MCCARTNEY URGES SUPPORTERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO ATTEND THIS WEEKEND’S MARCH FOR...
Republican prisoner Tony Taylor incarcerated in Maghaberry prison SINN Féin Foyle MLA, Raymond McCartney has called on people to attend the march and rally for Tony Taylor taking place in Derry on...
View ArticlePOLICE RENEW APPEAL FOR WITNESSES OVER SERIOUS CO DERRY CRASH
POLICE In Mid Ulster are appealing for any witnesses to a serious road traffic collision this week. The crash happened on the A31 Moneymore Road between Magherafelt and Moneymore on Wednesday, July 19...
View ArticleTHREE WOMEN KILLED ON MAIN DERRY/DONEGAL ROAD TO DUBLIN
THE main road from the North West to Dublin has been closed after three women were killed in a serious crash. Three women were killed in the early hours of this morning following the serious crash near...
View ArticleHEARTLESS THIEVES STEAL WEDDING RINGS DURING BREAK-IN
DETECTIVES are on the trail of callous burglars who stole two wedding rings during a daylight burglary in Co Derry. The break-in happened at a house in the Clooney Road area of Ballykelly on Thursday...
View ArticleSECTARIAN HATE CRIME PROBE AFTER FEMALE ASSAULTED IN DERRY BY TWO WOMEN
Police at Strand Road appeal for information after female assault by two women in Derry THE PSNI in Derry are investigating after a woman in her 30s was brutally assaulted in a sectarian attack...
View ArticleDRUGS PARAPHERNALIA SEIZED BY POLICE AT ST COLUMB’S PARK
POLICE in Derry advising parents to know where their children are after they seized drugs paraphernalia in St Columb’s Park in Derry yesterday. Officers also reported incidents of underage drinking in...
View ArticleDERRY HOMES EVACUATED AFTER ARSON ATTACK ON CAR SPARKS GAS LEAK
A number of homes in Derry have been evacuated because of a gas leak. The leak was discovered in Dove Gardens, in the Bogside area of the city, a few hours after an arson attack. Fire fighters dealt...
View ArticleSUSPECT ARRESTED OVER ATTEMPTED CAR THEFTS IN DERRY
POLICE are jubilant after a suspected car thief was arrested in Derry following failed attempts to steal motor vehicles in the early hours of this morning. Officers have also thanked members of the...
View ArticleDUFFY RAISES CONCERNS OVER BALLYARNETT PLAY PARK VANDALISM
Sinn Fein councillor Sandra Duffy. SINN Féin Councillor Sandra Duffy has expressed concerns over vandalism attacks at the site of the new state of the art play park at Ballyarnett Country Park....
View ArticlePOLICE SEIZE CANNABIS IN DERRY HOUSE SEARCHES
POLICE say more drugs have been taken off the streets of Derry today. It followed planned searches in the city. PSNI Foyle said on its Facebook page: “Foyleside & the Moor Neighbourhood Policing...
View ArticlePOLICE APPEAL OVER HIT-AND-RUN CAR CRASH IN DERRY
THE PSNI in Derry have launched an appeal for witnesses over a hit-and-run crash in the city last month. A police spokesperson said: “On Monday 12th June 2017 at around 4.20pm a red Toyota Avensis was...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS….MAN ARRESTED OVER UNDER CAR BOOBY TRAP BOMB MURDER BID IN DERRY
Police at the scene of the attempt to murder a serving PSNI couple with an undercar booby trap bomb in Eglinton in June 2015 DETECTIVES from the PSNI’s Terrorist Investigation Unit probing an under...
View ArticlePOLICE WARNING OVER FAKE £10 NOTES ON THE LOOSE IN DERRY
THE PSNI in Derry are warning businesses and the public to be on the alert for fake notes circulating in the city. The police said on its Foyle Facebook page: “Recently in the City Police have started...
View ArticleUPDATED NEWS….MAN RELEASED OVER CAR BOMB MURDER BID ON PSNI OFFICER
Police at the scene of the attempt to murder a serving PSNI couple with an undercar booby trap bomb in Eglinton in June 2015 DETECTIVES from the PSNI’s Terrorist Investigation Unit probing an under...
View ArticleMCCARTNEY WELCOMES FINUCANE COURT DECISION
John Finucane and his family get leave to challenge a decision not to hold a public inquiry into UDA murder of his solicitor father Pat in 1989 SINN Féin’s Justice spokesperson Raymond McCartney has...
View ArticleDERRY’S JAMES MCCLEAN AND MARTIN O’NEILL AVOID BANS FOR CRITICISING REF
JAMES McClean and Martin O’Neill have escaped bans for the Republic of Ireland’s crunch World Cup qualifier against Georgia on September 2. Creggan-born James and O’Neill were reprimanded by FIFA for...
View ArticlePEOPLE USING ST COLUMB’S PARK ‘LIVING IN FEAR’
RESIDENTS are “living in fear” after recent attacks in St Columb’s Park in Derry, its manager has said. A number of people have been targeted in the park in recent weeks, leading to an increase in...
View ArticleCOPS HUNT KNIFE-WIELDING THUGS WHO ROBBED DERRY TAXI DRIVER
THE PSNI in Derry are on the trail of two thugs after a robbery knife-point robbery of a taxi driver. The terrifying incident happened in the Galliagh Park area of the city in the early hours this...
View ArticleSINN FEIN MEETS WITH WOMEN AFFECTED BY MESH IMPLANTS
East Derry MLA Caoimhe Archibald SINN Féin MLAs Caoimhe Archibald and Órlaithí Flynn and have met with a group representing women from across the North suffering serious side effects from vaginal mesh...
View ArticleRUNAROUND CITROEN SAXO CAR SEIZED BY POLICE IN DERRY
POLICE have appealed for information about a car which was driving dangerously around Derry last night. A PSNI Foyle spokesperson said: “A maroon coloured Citroen Saxo was sighted driving dangerously...
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