Derry tax office to close
The Derry tax office to close Around 60 people are employed at the Revenue and Customs office on Duncreggan Road in the city. It is one of 10 tax offices across the North to be closed as a result of...
View ArticleGAA - Junior Football All Stars
The 2015 County Derry Post Junior Football All Stars Daryl Moore: Moore has duelled with the club’s 1999 championship goalkeeper Kevin Morrow all season for the No. 1 shirt. He got the nod for the...
View ArticleEx-paras launch legal challenge against possible arrests in Bloody Sunday...
There are fears the murder investigation into the Bloody Sunday killings could collapse after former British soldiers, who are expected to be questioned by the PSNI, began a legal challenge against...
View ArticleHealth Trust rejects 'whistleblower' claims of data loss at Altnagelvin
The Western Health and Social Care Trust has rejected claims patients and their health were put “a risk” as a result of “major IT systems failure” at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry. A “whistleblower”...
View ArticleCouncil leads delegation with DOE Minister
Derry City and Strabane District Council today led a multi-Council delegation with the DOE Minister, Mark H Durkan, in relation to the ongoing uncertainty of the rates support grant. The grant is...
View ArticleGAA - Faughavale savouring their moment
Faughanvale savouring their moment By Steven Doherty FAUGHANVALE manager Joe Gray is only too aware that his days in the sun are numbered and is enjoying his football more than ever. Faughanvale play...
View ArticleGerry’s ‘love letter’ to Derry to be screened across city
A film written and narrated by the late Derry broadcaster Gerry Anderson will be screened in five community venues across the city from next week. “A City Dreaming” will shown from November 17 – 26 as...
View ArticleDerry man in court accused of threatening to ‘cut up’ ex-partner
A 24-year-old Derry man has appeared at the city’s Magistrates Court accused of telling his ex-partner that he would ‘cut her up’ if she refused to allow him to see their children. Dermot...
View ArticleDurkan slams Treasury decision to close tax offices
SDLP Foyle MP Mark Durkan has strongly criticised the British Treasury’s decision to close local tax offices in Northern Ireland by 2021 – including Foyle House in Derry – and operate from a single...
View ArticleStuck lorry freed from Derry bridge
The lower Derry of Craigavon Bridge has fully reopened. The crossing was closed for a short period earlier due to a lorry being stuck.
View Article'Abigail' forces Derry traffic lights switch-on delay
The current wet weather being experienced as a result of "Storm Abigail" has delayed plans to introduce temporary traffic lights at Pennyburn roundabout in Derry. The lights had been due to come into...
View ArticleRevealed: Derry Samaritans took 27,000 calls last year
The Derry branch of the Samaritans dealt with 27,000 calls last year, it has been revealed. That is an increase of almost 1,000 from the previous year. The figure was revealed by Lindsay Johnston,...
View ArticleDerry ladies knit blankets for Altnagelvin Neo Natal Unit
Ladies from the Waterside Women’s Centre in Derry have presented the Neo Natal Unit at Altnagelvin Hospital in the city with a collection of hand-knitted blankets for the babies’ cots in the Unit....
View ArticleShop assistant threatened during Derry armed robbery
Police in Derry are investigating an armed robbery in the Strathfoyle area of Derry last night. . At around 6.30pm a man armed with a screwdriver entered a shop on Deramore Drive. He threatened a...
View ArticleDurkan 'deeply concerned' effect bullying having on young people
SDLP Foyle MP Mark Durkan has said he is “deeply concerned” that bullying continues to be “major problem for so many of our children – driving fear into young hearts and tormenting young minds.” Mr...
View ArticleDEATH NOTICES: 13 November 2015
MARTIN, Nelida (Clady and formerly Argentina) 10th November 2015 (peacefully) at hospital), RIP, beloved mother of Graciela and loving mother-in-law of Turlough Quinn. Her remains will leave her...
View ArticleHeartfelt tributes paid to 'amazing person'
Heartfelt tributes have been paid to a young man from Glenullin who was killed in a road crash yesterday morning. Dylan McNicholl died after he was struck by a van while walking along the Tirkeeran...
View ArticleLoss of local tax office will have a 'profound impact' - Dallat
SDLP Assembly Member John Dallat has strongly criticised the Treasury’s decision to close the local tax office in Coleraine and operate from a single facility in Belfast. Mr Dallat said: “This new...
View ArticleVictim of Derry ‘punishment’ attack named in court
A judge has ordered the victim of a punishment attack that took place in the early hours of yesterday morning in the Galliagh area of Derry to appear before court or be arrested. Cavin White, 24, of...
View ArticleFoyle Hospice Weekly Draw winners
1st prize: (£1,000): Mrs Johnston (promoter Helen Callan) 2nd prize: (£300): Mary Owens (Bob Shepard) 3rd prize: (£200): Roberta O'Neill (Foyle Hospice) 4th prize: (£100): Kathleen Meehan (Mary Kilkey)...
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