Derry

Funeral of Peggy McGuinness held in Derry

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008

Leading politicians from both side of the border attended the funeral of the mother of Northern Ireland’s deputy first minister Martin McGuinness in Derry today.

Fighting with Wire signs to Photo Finish

Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008

Derry, Northern Ireland's Fighting With Wire have signed to Photo Finish Records . The band has drawn comparisons to At The Drive-In, Fugazi and the Foo Fighters. Fighting With Wire plan to release their U.S. debut in early 2009. The label is offering a full stream of their record here .

Troubles on the Box Tonight at 9

The Cedar Lounge Revolution (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008

As most of you will be aware, October 5th marked the 40th anniversary of the attack on the civil rights march in Derry that delegitimised the Unionist regime in Northern Ireland in the eyes of British and world opinion (relevant posts from Cedar Lounge Revolution, Garibaldy Blog and Slugger can be found here, [...]

Bernadette McAliskey: Return of the Roaring Girl

The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008

Castro in a miniskirt, they called her. A "blazing star" and "an icon of the civil rights movement". The female face of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the Republican rebel immortalised in a huge mural on the side of a house in "Free Derry". Tourists go to see it: wee, wild Bernadette Devlin shouting through a loudhailer as smoke billows over the barricade behind her. So who is this pensioner in...

Derry City baby

Travelblog (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008

Alright I didn't get a chance to write a blog on here for Dublin....but I'll try and add that later...here's one for DerrySo Sarah and I are in Northern Ireland now YEY One of my absolute favorite places. We arrived yesterday at around 2pm after an extremely interesting bus ride and me almost getting eaten by a pigeon...yes...let me explain...So my luggage is heavy...my backpack is ok but my

City marks 40 years of civil rights

BBC News (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008

Key figures from the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association are coming together to commemorate the march to Derry in 1968.

Man arrested over Co Derry murder

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008

Police in Northern Ireland have arrested a man in connection with the murder of Patrick Devine (51) in Co Derry four years ago.

Review - The Undertones 'An Anthology'

Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008

Okay. Let's be sensible about this. The claim 'Derry's Finest' cuts little ice really. I mean, I challenge you to think of another really famous act from Northern Ireland that doesn't include The Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers or Van Morrison....

Chief constable denies trying to 'railroad' use of Taser guns in North

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008

PSNI CHIEF constable Sir Hugh Orde has rejected criticism from Sinn Féin that the police's first use of a Taser stun gun in Derry last month was a "cheap and calculated attempt to railroad" the use of the weapons in Northern Ireland.

Three charged over serious Co Derry assault

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008

Three teenagers were charged today with the attempted murder of a man critically injured in an attack in Northern Ireland at the weekend.

Irish native and Methuen resident making her tasteful mark on both sides

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008

IRISH PRIDE: A native of Derry, Northern Ireland, Ann Mullan-Karakatsanis traveled to America in 1990 to attend a program designed for Irish entrepreneurs at Boston College. Adopting the American "can-do" attitude, she then embarked on designing a line of pottery for the American market that would reflect her Irish heritage while creating manufacturing jobs in her homeland.

PSNI uses Taser during Derry city arrest

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008

Police in Northern Ireland have used a Taser gun for the first time, it was revealed today.

First use of Taser stun gun in NI

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008

BBC A Taser stun gun has been used by police in Derry for the first time in Northern Ireland. It is the first time the weapon has been used in Northern Ireland It was used to subdue a father who had locked himself in a house in Galliagh with his two young children at about 0300 BST on Saturday. Police said it was used "as an appropriate and tactical option to bring the matter to a safe conclusion"....

Motorcyclist dies in Co Derry crash

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008

The death toll on Northern Ireland’s roads increased yet again today when a motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Co Derry.

Iconic Derry mural site gets facelift as locals and Swiss artists post messages

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008

GEORGE JACKSON Irish Times 28 July 2008 ONE OF Northern Ireland's most iconic landmarks, the Free Derry Wall in the Bogside area of Derry, underwent a dramatic facelift at the weekend when local residents, together with a group of spray-can artists from Switzerland, painted their personal messages on the wall. New mural on Free Derry Wall, created by a group of spray-can artists from Switzerland and...

• Iconic Derry mural site gets facelift as locals and Swiss artists post messages - The Irish Times