor for the area. A number residents were...
View ArticleDerry museum to reveal previously unseen archive collection
The Tower Museum in Derry is to explore a previously unseen photographic archive documenting the city’s maritime history, to coincide with the third talk in the popular ‘What’s in the Archives?’...
View ArticleDwayne's Derry homecoming on behalf of late mother
A Derry family have given their sister’s son a warm welcome as he made the trip from America that she had planned before sadly passing away. Dwayne Purnell re-traced the journey his mother, Catherine...
View ArticleSuspended jail sentence for Derry man who falsely claimed £18,000 in benefits
A Derry man has been ordered to pay back more than £18,000 in benefits which had falsely claimed. Derry Crown Court was told Kenneth Morton (49), of The Fountain, claimed Income Support, Employment and...
View ArticleMan United star Wayne Rooney sends his condolences to families of the...
Wayne Rooney has sent his condolences to the families of the five people who lost their lives in the weekend tragedy at Buncrana Pier. Sean McGrotty, his two young sons Mark and Evan, Ruth Daniels and...
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