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Placing of flags and images on nationalist bonfire condemned

The placing of flags and images on a nationalist bonfire in Derry has been condemned as “disgraceful”. SDLP councillor John Boyle said the display on a bonfire in Derry’s Bogside area did not represent the local community. “The placing of these ...

15 Aug 2022 at 17:05

Northern Ireland

Search carried out into reports of shots fired at Derry bonfire

Police have carried out a search as they continue to investigate reports that shots were fired at a nationalist bonfire in Derry. It was reported that shots were fired at the bonfire in the Meenan Square area of the Bogside in Derry at about ...

17 Aug 2022 at 15:09

Northern Ireland

DUP leader condemns placing of flags and images on nationalist bonfire

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has condemned the placing of poppy wreaths, flags and images on a nationalist bonfire in Derry. Sir Jeffrey described the actions as an “outrageous and offensive display of hate”, which should be ...

16 Aug 2022 at 10:09

Local News

Foyle MLA calls for progress on vacant Meenan Square site

SDLP Foyle MLA Sinéad McLaughlin has called for progress to be made at vacate Meenan Square site after it was reported that the Urban Villages initiative, announced in 2016, still has not delivered on the promises made six ...

12 Aug 2022 at 16:09

Local News

GAA club poster among bonfire items being investigated in Co Derry

Police have confirmed they are investigating a number of incidents in which items were placed on Eleventh Night bonfires and alleged 'sectarian chanting' occurred. Amid details of the incidents throughout Northern Ireland,...

03 Aug 2022 at 13:15

Northern Ireland

Police investigate almost 60 potential offences at loyalist bonfires

Police are probing almost 60 potential offences reported as having taken place at loyalist bonfires last month. These reports include allegations of theft and destruction of political material, flags, hate slogans and ...

03 Aug 2022 at 12:31

Derry News

St Mary's Youth Club members praised for helping build monument to Covid-19 victims

Volunteers from St Mary's Youth Club in Creggan who helped build a public memorial in England have been praised for their hard work. Last week, Derry arts organisation, Féile, led a group of young Creggan men to work ...

31 May 2022 at 13:21

Local News

Man (23) and woman (19) arrested as police probe shots fired during August bonfire in Derry

Detectives investigating a report that shots were fired during a bonfire in Derry in August have carried out searches this morning, Thursday 24 November, and made two arrests. The incident was reported to have ...

24 Nov 2022 at 16:18

Local News

Police probe 'offensive and distasteful' banner placed on Derry bonfire

Police in Derry say they are aware of a banner that was placed on a bonfire in Meenan Square in the Bogside area of the city this evening, making threats towards police officers and a member of the public. ...

16 Aug 2021 at 00:18

Local News

Teenager in hospital after being attacked at a bonfire in the Galliagh area of Derry last night

Detectives in Derry are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was assaulted twice in the Galliagh area of the city - last night and this morning. Detective Sergeant Watkin said: “We received a report ...

16 Aug 2021 at 16:24

County Derry Post

Tensions raised following County Derry bonfire row

Events surrounding a contentious Twelfth night bonfire have resulted in raised tensions in a County Derry town. Last week a bonfire in Limavady was burnt prematurely after images emerged of pallets ...

13 Jul 2021 at 10:41

Local News

County Derry bonfire 'an expression of hate' says local MLA

A local MLA has branded a contentious County Derry bonfire as 'an expression of hate'. Sinn Féin MLA for East Derry, Caoimhe Archibald, has criticised the pyre on the Greystone Road in Limavady ...

09 Jul 2021 at 16:03

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