DerryJournal

Starmer apologises to families of Springhill/Westrock families www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Hilary Benn: 25-35,000 paramilitaries sent to prison, only one British soldier convicted www.derryjournal.com/news/crime/h...

Durkan: Increasing care beds in Derry can play key role in reducing hospital delays www.derryjournal.com/health/durka...

Middleton: 'Pregnant lady had to sleep on the floor in A&E' www.derryjournal.com/news/emergen...

Durkan: Councils crucial in fightback against poverty that is ‘acutely felt’ in Derry www.derryjournal.com/news/politic...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin promises Shared Island investment in rail to the North West. "We will have some more announcements under the Shared Island Initiative for a rail service to the north west but it is not as comprehensive as the Dublin-Belfast line." www.derryjournal.com/news/politic...

Archbishop Eamon Martin welcomes Pope Leo AI encyclical and says human dignity must be defended www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Charlie McConalogue: ‘I’d designate all Donegal games free-to-air if I had a free hand but we must be proportionate’ www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Nine Buncrana families living in defective block homes on flood plain ‘absolutely traumatised’ Dáil told www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Taoiseach says Derry Passport Office a ‘hardy annual’ but indicates DFA moving away from new physical offices www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

New 111 non-emergency service would ease pressure on overburdened staff at Altnagelvin A&E, says McLaughlin www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Durkan raises low level of Derry social housing completions with housing minister Gordon Lyons www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Derry anti-poverty campaigner Becca Bor rejects ‘false narrative’ of benefits system being ‘too generous’ www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

A pair of otters (madra uisce) on the banks of the River Foyle in Derry this morning. Think they are feeding on a gull (faoileán). They don't get on.

New Building A Village documentary focuses on community and connection in Derry www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

New grass pitch at Derry City FC’s Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium taking shape. www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Business case for new regional endometriosis centre of excellence in Western Trust imminent www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Oil industry rep rejects claims of ‘price-gouging’ as ‘totally uncalled for’. "People say to me, 'There is stock in Belfast. There is stock in Derry/Londonderry. Why did the price jump up?' The price jumped up very simply because it is a commodity." www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

The Jive Aces play Henry Mancini's Pink Panther theme at The Embankment, Ebrington, on the last day of the 25th City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival.

Crowd favourites The Jive Aces getting into the swing of things at The Embankment on the last day of the City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival 2026!

Muir disputes DUP and UFU claim Derry-Donegal not representative for bovine TB pilot www.derryjournal.com/news/environ...

Scaffolding erected and shrink-wrapped for remedial works to Jetty on Meadowbank Quay in Derry www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Derry meat industry expert Daryl McLaughlin says £1m a year being lost due to cattle with TB at slaughter www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

360 Karting Multi-Level Electric Karting due to open in Derry in 2027 www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Paul Whitters’ mother Helen fondly remembers kind and generous son at poignant tribute event. A beautiful new pamphlet ‘Paul Whitters: A Generous Spirit’, celebrates his life 45 years after he was killed by a plastic bullet fired by an RUC officer in Derry www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Durkan asks for geographical breakdown of 1,032 excess deaths due to long waits in EDs www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Pádraig Delargy seeks assurance from Andrew Muir on safety of Faughan drinking water www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Sinéad McLaughlin presses Andrew Muir on funding for Mobuoy clean-up www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Update on Mobuoy strategy due on Muir’s desk this month with Derry meetings planned for May www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

‘Beautiful Sister Clare Crockett’ celebrated in ‘incredible’ retreat attended by thousands www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Irish dancing legend Lillian Moore thrilled with ‘Derry Feis Queen’ tribute. Incredible Lillian. A Derry icon. www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

£2.5m spent settling public liability claims arising from potholes and road defects in Derry/Strabane www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Keep your eyes peeled if you are out for a dander along the River Foyle in Derry. A harbour porpoise (muc mhara) near the Peace Bridge making its way upstream just now.

Here are the results from the 2026 Derry Feis on Tuesday, April 7. For An Ceol, Classical Music and Speech and Drama. Well done to everyone who took part!

A dolphin (deilf) or porpoise (muc mhara) surfacing in the sun dappled Foyle in Derry city centre this Easter Tuesday afternoon. There have been a few in the river lately.

Footage of the fire in Campsie this afternoon. Thanks to Rami Zahra for sharing

Bishop Dónal McKeown: Frightening ‘liquid society' alienating people from things giving solid identity www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Archbishop Eamon Martin expresses hope 'dark clouds of war' can be overcome in Easter message www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Wolfgang Traub is back in Derry for a visit 25 years after a placement in the city. "My career began in Derry!” he says. “It was a great time. We celebrated Hallowe'en together. Happy memories.” www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

18 masterpieces on display as new art trail launched in Derry and Strabane www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Shrubbery at Meadowbank Quay in Derry that was harbourage for rats has been removed www.derryjournal.com/news/environ...

Jess Phillips praises Foyle Women’s Aid for work on paramilitary-related coercion www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

The Derry #otters can fairly motor. #madadhuisce

Derry’s vulnerability to Middle East carbon energy shocks demonstrates need to move away from fossil fuels, say MLAs www.derryjournal.com/news/politic...

