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Let the 'big wain' inside you come out at a 'sand drawing' event at a County Derry beach tomorrow

A special event incorporating outdoor movement and sandcasting will be held tomorrow at Downhill Beach in County Derry. Art & Movement Educator, Gail Mahon will lead a workshop exploring physical and tactile skills for sand drawing and casting ...

13 Nov 2020 at 08:24

Derry News

Derry father organises charity football match to raise funds in memory of his baby boy

Adam Harris, who tragically lost his son, Cahir, in 2017, has organised a charity football match to raise money in his memory. This is the second fundraiser that the family have organised, after their first successfully raised enough money in ...

16 Nov 2021 at 19:06

Northern Ireland

Council says it did not receive a planning application for Bobby Sands statue

Belfast City Council said it did not receive a planning application for a Bobby Sands statue unveiled at the weekend. The statue of the IRA hunger striker and MP was erected at the Republican Memorial Garden in Twinbrook on Sunday to mark ...

07 May 2025 at 10:52

Local News

Ministers pledge to work together to deliver baby loss certificate scheme

Stormont’s Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald and Health Minister Mike Nesbitt have pledged to work together to deliver a baby loss certificate scheme in Northern Ireland. The ministers described the loss of a baby as devastating and ...

09 Oct 2024 at 21:00

Northern Ireland

No place in NI for public glorification of terrorism, Little-Pengelly says

There is “no place” in Northern Ireland for the public glorification of terrorism, Emma Little-Pengelly has said. Asked about recent actions by Michelle O’Neill, the deputy First Minister said her colleague in the Executive Office ...

12 May 2025 at 16:17

National News

Hot spell sees cars covered in dust as Saharan sand is blown to Ireland

The hot weather spell is bringing Saharan dust to the southwest of the country with many cars covered in a dusting overnight. Carlow Weather's Alan O'Reilly confirmed that he had received reports from the Southwest of the Saharan ...

05 Sept 2023 at 09:49

Local News

The season of giving - Derry card company launches Christmas collection in aid of Sands

The Derry-based Ferry Clever card company has launched a beautiful collection of Christmas cards to support the work of the stillbirth and neonatal death charity, Sands. Sands is a charity that operates throughout the UK to ...

19 Dec 2024 at 09:00

Features

County Derry woman's campaign to light up GAA clubs for baby loss awareness

In June 2016, Drum woman Rachel McIntyre was mulling over how to tell her friend that she wouldn't be having a drink at her hen party. She had some news. “I was pregnant. I told [people] early because I had my friend's hen ...

13 Oct 2021 at 09:00

Local News

Online lecture to give insight into hunger striker

A local history group is one of four who have collaborated to host an online lecture giving an insight into the life of republican hunger striker Bobby Sands. Rath Lurach History Collective will host the lecture alongside ...

11 Nov 2020 at 09:53

Features

BABY LOSS AWARENESS WEEK: Silence is no remedy for grief – speak about your lost children

Today I visited my daughter's grave. A short sentence. Only six words. Six words no parent would ever hope to speak, but it’s our reality. Four years ago, just a few weeks before Christmas, my wife and I lost our ...

15 Oct 2020 at 08:30

Northern Ireland

Ministers pledge to work together to deliver baby loss certificate scheme

09 Oct 2024 at 15:04

Northern Ireland

Bobby Sands statue unveiled to mark anniversary of IRA hunger striker’s death

A statue has been unveiled in memory of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in Belfast, marking the 44th anniversary of his death. The statue of the hunger striker and former MP was revealed at the Republican ...

04 May 2025 at 17:23

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