John Hume’s sons announce marathon cycle for Children in Crossfire charity
The two sons of the late John and Pat Hume, Aidan and John Junior, have announced plans for a marathon cycle ride in France later this year to raise funds for the Derry-based Children in Crossfire charity.
Remembering Margaret McCallion: Derry’s ‘wee pigeon woman’ was a lady and true legend
Funeral heard that if the world had more like Margaret, it would be a far better place
Hundreds of fish killed in suspected pollution incident
Around 250 juvenile fish including Atlantic salmon, brown trout and European eel, found dead in the tributary to the Skeoge River at Bridgend
Children to commemorate Derry Gaelic football player and athlete killed in Abu Dhabi
Children from across Derry city are preparing to take part in a “Try-A-Tri” in memory of Gaelic footballer and triathlete, Caina Healey who was killed in a road accident in Abu Dhabi.
Harpers gather to celebrate Belfast music tradition
Some of the finest harpers in Ireland and Scotland will gather in Belfast next week to mark the anniversary of the legendary great Belfast Harp Festival of 1792.
Group sets out to restore border ballroom of romance
A community group has set out to restore a “ballroom of romance” close to the border village of St Johnston, outside Derry.
‘Bridgils’ for Palestine to take place throughout Ireland
Vigils are to take place on bridges throughout Ireland on Friday in a nationwide show of solidarity for Palestinians suffering from the continuing Israeli war.
Hume Foundation to commemorate collapse of Sunningdale Agreement
Retired Irish ambassador, Sean Donlon, and former Stormont Agriculture Minister, Bríd Rodgers will be among the speakers at an event marking the 50th anniversary of the collapse of the 1974 Sunningdale Agreement.
International human rights barrister Blinne Ní Grálaigh to deliver Bloody Sunday lecture
An international human rights’ lawyer who represented South Africa in its genocide case against Israel at the UN’s International Court of Justice is to deliver a lecture marking the anniversary of the Saville Bloody Sunday report publication.
Heavy rain washes away parts of new Mount Errigal pathway
People are being warned not to climb County Donegal’s Mount Errigal after heavy rain washed away part of a new pathway designed to protect the iconic mountain.
Family of woman killed in Garda car accident still awaiting answers a year on
The family of a young Derry woman killed in a road accident involving a Garda patrol car are still awaiting answers a full year after her death.
Freedom of Donegal for traditional supergroup Clannad
The group were given the honour in recognition of more than 50 years in the music industry
Widow dies three months after collusion settlement over husband’s loyalist murder
The widow of a 1976 loyalist murder victim has died just three months after receiving “significant” damages from the MOD and PSNI over security force collusion in her husband’s killing.
Details of 1921 Derry prison break and murders unearthed
Details of a failed IRA escape attempt from “Derry Gaol” and the killing by suffocation of two Special Constables in 1921 have been found in a newly discovered document by a history collector from the city.
Tragedy-hit Creeslough to get €13m new sports centre
The Irish government has allocated more than €12m to a new sports and community hub to help the people of Creeslough deal with the aftermath of the devastating explosion in which ten people died in 2022.