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Stephen Kelly with, Brett Kirby and Stewart Murdoch, visitors from Melbourne, Australia, at Greencastle Golf Club on Tuesday.

View from the Foyle: Pause to reflect on how special this place is

Galgorm Collection has unveiled plans to create the North's first championship links golf course in over 100 years. Image Credit: Harry Cook.

Plans for £30m championship golf course – Bellarena Golf Links – in North Derry

A mural of Shane Lowry, the last winner at Portrush, on the side of a house in the town prior to The 153rd Open championship. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

The Open is major shot to show off the North West as tourism destination

Damage was caused to the former 'Barrack Masters House' at Ebrington Square when Storm Éowyn blew the roof off the building in January.

Ebrington roof cannot be restored exactly after Storm Éowyn

An artists' impression by Studio 4 Design submitted in support of the application.

Exciting plans for revamp of Derry’s Richmond Centre

An application to convert former offices in Derry city centre into a restaurant and guest house have been newly-lodged with the local council.

Bid to change convert offices in Derry city centre to restaurant and guest house

Martin Hayes

SOAK, Martin Hayes and Peter Taylor lined up for Derry’s Féile 2025

Melanie and Helen cooking up a storm at last year’s fun day in Brooke Park.

North West Migrants Forum’s family fun day returning to Brooke Park in Derry

The LegenDerry Street Food Festival is back this month with a feast of fine flavours and aromas from Friday July 18 – Saturday July 19.

Savour the best of the North West at the LegenDerry Street Food Festival

Cullen’s Street Food and Lo & Slo preparing for the 153rd Open Championship:Joanne Cullen, Stewart Fraser, Norman McCorkell and Emily McCorkell.

Derry’s Lo & Slo and Cullen’s Street Food bound for the Open Championship

BBQ buzzkills - a survey by Avant Homes has revealed Brits' secret BBQ icks

Brits' top six BBQ icks revealed

Located in The Keep (Building 30) – part of the Star Fort structure and one of the most prominent buildings at the former Ebrington Barracks site, the new restaurant is due to open in August, joining a growing cluster of food businesses in the former barracks site.

The Fold set to open at Star Fort and Walled City Hotel almost ready at old bank

Rockall

End ‘illegality’ of Britain’s ‘long-standing blockade’ of Rockall, says TD

Spelt husk

Materials matter: The surprising items around your home that could be affecting ...

Ballyliffin Lodge and Spa staff and management celebrate a wonderful 20 years. Photo: Jay Doherty Photography.

Ballyliffin Lodge and Spa celebrates a wonderful 20 years

The Tabasco business was established in 1868 by Edmund McIlhenny whose family is thought to have emigrated from Donegal to Maryland in the period before the Famine.

McIlhenny Tabasco – the world’s most famous chilli sauce’s connection to Donegal
Avery Island lies in the middle of Louisiana’s Cajun country, that part of the state west and north-west of New Orleans.
Paul McElhinney

Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District, Councillor Ruairí McHugh pictured at the launch of the LegenDerry Street Food Festival which takes place on July 18 and 19, with James Huey, LegenDerry Food Network, Ciaran Doherty, Tourism N. Ireland, and Erin Mc Feeley, Alchemy Technology Services.

Legenderry Food Festival to attract worldwide visitors as it returns next month

A new report by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, shows that in 2024 the highest price levels for household consumption were recorded in Denmark (143 per cent of the EU average), Ireland (138 per cent) and Luxembourg (133 per cent).

Ireland second most expensive country in EU – price levels 143% the average

The new bar is located at 122 Northland Road at the Aileach Road Roundabout, in premises that were formerly home to the Venue, Rafters and most recently Molly Malone’s.

The Branch Bar and Grill to open doors in Derry

Jennifer O’Donnell, Tourism Manager at Derry City & Strabane District Council, Odhran Dunne, Chief Executive at Visit Derry and David Gilliland, managing partner at Brook Hall Estate. Picture Martin McKeown. 16.06.26

Derry posts 29.1% rise in tourist spend and 10.57% hike in overnight trips

Pádraig Delargy

8,380 children in Derry in receipt of school meals

The interior of Madame Pho in Bishop Street.

Vietnamese restaurant chain Madame Pho opens doors at first outlet in Derry

The view from Ebrington Square in Derry.

Little-Pengelly: Ensuring Ebrington is ‘welcoming' at centre of transfer talk

112 brilliant photographs from parties and nights out in Derry in June 2005

A new study has revealed that 1 in 10 Brits have felt unwell after eating unwashed salad

Derry residents urged to wash salad after one in 10 say they’ve felt unwell afte...

Popular Vietnamese restaurant chain Madame Pho is set to open a new outlet in Derry.

Vietnamese restaurant chain Madame Pho set to open first outlet in Derry

Derry's legendary traditional ice cream parlour and fish and chip shop Fiorentini's.

