- Helicopter tragedy 'a mystery'
- MLA issues plea for organ donors
- Paisley 'doing very well' says son
- Resort 'would boost bid for Open'
- Pledge as golf course gets go-ahead
- Cows sought for charity airlift
- McGuinness pressed over bomb death
- Police defend 'supergrass' trial
- Phoenix reduces gas price by 8.5%
- Carson: it's the way he told 'em
- £16m fund to tackle rural problems
- MLA plea on planning cases backlog
- Footballer crash death 'avoidable'
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Windsor Park deal to mean millions for Brandywell Stadium
The BBC is reporting that a deal agreed between the Irish Football Association and Linfield for the use of Windsor Park could release millions for the re-development of Brandywell Stadium.
Welcome for new footpath
The construction of a new footpath along one of the busiest approach roads into the city has been welcomed by Sinn Féin councillor Mickey Cooper.
The anger is rising, claims DAAA spokesperson
Muff based spokesperson for Donegal Action Against Austerity, Ryan Stewart, has stated that the major protest planned for tomorrow in Dublin has been delayed until the following week to accommodate the large numbers now wishing to join it.
Olympic jobs at Magee
The Olympic task of finding a job after graduating has been made easier thanks to University of Ulster Work Experience Week.
Don’t neglect insurance, businesses are told
Two of Northern Ireland’s largest financial services brands have today urged businesses in the Derry area to avoid cutting corners and ensure that they are fully protected against possible challenges that may arise as a result of the current tough economic times.
TOURIST TRAIL FOLLOWS IN FOOTSTEPS OF COLMCILLE
A new tourist trail revealing the life and legends of Derry’s patron saint has just been unveiled.
MLA concerned over lack of civil servants working in Derry
An MLA has expressed concern over the lack of civil servants from Stormont’s culture and enterprise departments based in the city - despite Derry’s status as city of culture and its appalling unemployment record.
No plans to open bus depot after 9pm - Translink
Translink says it has no plans to open up Derry’s bus depot at night.
Listen to local voices on Tesco - Hassan
The needs of the people living in the Greater Shantallow area must be central to the decision whether or not to grant planning permission to a proposed new Tesco store on the Buncrana Road, Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has said.
Sinn Fein welcome £335m A5 announcement
Sinn Féin’s two Donegal TDs, Pearse Doherty and Padraig Mac Lochlainn, have welcomed the announcement that the A5 dual carraigeway will be built, with the sections between Derry and Strabane and Omagh and Aughnacloy due to go to construction before the end of the year.
Roe Valley Forum secures five jobs
Limavady based Roe Valley Education Forum (RVEF) has helped secure full-time, temporary employment for five local residents at the business’s growing Community Services department at Aghanloo.
DFS store to create 20 jobs
Furniture giant DFS is set to create 20 new jobs in Derry when it opens a store in the city later this year.
Jobless figures down on last year
Unemployment figures for January show Limavady has the fourth highest number of claimants in the 26 Council district areas.
Muff’s ‘Big Jim’ back in business
Muff businessman, Jim McLaughlin, has confirmed that he is re-opening his filling station. With rumours circulating as to the reasons for its closure in the run up to Christmas Mr. McLaughlin went public, one of the few to do so, to confirm to the ‘Journal’ that it was the Revenue Authorities which had sealed his petrol pumps.
‘Dungiven is a priority’
Councillors in Dungiven have expressed their disgust after no mention was made of a bypass for the busy town in the programme of works announced by Finance Minister Sammy Wilson this week.
Culdaff to host Donegal fleadh
Culdaff is to be the venue for the Donegal fleadh for the first time in May, it’s been announced.
Tesco store finally set for approval
Plans to build a Tesco store on Derry’s Buncrana Road could finally be given the green light as early as next month, the ‘Journal’ understands.
Concern over Invista agency staff treatment
A leading trade unionist has expressed concern after fifteen agency workers turned up for work at one of Derry’s biggest employers only to be told they no longer had a job.
Donegal delight as A5 project gets massive boost
Donegal North East’s three TD have spoken with one voice in warmly welcoming the decision of the Northern Ireland Executive to commit £330m. funding to the development of the A5 dual carriageway project which will help link Derry- Donegal with Dublin.
Damian’s Glee over 2013
Hollywood star Damian McGinty, who’s currently appearing in US television show Glee, has become the latest well-known Derry person to sign up as a ‘Cultural Champion’ for 2013 and says next year will provide a great chance for the city to showcase its talent to the world.
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Work to begin on transforming riverfront
Work is set to start on a £400,000 transformation of Derry’s riverfront.
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Derry dole tally highest since 1998
Almost 6000 people are on the dole in Derry - the highest figure since August 1998.
Slideshow - Former army site opens amidst Valentine’s celebrations
A spectacular light show was among the highlights of the opening of Derry’s Ebrington Square last night.
Call for local Amelia Earhart memorabilia
This May 21 marks the eightieth anniversary of Amelia Earhart’s solo Atlantic flight - the day when the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in 1932 landed in our own back yard dropping in for tea at Gallagher’s cottage at Ballyarnett along the way.
