A group of County Derry men have used peddle power to raise over £1,700 for a worthy cause.
The men set off from the Castle in Dungiven last month and cycled the whole way to County Galway last month.
Foreglen men Paul O’Hara, Paul Duffy, John O’Hara and Christopher Duffy were joined by Loup man Joe McVey, [...]
A South Derry community was plunged into mourning after the tragic death of a young woman in a weekend car crash.
Janet Marie Harney (27) died just yards from her home at Killybearn, between Drumullan and Cookstown, after and accident involving three cars on Friday night.
It is understood the car the dead woman was travelling in [...]
A hero fire fighter from County Derry who pulled a colleague from a fire is set to receive a prestigious award to recognise his bravery.
Gavin Miller, a Crew Commander from Limavady Fire Station, valiantly fought back the intense heat of a fire at the Gorteen House Hotel in Limavady in 2003 to rescue colleague Joe [...]
Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 4, a new exhibition entitled ‘Stories of Our Townlands’ will open at Green Lane Museum at the Roe Valley Country Park.
The exhibition will be launched publicly at 7.30pm and it will then be open daily from 1.00pm to 4.45pm until Monday, 30 August.
Developed by Gelvin Area Community Association with the Causeway Museum [...]
A County Derry man who tamed Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins on a billiards table over four decades ago has recalled the sensational achievement this week.
Magherafelt man Tommy Walls blew ‘Hurricane Higgins’ off the table when the pair met in a Dr O’Kane Cup match at Gervin’s Snooker Hall in Coalisland in 1969.
With the death of Higgins [...]
This year’s Glasgowbury festival has given the hard up local economy a major shot in the arm, it was claimed last night.
Thousands of revellers from across the North flocked to Eagle’s Rock, outside Draperstown, for the annual festival at the weekend.
Perched high in the Sperrin Mountains, the festival lived up to its moto – small [...]
A family from Drumsurn have spoken of their devastation after their house was badly damaged in a fire which started on their neighbour’s property.
Trevor and Linda Irwin’s Temain Road home went up in flames on July 2 after a fire started in a shed in their neighbour’s yard.
The couple, who have a daughter, Caitlin, were [...]
COUNTY Derry band General Fiasco have been nominated for a prestigious award by one of the world’s biggest rock magazines.
The band, made up of brothers Owen and Enda Strathern from Bellaghy and Stephen Leacock from Upperlands, have been announced as one of the nominees for the Kerrang! Awards.
The lads are up for Best British Newcomer [...]
A County Derry woman has won €72,000 on a major TV show.
Margaret O’Hagan last week took part in RTE’s ‘The Big Money Game’ on behalf of her mother Kathleen who’s from Desertmartin.
And Margaret certainly did her mother proud by scooping a fantastic amount.
Kathleen celebrated her 87th birthday last month. Her late husband Seamus passed away [...]
A terrified chip shop worker was taken to hospital after a day light robbery last week.
The Magherafelt woman needed treatment for shock after a masked man carried out the raid at Marvin’s chip shop on the Ballyronan Road at 10am last Sunday.
The woman, who is in her 40’s, was opening up at the premises when [...]