Work on Derry City FC’s new £1.4m grass pitch at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium has commenced ahead of schedule with contractors already on site. www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Good morning from an atmospheric #Derry quayside

Ferguson calls for EU PEACEPLUS funding to be extended to support Derry projects over 2028-34 www.derryjournal.com/news/politic...

Gregory Campbell tells MPs St. Patrick sometimes disparagingly referred to as ‘west Brit’ www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Derry mother Pauline Duddy’s campaign for Jasmin’s law for tougher drug sentences hailed at Stormont www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

New pedestrian crossing at Timber Quay and active travel part of Magee expansion plans www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

New pedestrian crossing at Timber Quay and active travel part of Magee expansion plans www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Sinéad McLaughlin calls for £81m energy support to be targeted as committee meets in Derry. "Broad brush that everybody will get £30 is ridiculous." Caoimhe Archibald: DfE won't have £81m in 3 weeks, funding is over 3yrs & can't be means-tested. www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Top civil servant: £40m a year needed for 10k Magee students and extra Coleraine places from 2032. Ian Snowden: “That can only be done by an extra allocation from the Executive to this department or by increasing student fees. Those are the two options." www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Report on draft remediation strategy for Mobuoy dump outside Derry due this week. A revised remediation strategy taking account of the public consultation is expected to be completed next month. www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

FIFA Quality 3G pitch laid at St. Columb’s Park in Derry with £485.5k works due for completion this month www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Three otters at play in the River Foyle in Derry City centre this morning. As usual they had to run the gauntlet of the gulls

East Derry MP Gregory Campbell calls for modernisation of ‘monolith that is the NHS’ trib.al/niv15dY

Bishop of Derry Dónal McKeown: ‘People of the Middle East experiencing unjust war with loss of innocent lives’ trib.al/MY1QQz5

Mother’s concern for children’s health due to damp in Bogside home trib.al/v3McQnZ

Work progressing on new Da Vinci’s orangery as part of £2.5m hotel and bar investment in Derry trib.al/VxCdg87

Eastwood demands publication of files related to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s time as UK Trade Envoy trib.al/cQEKqqB

100 years since Derry republican Francis Owen Lafferty aka Jim Davis was released with the Peterhead Ten trib.al/R7BEzOL

Derry-founded Aware has for 30 years improved understanding about depression, anxiety & bipolar disorder, MLAs told. "In '96 a small group gathered in a living room in Derry with a shared determination to help & support people living with mental illness." www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Andrew Muir & Martin Heydon officially launch pilot to eradicate deadly Bovine TB in Derry/NE Donegal. €11.7m (€6.5m from Shared Island Fund; balance DAERA/DAFM) over 5 yrs for extra cattle testing, research on wildlife controls, intensive biosecurity training. www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

400 reports of cars damaged by potholes on Derry’s Strand Rd. "Donegal roads used to be the butt of Derry drivers' jokes. The shoe is very much on the other foot. I'm not suggesting in a new Ireland streets will be paved with gold but they'll at least be paved." www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

400 reports of cars damaged by potholes on Derry’s Strand Rd. "Donegal roads used to be the butt of Derry drivers' jokes. The shoe is very much on the other foot. I'm not suggesting in a new Ireland streets will be paved with gold but they'll at least be paved." www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...

Pádraig Delargy has said that in Derry ‘people’s reality of the British Army is enshrined by the fact 14 people were murdered on the streets on Bloody Sunday’. trib.al/0HiMWsR

Northlands Centre has been ‘transforming lives and challenging shame and stigma of addiction’ for 50 years in Derry. "It has replaced silence with understanding and brought hope to those who were in despair." trib.al/aT9lauY

Calls for extension of Derry rapid blood clot assessment and transfer pilot for stroke patients trib.al/E9NpQAa

£5.9m ring-fenced for track renewal on Derry to Coleraine line trib.al/uifieR1

£3.8m for new 214 space park-and-ride at Bellarena rail halt between Derry and Coleraine authorised trib.al/Z2vofwE

New Altnagelvin A&E in Derry among ‘long, expensive list of capital projects’ says Mike Nesbitt trib.al/3IRGTTG

Delargy hails President Catherine Connolly visit as ‘momentous occasion of pride’ carried out with ‘characteristic decorum’ trib.al/WWqJecR

Senior WHSCT official tells committee body-worn cameras in hospitals having an impact trib.al/9RCVUOx

Rats are back at Meadowbank Quay on Derry’s riverside trib.al/UwE6peH

In the shops now... FREE INSIDE today's Derry Journal ahead of tonight's big League of Ireland kick-off... our Sport team's comprehensive 32-page season preview. Simon Collins provides interviews and analysis with all the big names at Brandywell.

Great to have President Catherine Connolly up in Derry again. She is no stranger. But this is her visit as Uachtarán na hÉireann. Bain sult as do chuairt orainn i nDoire. trib.al/Ci34Xsq

Councillors have rubber-stamped plans for £100m redevelopment of the Templemore Sports Complex. Plans include Olympic sized eight-lane pool, poolside sauna, teaching pool, toddler Pool. Water recreation facilities will include family flumes, café www.derryjournal.com/news/environ...