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30 Oct 2025

New Derry pub to create 15 jobs

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A new licensed premises set to open in Derry is to create at least 15 jobs. The former Beckett’s Bar (pictured) in Foyle Street is currently undergoing renovations and new proprietors, the Simpsons, owners of the Cinebowl complex in Pennyburn, hope to have the new venture up and running in the near future. It follows the granting of a licence to another well-known local businessman, Michael Taggart, to reopen the doors of the Clarendon Bar at the junction of Strand Road and lower Clarendon Street. Mr Taggart, from Drumsurn in Co Derry, is a director of the company, Naples Investment Ltd.

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