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DERRY JOURNAL Editorial

Derry now accounts for 41 per cent of total expenditure on temporary accommodation with more money spent here than in Belfast (£3,693,826).

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: Pop-up B&Bs a local speciality? Kevin Mullan

The 'Free Derry' mural in the Bogside area of the city.

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: Britain looking after ‘its boys’ with legacy bill Kevin Mullan

Fresh figures obtained by Mark H Durkan show the cost of hiring locums and agency staff in the Western Trust spiked by £7,988,724 to £50,542,932 between 2019/20 and 2021/22.

​Locum costs must be tackled to allow sustainable investment Kevin Mullan

Map of the Gulf and North Atlantic stream in the Atlantic Ocean

Alarming gulf stream research should make us all take notice Kevin Mullan

Foyle Pride celebrates 30 years this year. The celebrations will culminate with the main parade on Saturday.

Foyle Pride continues unfinished business of civil rights at 30 Kevin Mullan

The Derry City FC side which played Benfica at the Brandywell in the European Cup in 1989.

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: ​UEFA should be more flexible on Derry City home ground By The Newsroom

A previous Foyle Maritime Festival.

New era for Foyle Maritime Festival

Material was removed from the bonfire site at Linear Park in Galliagh on Monday.

Bonfire removal a positive step Kevin Mullan

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 20: Amber Barrett and Ciara Grant of Republic of Ireland applaud fans after the team's 0-1 defeat in the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 Group B match between Australia and Ireland at Stadium Australia on July 20, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

‘​Girls in Green’ did us proud and have left a real legacy Kevin Mullan

A potential future rail network outlined in the new All-Island Strategic Rail Review.

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: Time to deliver on all-island strategic rail plan Kevin Mullan

Arup's draft rail review is due to be presented to the Irish cabinet on Tuesday.

‘Derry Road’ rail link from Derry to Portadown in Arup draft Kevin Mullan

The Foyle Foodbank’s donation point in Springtown Industrial Estate. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2250GS – 31

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial- We all deserve to live in dignity and decency Brendan McDaid

Balloon themed artwork that has been developed following consultation with users of the children's ward.

Positive news on children’s unit Kevin Mullan

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - APRIL 19: (L-R) Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, former US Senator George Mitchell, former US president Bill Clinton and former British Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair (R) stand together at Hillsborough Castle for the Gala dinner to mark the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement on April 19, 2023 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan-Pool/Getty Images)

Britain was party to the conflict ended by the Good Friday Agreement Kevin Mullan

BALLINA, IRELAND - APRIL 14: U.S. President Joe Biden addresses a crowd during a celebration event at St Muredach's Cathedral on April 14, 2023 in Ballina, Ireland. U.S. President Joe Biden has travelled to Northern Ireland and Ireland with his sister Valerie Biden Owens and son Hunter Biden to explore his family's Irish heritage and mark the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Peace Agreement. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Joe Biden’s deep-seated Irishness is a major asset for the entire island By The Newsroom

The DUP is the fourth largest party on the island and would be player in government formation in a prospective united Ireland based on its current electoral strength.

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: What does unionism fear?

The Hands Across The Divide statue by Maurice Harron.

'For peace comes dropping slow....' Good Friday Agreement 25 years on Brendan McDaid

Huge numbers in Guildhall Square for the Return of Colmcille. (1106PG30)

Editorial: A decade on, did the City of Culture capitalise on 2013? Brendan McDaid

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 01: General views of Stormont. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Journal Editorial: Get back to Stormont, back to power-sharing, back to work Brendan McDaid

Derry is now the end of the line as far as rail in the west is concerned.

​Rail desert must be fixed Kevin Mullan

Invest NI

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: Foreign Direct Investment must be pointed to Derry Kevin Mullan

Health and care workers from NIPSA, UNISON and GMB trade unions, campaigning for fair pay and conditions, take part in industrial action at Altnagelvin Hospital on Monday morning. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2250GS – 04

OPINION: Striking for all our sakes Brendan McDaid

Councillor Sandra Duffy, Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council pictured at the Brandywell Stadium ahead of this weekends FAI Cup Final when the Candy Strips travel to the Aviva Stadium to take on Shelbourne. Picture Martin McKeown. 07.11.22

OPINION: Brandywell Pride and we've got the side Brendan McDaid

The ten victims of the Creeslough disaster. On left, Catherine O'Donnell (39) and her son James Monaghan (13). Top row, from left, Jessica Gallagher (24), Robert Garwe (50) and his daughter Shauna Flanagan Garwe (5). Middle row, Martina Martin (49), Hugh Kelly (59) and Martin McGill (49). Bottom row, Leona Harper (14) and James O'Flaherty (48).

