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THE company which owns the County Derry Post has been restructured. As part of a wide ranging re-structuring of River Newspapers, joint receiver managers from RSM Farrell Grant Sparks were appointed to the proup’s Republic of Ireland titles and PwC appointed as administrator to the group’s titles in Northern Ireland last Friday. A spokesperson for [...]

THE company which owns the award-winning Derry News has been restructured. As part of a wide ranging re-structuring of River Newspapers, joint receiver managers from RSM Farrell Grant Sparks were appointed to the proup’s Republic of Ireland titles and PwC appointed as administrator to the group’s titles in Northern Ireland last Friday. A spokesperson for [...]

THE father of a Derry man left in a permanent coma after a sectarian attack five years ago has spoken of his struggle to come to terms with what happened to his son. Father-of-one, Paul McCauley, was attacked by a group of up to 15 people on July 16, 2006 while attending a friend’s barbecue [...]

A comic which tells the story of Derry being decimated by an outbreak of zombies has become the talk of the town following unprecedented demand for the first issue. Zombies Hi! sees hordes of the undead laying waste to the city, with a band of survivors seeking refuge within Derry’s historic walls from the plague, [...]

A MOTORIST endured a terrifying ordeal after an attempt was made to hijack their vehicle in Derry at the weekend. The car was travelling along Rossville Street shortly after 2am on Saturday when a man stepped out in the road in front of the vehicle. A number of other men then surrounded the car. One [...]

A night held in memory of a popular Derry man turned out to be one of the hottest tickets in Derry at the weekend. Mark Kelly, who would have celebrated his 40th birthday last Thursday, passed away from cancer last November, was honoured by hundreds of friends and family at a ‘Stars in their Eyes’ [...]

THE Blood Transfusion Service has issued an urgent appeal to the people of Derry to help find a suitable match for a local man in need of a life saving bone marrow transplant. The call comes as Bill Quigley (39), continues his search for a donor after he was diagnosed with leukemia last September. The [...]

  THE Derry News has been nominated for two of the most prestigious awards in journalism. The paper has been shortlisted for the Weekly Newspaper of the Year and Front Page of the Year in the Society of Editors Regional Press Awards. The awards are regarded as the Oscars of the newspaper industry in the [...]

A FAMOUS Derry house which was the location for historic talks between the IRA and the British government has been put up for sale. The house at Beragh Hill Road in Ballyarnett has been owned by the McCorkell family since it was built in 1845. Now, the family’s link to the building looks set to [...]

By Ursula Duddy Reporter A 72 year-old woman has been commended for raising the alarm after a burst water pipe caused extensive damage to eight homes in Derry. A number of pensioners, a pregnant woman and young children were among around 25 people who had to be evacuated from their homes in Lincoln Courts due [...]