Derry

Gary Anderson absconded when he was releasaed for his father’s funeral. A killer on the run from prison was found at Lough Swilly Marina in the village of Fahan, just outside Buncrana, shortly before 2pm on Wednesday. He brought into a Special sitting of Letterkenny Court yesterday to organise his transfer to prison in the […]

1 month ago

Gary Anderson was denied permission to attend his father’s funeral but this was later quashed by the courts. A man who murdered a stranger in 2018 has absconded from prison. Gary Anderson who was then 25, was jailed alongside his brother Sean (24) for the murder of Karol Kelly in Derry. Mr Kelly’s brother Paul […]

1 month ago

Sinn Fein representatives have been advocating for the building of a large data centre on the shores of Lough Foyle in Derry. The data centre was approved by Derry City Council for the first stage of the Atlantic Hub (now known as Greenscale) development at Foyle Port, in October 2024 – a data centre, and […]

2 months ago

The men will appear in court on Friday morning. Two men have been formally charged with the murder of journalist Lyra McKee. 29-year-old McKee was shot dead while covering riots that broke out in Derry in April of 2019. McKee’s death was quickly condemned as a “senseless act of violence” as police in Northern Ireland […]

5 years ago

“What the fuck happened in Creggan?” It obviously wasn’t a question uttered only by Derry accents on Friday morning but perhaps only a Derry response could help encapsulate the numbness in the city to the aggressive resistance of occupation and what is now 50 years of fighting against British policing. “They were just rioting, having […]

8 years ago

“Lyra McKee’s name will never be forgotten in this town”. In protest at the killing of journalist Lyra McKee, a number of her friends have stamped red handprints on the wall of a dissident republican office in Derry. The group held the protest over the murder of the talented journalist and author. McKee was killed […]

8 years ago