Northern Irish nun killed in Ecuador earthquake takes step towards sainthood Beatification ceremony for Clare Crockett, former party girl from Derry, draws more than 100 people to Madrid The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2025
Family ‘proud’ as Derry nun moves forward on path to sainthood Clare Crockett died in Ecuador when the building where she had been teaching music collapsed. Evening Standard · Jan 12, 2025
Welcome to Derry director reveals three-season plan for the upcoming prequel series based on Stephen King's It The prequel series arrives sometime in 2025 Total Film · Jan 9, 2025
Bloody Sunday inquiry was ‘cynical political move’, NI general claimed Tony Blair established the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, following campaigns from the victims of the 1972 shootings on the streets of Londonderry. Evening Standard · Dec 27, 2024
Former Sinn Fein press officer jailed for child sex offences Michael McMonagle, 43, was sentenced at Derry Crown Court to nine months in custody and nine months under statutory supervision. Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2024
First look at It prequel series that will "explore the origins" of Bill Skarsgård's Pennywise teases our return to Derry Welcome back to Derry Total Film · Oct 31, 2024
Nell McCafferty obituary Writer, journalist and founding member of the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement who fought for equal pay, gay rights and access to contraception The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2024
‘Fierce, fearless and fiery’ Irish campaigner and writer Nell McCafferty is laid to rest Those at the funeral in Derry paid tribute to the trailblazing civil rights activist whose influence on modern Ireland is still keenly felt The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2024
British troops sent into Northern Ireland – archive, 1969 On 14 August 1969, the British government deployed troops on the streets of Northern Ireland to restore public order after weeks of violent sectarian rioting The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2024
Northern Irish first minister condemns mosque attack and other violence Michelle O’Neill joined by Emma Little-Pengelly in calling unrest that affected Co Down and Derry ‘disgraceful’ The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2024
First teaser for It spin-off series Welcome to Derry promises a bloodsoaked frightfest "This ain't America, this is Derry" Total Film · Aug 5, 2024
EasyJet announces flights to this UK city for the first time –with connections from Edinburgh and Liverpool Britain’s biggest budget airline will begin flying this winter The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2024
Single bullet to head killed journalist Lyra McKee in Derry, court hears Pathologist gives evidence in trial of three men accused of murder in joint enterprise to encourage and assist gunman The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024
Refugee braves racist abuse to become Northern Ireland’s first black mayor Lilian Seenoi-Barr, who arrived from Kenya in 2010, will make history when she receives chain of office in Derry The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2024
MusicRadar · May 9, 2024 "I always think this is the closest anyone has ever come to making the perfect record": The story of The Undertones' punk classic Teenage Kicks Guitarist and songwriter John O’Neill on how a young band from Derry created a classic: "I can’t believe someone didn’t come up with it before me"
The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2024 Right up your street: favourite local shops in the UK, chosen by chefs and food writers Fuchsia Dunlop, Dan Smith and Melissa Thompson tell us where they buy Chinese vegetables in London, heritage produce in Kent, and the best chicken you’ll ever eat
The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2024 Bloody Sunday families decry decision not to prosecute 15 veterans for perjury Move extinguishes one of the last hopes of legal action over killing of 13 civil rights demonstrators in Derry in 1972
The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2024 ‘The surreal dislocation of the everyday’: how Japanese photographer Akihiko Okamura captured the Troubles as never before Okamura, who moved to Ireland to explore JFK’s ancestry and stayed for 16 years to document political upheaval, is celebrated in a new exhibition and book
The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2024 The Secret Army: how the IRA gave US crew access for 1972 propaganda film BBC documentary uncovers story behind film that included scenes of bomb missions before it vanished for almost 50 years
The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2024 Ulysses’ Molly Bloom to be brought to life in video at Derry festival Fiona Shaw, Cush Jumbo, Imelda Staunton and Miriam Margolyes to enact parts of novel’s concluding monologue in The Molly Films
The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2024 ‘I never dreamed I’d get this role!’: Derry Girl Louisa Harland on Sally Wainwright’s thrilling new heroine She’s gone from playing a schoolgirl to starring as a highway robber with superpowers in new swashbuckling period romp, Renegade Nell. The actor talks pie and mash, stunt training – and why there are no nipples in her new series
The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2024 ‘The bloody Protestants ran BBC in Northern Ireland’ in 60s and 70s, says ex-TV boss Former BBC One controller Paul Fox says anti-Catholic prejudice was deeply embedded at the corporation during the Troubles
The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2024 ‘No other place to go’: NI Sikhs eagerly await reopening of place of worship Gurdwara in Derry, one of two in Northern Ireland, to open its doors with celebration after closure due to 2021 fire
Total Film · Dec 6, 2023 It prequel series Welcome to Derry gets first look and teaser trailer We all float down here
The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2023 ‘It was crazy’: Saoirse-Monica Jackson on her whirlwind life after Derry Girls She was top of the class in the worldwide hit Derry Girls, but Saoirse-Monica Jackson was terrified she’d never work again… How wrong she was. The show opened so many doors for her – from superhero movies to a 14th-century period drama