1 commentEU funding unit for Derry Council
£90,000 from the city’s annual rates is to go towards providing a dedicated EU funding unit for Derry City Council.
Concert evening to celebrate opening of Ebrington Square video
This evening the vast five-acre site at the former Ebrington Barracks will spring into life as a £7.5 million multi-faceted public space, with a kaleidoscope of live entertainment.
Welcome for new hospital wing and A5 investment
Stormont investment that will see work start on the A5 dual carriageway and Altnagelvin Hospital get a new wing has been welcomed in the north west.
Lowest ever city rates rise
The lowest rates increase ever recorded for Derry was agreed at a meeting of the City Council on Friday afternoon when members agreed a 2.2 per cent increase.
Moves to avoid repeat of ice cream wars
Derry City Council has taken action to ensure there won’t be a repeat of a scenario which happened last summer when two local ice cream men clashed over who had a right to operate at Derry’s Peace Bridge.
Average Derry house price now stands at £120,594
The average house price in Derry now stands at £120,594 it’s been revealed.
Derry to get the Portas touch
Retail expert Mary Portas could be on her way to Derry to offer advice on the regeneration of the city’s commercial districts.
Peter embarks on marathon Ironman birthday challenge
Limavady solicitor and local rotarian, Peter Jack, will find himself having to stay in the same place for 13 hours on Thursday the 9th February without being able to leave the building!
One-way traffic system proposed for Park Avenue
Residents living in the Park Avenue area of the city have been encouraged to have their say on proposals for a new one-way traffic system in the area.
Thinking of Clarendon Street (it was made for sharing . . .)
Urban design in Derry took a step forward this week with the publication of the Draft Design Guide for the Clarendon Street area of the city.
Portillo’s “amazing” journey
Former Conservative MP Michael Portillo has described the rail journey between Derry and Coleraine as “breathtaking.”
1 commentMassive ‘Ras’ heading for Inishowen
The efforts of local cycling enthusiasts to promote Inishowen in a major way have borne fruit big time with the confirmation this week the biggest race in the Irish cycling calendar, the An Post Ras, will come to the peninsula this year.
Catherine hands over Derry’s tourism reins
After 16 years at the helm of Derry’s Visitor and Convention Bureau, the city’s tourism chief Catherine O’ Connor spent her last day in the job this week before embarking on what she’s hoping will be a happy and healthy retirement.
Urgent meeting needed over ex-army base - Dallat
SDLP East Derry MLA John Dallat is to request a meeting with the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment Arlene Foster on the former Shackelton army camp in Ballykelly. He had asked the Minister “whether she has had any correspondence with her Executive colleagues” regarding the Ballykelly site, and if so, to detail this correspondence; and what steps she intends to take to produce a master plan for the development of this site”.
Strabane shirt company collars African market
A Strabane-based shirt manufacturer is to enter the African market after franchising its business model in Ghana and Nigeria.
‘Our water will be privatised’
An Inishowen councillor has called on Donegal County Council to write to the Department of the Environment to discuss the proposed changes to the water sector in Ireland.
All of Donegal will be included in “Wild Atlantic Drive” route
Donegal North East Sinn Féin TD, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has welcomed confirmation that all of Donegal is to be included in Fáilte Ireland’s “Wild Atlantic Drive”.
Murray calls for Inishowen to join ‘HIREland’
Inishowen Sinn Féin councillor Jack Murray has encouraged local businesses to sign up to the Hireland campaign, saying that the initiative can help kick-start job creation in Donegal.
‘Be prepared’ for digital switchover this October
Derry MLA Mark H Durkan is urging residents to be prepared for the permanent switch to digital tv this October.
How the Fleadh was won
City of Culture media director Garbhan Downey gives the inside track on Saturday’s momentous Fleadh announcement......
1 comment‘There is positivity in Limavady’
Politicians and business leaders gathered in Limavady last week to discuss the big issues facing the borough and what action is needed to help the Roe Valley through harsh economic times.
Economic conference a ‘good beginning’
Sinn Féin MLA Cathal Ó hOisín has described the Economic Forum held in Limavady as very successful and a good beginning to a series of similar forums to be held in the future.
Donegal in for national protest over rising costs
Donegal hauliers are expected to take part in a national protest next month that may block Dublin ports in response to hauliers’ concerns over their rising cost of doing business.
Derry firm wins NI Ambulance Service contract
One of Derry’s last surviving clothing manufacturers has been awarded a contract to supply uniforms to the north’s Ambulance Service.
Business Live Tour coming to Derry next week
Derry will be the setting for a major business event next week as stories of local, cross-border and international business success will be shared with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and aspiring entrepreneurs from in the North West.
LCDI generates more than £1m for clients
LCDI Advice Centre has started its 25th Anniversary year in style by generating well in excess of £1million for its clients in the Borough.
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Thursday 23 February 2012
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Light rain
Temperature: 7 C to 14 C
Wind Speed: 28 mph
Wind direction: South west
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