News
Bob Mullan aids Mongol Rally girls
A local car dealer has come to the rescue of three girls planning a charity drive across 10,000 miles and 18 countries.
400 kids in TRYathlon challenge
UP to 400 children are lining up to take part in Derry’s first ever kids’ triathlon this summer.
Foyle Search and Rescue Triathlon charity partner
Foyle Search and Rescue has been announced as the official charity partner for the firmus energy City of Culture Triathlon.
SLIDESHOW - Derry’s built heritage: a precious but fragile legacy video
Every time a notable building in Derry is demolished, a “tiny unique thread is rent from the city’s fabric - forever lost.”
HISTORIC DEAL
A Moville solicitor has confirmed that after many years the hotly disputed issue of ‘commonage’ land at Drumaweir Hill has now been resolved
Reprieve for Buncrana’s Irish Language school
Inishowen’s only Irish language secondary school has been granted a ‘stay of execution’ as the Department of Eudcation has decided to extend provisional recognition to Coláiste Chineál Eoghain for the 2013/2014 year.
Sport
Top Four Cup Final at Brandywell
THE inaugural Poundsworth Top Four Cup Final will be staged this Sunday at Brandywell Stadium. (Kick-off 12 noon).
Devine opts for positives after UCD
DECLAN Devine refuses to talk about bouncing back following back-to-back defeats against Sligo Rovers and U.C.D. when he leads Derry City to Drogheda for tonight’s tough encounter
Phoenix seeking clean sweep of titles
PHOENIX Swifts have the chance to complete their total domination of this season’s Saturday Morning League as they attempt to claim a fourth title when taking on Creggan Swifts in the Blue Riband Cup Final at Brandywell Stadium. (Kick-off 2 p.m., Admission £2).
Fairview’s Will records highest ever checkout
FAIRVIEW’s Will Boyle registered the first ever maximum 170 checkout in the history of the Friday Night Estate Services (Iona) Darts League last weekend.
It’s a 50/50 year for marathon man Harry
Foyle Valley Athletic Club’s marathon man Harry McNulty is going for a big double this year - completing his 50th full and 50th half marathons.
McNamee called into Republic of Ireland Under-21’s in Denmark
BARRY McNamee’s career took a major turn for the better when he was selected to start in the FAI Cup final last November in the Aviva Stadium for Derry City.
Video
SLIDESHOW - Derry’s built heritage: a precious but fragile legacy video
Every time a notable building in Derry is demolished, a “tiny unique thread is rent from the city’s fabric - forever lost.”
Lifestyle
BBC Three head our way - and want you!
In the lead up to Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Rick Edwards presents BBC Three’s debate show Free Speech, live from Derry on Wednesday, 22nd May with an audience of 120 people aged 18-25.
‘Life has to go on’
With her hair dyed bright pink, teacher Maire Cassidy certainly made an impression when she joined the hundreds of ladies taking part in the recent Brides Across the Bridge event in aid of the Foyle Hospice.
Family fun at Earhart Festival
This weekend sees the start of the 2013 Earhart International Festival, and a host of fantastic events will ensure this year will be the best yet for Greater Shantallow Community Arts’ annual celebration of history, arts and culture in the community.
Amazing kids’ comic art contest for 2D
Ahead of the annual comics extravaganza that is the 2D Comics Festival, the Verbal Arts Centre are reminding the city’s budding young artists about their amazing 2013 comic art competition, ‘Colmcille VS Loch Ness Monster – the Battle!’
New North by North West Urban Festival
Fear not if you’re one of the many who missed out on One Big Weekend tickets! Derry will host its own alternative to the BBC’s musical Goliath in the form of next weekend’s North by North West Urban Festival.
Students given ‘Script’ for success
It’s a gig many established journalists would give their right hands for - an interview, in person, with one of the world’s most popular rock bands.
Community
Nurses reunion to go ahead this summer
Former nurses who trained in Altnagelvin in the 1960s will be holding a reunion in Derry in the summer.
Ballyarnet Country Park gets a marvellous makeover
Ilex, the urban regeneration company for Derry, together with Derry City Council, has helped transform Ballyarnet Country Park to create new events spaces.
Avon Pamper Evening to raise funds for Pink Ladies
Independent Avon Sales Leader, Mary Curran and her team of Representatives have put together a ‘Pamper Evening’ tomorrow to raise much needed funds for the Pink Ladies.
Want to explore the woodland wonders at Prehen?
The Derry public will this weekend get the chance to explore the natural and historical wonders of Prehen’s ancient woodland.
Seminar to focus in the ‘Protestant Experience’ in city today
The director of St Columb’s Park House, Brian Dougherty, will talk on ‘The Protestant Experience: Uncomfortable Truths?’ at a seminar on Thursday 23rd May in the City Hotel in Derry.
Times Gone By - May 1983
Derry holds day of anti-nuclear protest - The British Military Intelligence base at Clooney in the Waterside is one of three factors threatening Ireland’s neutrality, said the National Secretary of the Irish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Mr Dermot Nolan, at a rally at Brooke Park.
The factor involved is communications which would supply vital information on ship and plane movements coming in of the Atlantic. The day began with a vigil outside the British Army base at Ballykelly, which was followed by a run and cycle to Derry. About 200 people then marched from the Waterside Railway Station to Brooke Park for a concert and a rally.
Mr Nolan said nuclear deterrents did not operate in the way the public had been told they did.
“Now instead of talking about deterring war there is an awful lot of talk about using nuclear weapons to fight one.”
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