Plans for ten apartments to the rear of Fiorentini’s
An application to develop ten apartments at the back of Derry’s legendary traditional Italian ice-cream parlour and fish and chip shop Fiorentini’s has been lodged with the planners.
Kevin Mullan

Darren Guy

Attack on Sandy’s African Food Hub in Derry branded ‘pure evil’

The remains of a rat on the quayside on Friday.

Citizens urged to dispose of food responsibly amid thriving rat population

ANON is launching its premium alcohol-free ‘Summer Cocktail’ on Ocado.com, the world’s largest dedicated online supermarket.

As mindful drinking rises in Derry, premium no and low brand launches ‘Summer Co...

70 brilliant photographs of Derry parties and nights out in May 2005

Derry’s latest bar and entertainment venue Kaboodle is set to open imminently in the city centre.

Derry’s latest bar and entertainment complex Kaboodle set to open

McGrory's in Culdaff.

Iconic Donegal pub, hotel and music venue McGrory’s officially reopened

Kealy's Seafood Bar.

End of an era as famous Kealy’s Seafood Bar in Greencastle announces closure

The interior of the bar at Da Vinci's

Da Vinci’s blasts ‘libellous posts’, pledges significant investment in hotel

Left to right: Owen McGee General Manager, Restaurant Manager Keith McGilloway (holding winning cert), Executive Head Chef Gordon Smyth, and Head Chef Conor McCormick.

Redcastle Hotel's The Edge crowned Hotel Restaurant of the Year

The team at Bishop’s Gate Hotel has done it again, securing a prestigious spot in the Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards 2025, ranking No. 6 in the UK in the ‘Best of the Best’ Top Hotels category.

Bishop’s Gate ranked in UK’s Top 10 in 2025 Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards

Claudio Antowucci proprietor of La Sosta Restaurant in Carlisle Road. Photo: George Sweeney

30 years on Derry's first Italian restaurant share the secret to success

Potting on two month old tomato plants.

Giving young vegetables the space to thrive

Foyleside Shopping Centre. DER2126GS - 030

15 jobs created as Greggs opens new store in Foyleside Shopping Centre in Derry

Blackbird

Three Derry city pubs vying to be named best in the county

Bishop Street.

Derry restaurant Social Studio announces their closure due to rising costs

Members of Derry IPSC donating money to Jerusalem Coffee & Bakehouse.

Derry IPSC donate to new Jerusalem café

Rockall

‘Brazen’ British blockade of Rockall costing Greencastle fishers 25%

Dr. Tom Black.

Diabetes 'a huge burden' for patients and the NHS

Féile’s ‘Lunch with a Laugh’ at the Bishop’s Gate Hotel was a huge success with Belfast comic Paddy ‘The Dagger’ McDonnell, leaving everyone in stitches.

24 brilliant photographs from Féile’s ‘Lunch with a Laugh’ with Paddy McDonnell

Northwest local businesses are stepping up to the challenge and delivering innovative and high-quality products.

The future of Food to Go in NI: A new era of excellence

Pat and Dolores Scullion pictured with Father Gerard Mongan, Administrator, Long Tower Church, in the Cloisters Café based in Aras Cholmcille. Photo: George Sweeney

IN PICS: Opening of Cloisters Café at Aras CholmCille

Father Gerard Mongan, Administrator, Long Tower Church, alongside Pat Kennedy, proprietor, of the Cloisters Café based in Aras Cholmcille. Photo: George Sweeney

Watch: New Aras Cholmcille Café opens during Sister Clare's retreat

Tim Hortons’ Chicken Donut Sandwich and Cheesy Loaded Timbits®.

Naughty but nice: Tim Hortons launches new menu items including a chicken donut ...

The new gardens at the Gate Lodge at the entrance to St. Columb’s Park have been completed and has hosted pupils from St. Anne’s Primary School who planted the first seed potatoes in one of the raised beds with the help horticulturalists from Acorn Farm and Conservation Volunteers, follow a plant discovery trail. The event was attended by the Mayor, Councillor Lilian Seenoi-Barr, pictured with Paul Sweeney Chairman of the National Lottery Community Fund Northern Ireland Committee and Shauna Kelpie, Acorn Farm and the Community Foundation.. Picture Martin McKeown. 27.03.25

Acorn Farm Gate Lodge Garden officially opened by Mayor Lilian Seenoi-Barr

The new IslandMen Irish Whiskey created by Wild Atlantic Distillery founders, Jim Nash, and Brian Ash, who have officially launched their new single malt Irish whiskey and new blended whiskey in The Guildhall, pictured with Nicola Kelly and Mike Crone, who designed the bottle. Picture Martin McKeown. 28.03.25

IslandMen Whiskey launched at the Guildhall

79 brilliant photographs of Derry and Donegal parties in March 2005

ANON Drinks English Garden

Raising a glass: Non-alcoholic drinks brand invites Derry public to decide on ne...

Wild Atlantic Distillery founders, brothers-in-law Brian Ash and Jim Nash will launch Islandmen whiskey in Derry.

New Irish whiskey to be launched in Derry

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