Remembering the bright lights extinguished Kevin Mullan

Local people place candles during a prayer vigil in Carndonagh, Donegal in solidarity with the people of Creeslough.

Derry Journal Editorial: Creeslough - You are in our thoughts and prayers Brendan McDaid

The British Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: Tory budget sparks IMF predictions as Kwarteng cries 's... Kevin Mullan

The ascension to the British throne of a new monarch has drawn attention to a basic precept of the United Kingdom: being Catholic and being head of state are mutually exclusive conditions.

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: No Catholics need apply Kevin Mullan

The Census results are likely to spark renewed calls for a poll on the removal of the border.

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: Census results will likely boost border poll push Kevin Mullan

Liz Truss

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: Discredited 'trickle down' economics helps only the ric... Kevin Mullan

Stormont.

Opinion: Another £6.5m wasted on another election

Liz Truss during a hustings event at Wembley Arena, London. Picture date: Wednesday August 31, 2022.

Liz Truss' British premiership merely a changing of the guard Kevin Mullan

The funeral of Reuven Simon and Joseph Sebastian will take place this morning.

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: An unimaginable and unbearable loss Kevin Mullan

The cost of heating homes has skyrocketed this year.

Derry JOURNAL Editorial: Cost of living crisis already chilling ahead of winter Brendan McDaid

Derry man Gerard Doherty, with his daughters Kate and Jane and his wife Sharon as he received a rapturous welcome from family and friends when he arrived home on the Clipper Round The World Yacht Ha Long Bay, Vietnam at the Foyle Marina in Derry-Londonderry after completing the transatlantic leg between New York and his home city. Picture Martin McKeown. 13.07.22

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: A rising tide to lift all boats this week Kevin Mullan

Niall Bruton's sculpture of Saint Columba in St Columba's Park

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: Remembering Colmcille

Michael O’Donoghue pictured with Mayor Graham Warke at the Derry Journal 250th Anniversary Exhibition in Foyleside Shopping Centre yesterday evening. Photograph: George Sweeney. DER2223GS – 065

Derry Journal Editorial: Graham Warke - truly a Mayor for all Brendan McDaid

On Thursday, Derry goes to the polls to elect five citizens to serve on the sixth post-1998 Stormont Assembly.

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: One citizen, one vote Kevin Mullan

Some of the attendance at the Derry Against Fuel Poverty rally in Waterloo Square on Saturday afternoon last. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2209GS – 070

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: The real cost of oil, gas, petrol, diesel price hikes Brendan McDaid

Brian Og’s team manager Hugh McGrath and captain Neil Forester lead the Derry, Ulster and All Ireland Intermediate Football Champions homecoming at Steelstown on Monday evening. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2206GS – 067

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: The incredible feat of the men of Steel’ Brendan McDaid

Derry Journals February 4, 1972 and January 28, 2002.

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: Never forgotten and we remember still, 50 years on from... Brendan McDaid

Economically, Derry is the worst performing city, in the worst performing region of a UK, which, a new report has pointed out, has itself been stagnating in comparison to its peers in Europe and elsewhere.

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: Derry deserves better than this Kevin Mullan

River Foyle in Derry. (Photo: Brendan McDaid)

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: Third road bridge across River Foyle is long overdue Brendan McDaid

Fans watch the action as Derry take on St Pat's at the Ryan McBride Brandywell stadium on Friday night.

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial : Brandywell Pride Brendan McDaid

Mrs Ruth Bone at her home in Shearwater Way with a picture of her son Dale who died from substance abuse earlier this year. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2137GS – 030

Mother of ‘diazepam’ victim Dale Bone speaks out on deadly danger of pills Kevin Mullan

Ruth Bone holding a memento of her late son Dale.

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: Addiction services must be an urgent priority Kevin Mullan

Sporting heroes... Paralympian Jason Smyth and IronMan Danny Quigley.

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: Jason Smyth and Danny Quigley - two Derry icons and rol... Brendan McDaid

Covid vaccinations in Derry. DER2126GS - 153

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial : Forcing the point - Navigating COVID and vaccine infor... Brendan McDaid

A man of God, a man of the people: Father Neal Carlin. (1305PG08)

Derry JOURNAL Editorial : Father Neal Carlin - A true visionary who saved many l... Brendan McDaid

The Protocol belongs to the fundamentalist leavers.

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: Time for those who delivered us Brexit and the Protocol... Kevin Mullan

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial : Where now for the DUP? For us? Brendan McDaid