A Derry councillor yesterday said the days for bonfires are ‘long gone’.
By Melissa Towell
melissa@derrynews.net
Sinn Fein councillor Kevin Campbell was speaking after anti-social behaviour at a number of fires in the city on Friday night.
Mr Campbell said he believes it is an outdated tradition that causes mayhem in the community.
“Unfortunately bonfires attract an anti social element [...]
Flower boxes in full bloom at a pedestrian island at the busiest junction on Strand Road have become an unlikely source of complaint from pedestrians.
By Eamonn Houston
eamonn@derrynews.net
It has been claimed the flowers at the junction outside Sainsbury’s are impeding the vision of pedestrians trying to cross Strand Road.
They were placed there by Derry City [...]
A long-awaited first holiday abroad turned into a nightmare for a group of young Derry men when another holiday-maker fell to her death, landing on the balcony of their apartment.
By Ursula Duddy
ursula@derrynews.net
The group of six friends, Kieran Logan, Gary Phelan, Niall Murray, Philip Duffy, Martin Bonner and Garrett Doyle, set off to Kusadasi in Turkey [...]
The organisers of Derry’s annual festival for gay people say they are outraged at the owners of a local premises which is being touted as the official venue for the event.
By Eamonn Houston eamonn@derrynews.net
The Foyle Pride 2008 Committee last night issued a statement distancing itself from the website www.foylepride.com in which a well-known local [...]
Thousands of republicans are expected to descend on Derry for Sunday’s National Commemoration of the Hunger strikers - the first time the event has been held outside Belfast.
By Alan Healy
alan@derrynews.net
Marchers have been asked to assemble at the Creggan shops at Central Drive for 2.30pm, from where the parade is expected to make its way via [...]
Foyle Search and Rescue are hosting an open day this weekend as part of their 15 year anniversary celebrations.
By Melissa Towell
melissa@derrynews.net
The group, which has prevented more than 1,150 people from entering the Foyle over the past 15 years and rescued 97 people on rescue boats, is inviting local people to call in on Sunday and [...]
A man whose Whitehall home was flooded during Tuesday’s heavy downpour has vowed to take legal action after Roads Service refused to accept responsibility for the development.
By Alan Healy
alan@derrynews.net
As these pictures show, Andy Quigley’s home was among a number of properties flooded with stagnant water on Tuesday afternoon, with residents having to place sandbags down [...]
There has been a huge increase in calls to a local women’s shelter in the wake of Jean Quigley’s horrific murder, the Derry News can reveal today.
By Alan Healy
alan@derrynews.net
Foyle Women’s Aid has reported a marked upsurge in calls over the past week, with many women seeking advice on how to deal with violence in the [...]
A delivery driver has been robbed in the Bracken Park area exactly a week after another man was stabbed in the neck on the same street.
By Alan Healy
alan@derrynews.net
The latest incident saw the driver robbed by a three strong gang after a bogus delivery call to a house there around midnight on Thursday.
The man delivered the [...]
A Derry dad has penned a book in honour of his son who died of a degenerative muscle disease at just 20 years old.
By Marianne Craig marianne@derrynews.net
Brendan McKeever decided to write the book to keep his memory of his inspirational son Donovan alive and work through his own grief.
The book titled ‘For You – Donovan’ [...]
