By Ursula Duddy
Reporter
THREE prominent buildings in Derry’s city centre are being sold for a combined total of almost £1.3m, it can be revealed today.
The Derry News has learned that there has been strong interest in the three adjoining buildings at 29-35 Shipquay Street and the sale is expected to go through in next few weeks.
The [...]
By Marianne Craig
Reporter
TRADERS in Derry’s city centre were left without power yesterday after an underground cable was cut – the FOURTH time this has happened in as many weeks.
Waterloo Street, where all the problems have originated, is undergoing extensive work as part of the public realm scheme to transform the city centre.
However, retailers in the [...]
By Ciaran O’Neill
coneill@derrynews.net
A total of 15,512 parking tickets were issued in Derry last year – raking in almost £1m in fines.
The Derry News can today reveal the details of every parking ticket issued in the city in 2009.
Throughout the streets of the city, there were a total of 13,592 tickets issued last year.
The place to [...]
By Ciaran O’Neill
coneill@derrynews.net
SHOPOWNERS in Derry are to set up a new traders association in the city in a bid to prevent more businesses going to the wall.
In recent weeks, several businesses in the city centre have been forced to close due to a significant drop in trade.
And there is concern that more shops will close [...]
By Ursula Duddy
Ursula@derrynews.net
A knife-wielding thief robbed a shop in Creggan on Friday night.
Police are appealing for witnesses and information following an armed robbery at the shop at Rathlin Gardens at 8.40pm on Friday.
It’s understood that two masked men, one of them armed with a knife, entered the premises and attempted to take the till.
They were [...]
By Ciaran O’Neill
coneill@derrynews.net
THE mother of the Derry man murdered on the outskirts of the city last week has spoken of her family’s heartbreak.
Kieran Doherty was found shot dead in a field at the Braehead Road, off the old Letterkenny Road, on Tuesday night.
The 31 year-old’s body was discovered with his hands bound in a field [...]
THE Derry News is today prevented from publishing the addresses of two alleged drug dealers from the city.
The two men appeared in separate cases at a special sitting of Derry Magistrates Court on Saturday.
During the hearings, it was alleged by the men’s legal representatives that they could be attacked by paramilitary groups if their addresses [...]
By Ursula Duddy
Reporter
A ‘handful of negative youths’ have been slammed for ongoing vandalism at a new play facility in Creggan.
A new district play park, currently under construction at Bishop’s Field, has been repeatedly targeted by vandals.
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell of the Triax Neighbourhood Management Team condemned the spate of wanton destruction.
“This park has been [...]
By Ciaran O’Neill
coneill@derrynews.net
A taxi driver last night described his miraculous escape after two large rocks were thrown through the windows of his car in Derry.
The attack took place shortly before 9pm on Saturday as the man was driving through Bishop’s Gate in the city centre.
One of the rocks shattered the windscreen of the car while [...]
By Ursula Duddy
Reporter
A seven year-old Galliagh boy who had his Christmas bike stolen two years in a row has been given a big surprise from a big-hearted Derry businessman.
The Derry News reported on Thursday how Caoimhin McClintock had asked Santa for a new bike after the one he received last Christmas was stolen.
However, only having [...]