Derry Journal (Derry, Northern Ireland) back issues from September 2007:
Leave them in peace.
Sep 03, 2007 ... There has been great debate this week around the tenth anniversary of the death of Diana Princess of Wales. The news features will be all over the press this weekend with everyone wondering what possible angle there can be left to cover on the story which has already been covered from ...
Durkan welcomes new disability action democracy working group.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Foyle MP Mark Durkan MLA has today welcomed a new democracy working group set up by Disability Action that aims to increase the local participation of disabled people in the democratic process. After attending the first meeting of the group in Derry, Mr Durkan said: "I have no ...
'Brute force'.
Sep 03, 2007 ... The PSNI have been accused of acting 'in a brutal manner' during an incident in Cornshell Fields in the early hours of Saturday morning when three men, one of them suffering from cerebral palsy, were arrested. The Sunday was inundated with calls yesterday from people in the ...
Fire crew forced to flee attack.
Sep 03, 2007 ... A fire officer has described how he and his crew were forced to flee Derry's Magazine Street on Friday night after being attacked by a group of over 50 youths while they attended a car which was on fire. Crescent Link Station commander Martin Jeffrey told the Sunday a new fire ...
Grim news for Gweedore.
Sep 03, 2007 ... There was grim news for 45 workers at Euro Iompu, the coach building company with the announcement on Friday that it was going into liquidation with immediate effect. The company told its workers, at a meeting at 1pm, at their factory at Pairc Ghn" Ghaoth Dobhair, Derrybeg, that ...
Foul play ruled out but....
Sep 03, 2007 ... Negotiations are underway between the Gardai, the Polish Embassy and the family of the Polish national found dead in Letterkenny last Wednesday on how to deal with his remains. The deceased was confirmed as 34 year-old Wislaw Smaza, a father of two young children aged 2 and 5 ...
Clifford condemns phone vandals.
Sep 03, 2007 ... SDLP Councillor for Creggan Jim Clifford has hit out at vandals responsible for causing substantial damage to a public phonebox at Iniscarn Road. Colr. Clifford said the phonebox was invaluable to residents in the area who did not have home phones. "There are ...
Derry businesses debut at BT myHome exhibition.
Sep 03, 2007 ... A number of Derry businesses are set to make their debut at the BT myHome exhibitionwhich will take place at the Kings Hall this weekend. Sound and Motion, specialists in aftermarket vehicle electronics and Woodvale Interiors, who stock a fabulous collection of wood burning ...
LYIT lands major funding for new research equipment.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Letterkenny IT is set to receive e31,000 in Government grants for new research equipment. Welcoming the announcement, Fianna Fail Deputy Niall Blaney stressed the importance of the funding which he said would help in the continuing advancement of third-level education at the ...
'Bring on' Limavady Council inquiry - SF.
Sep 03, 2007 ... SInn Fein in Limavady has welcomed a call by the Ulster Unionist Mayor Edwin Stevenson for an investigation into a claim that some elected representatives are responsible for the stress-related illness of council officials. Mr. Stevenson made the proposal at last week's monthly ...
SF's policing role will upset voters.
Sep 03, 2007 ... The SDLP's leader on Limavady Council, Michael Coyle, says Sinn Fein's decision to join the District Policing Partnership in Limavady could prove a "step too far for voters". The former Mayor of Limavady, accusing Sinn Fein of shirking its responsibilities in monitoring local ...
Callum and Ellie are top of the tots.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Callum and Ellie were the most popular names for Derry's new arrivals last year, according to figures just released by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. And the figures also revealed that the Western Board Area was the only place in Northern Ireland to have ...
Taxi man accuses police of 'constant harassment'.
Sep 03, 2007 ... A local taxi driver has claimed he is being forced out of his job because of "constant harassment" from the PSNI. Paddy McDaid, a former republican prisoner, says he was stopped in the Slievemore area of the city by the PSNI on Sunday night and that both he and his car were ...
Have you got a 'very Derry' face?
Sep 03, 2007 ... Fancy sharing the screen with Dean 'Superman' Cain or hardman Vinnie Jones? Perhaps you have dreams of serving Joss Ackland a cup of tea, or having a drink with Martin Kemp? Well all you have to do is don your glad rags and head out on the town for a night's craic because the ...
Strabane publican to appeal closure order.
Sep 03, 2007 ... A Strabane publican is to appeal against a court's decision ordering him to close his bar for four weeks after he was found guilty of early morning opening. George Brennan (54) was ordered to close Georgie B's Bar in Strabane's Castle Street when he appeared at the town's ...
Prisoner on child sex abuse charges.
Sep 03, 2007 ... A serving prisoner from Derry is to be arraigned before the city's Crown Court charged with committing a catalogue of sex offences against a teenage schoolgirl twenty years ago. Former milkman William McCafferty (60), whose address was given as Maghaberry Prison, faces a total ...
Big day dawns for new P1s.
Sep 03, 2007 ... There were a few tears shed by proud mammies and daddies yesterday as hundreds of North West children started school for the first time. Looking swamped in new uniforms, with sensible black shoes and carrying an array of brightly coloured schoolbags, the four and five year olds ...
Attacks on fire crews are attacks on the city - Lynch.
Sep 03, 2007 ... A leading Derry firefighter has warned that the image of the city will be damaged by attacks on fire crews. District Commander Willie Lynch (pictured) made the comments after fire crews were attacked by a crowd of up to 50 young people in Magazine Street on Friday night. It is ...
'Family could have burned to death'- Colr.
Sep 03, 2007 ... A local family could have been "burned to death" after their car was set on fire in a petrol bomb attack in the early hours of yesterday morning, a local councillor has said. The attack happened in St Eithne's Park in the Hazlebank area of the city shortly before 1am on Monday ....
Crerand met with IRA.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Manchester United and Celtic legend Paddy Crerand, both of whose parents were from Donegal, met with members of the IRA in Derry in 1975 in a bid to get them to speak to John Hume. The revelation comes in his memoir, 'Never Turn the Other Cheek', which has just been published. ...
Raytheon protest defendants face trial.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Eight local men have pleaded not guilty to a series of charges in connection with an anti-war protest at the US-owned Raytheon plant in the Springtown area of Derry last year. All eight, journalist Eamonn McCann (63), from Westland Avenue, Sean Heaton (34), from Circular Road, ...
Allowed to attend child's Christening.
Sep 04, 2007 ... A judge has allowed a man to attend his child's Christening, provided the event does not take place in a church in the Galliagh area of Derry. Emmet Ebbs, (19), from Altcar Park, Galliagh, appeared before Judge Corinne Philpott QC charged with unlawfully wounding and assaulting ...
Woman shot with crossbow.
Sep 04, 2007 ... A Derry woman made a 999 call to tell police she had been shot with a crossbow, the local court has heard. A police constable told Derry Magistrate's Court that Sonia Sweeney (34), of 36 Kingsmere Gardens in the Waterside, repeated the claim when they attended the scene. ...
Youth (16) on 27 sex charges.
Sep 04, 2007 ... A 16-year-old youth is to stand trial next month at the crown court in Derry charged with committing 27 sex offences against nine children - four boys and five girls. The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is alleged to have committed the offences between December ...
'Decision time now for 11 Plus'.
Sep 04, 2007 ... The principal of a Derry primary school says MLAs owe it to both teachers and parents to make a decision on what system will replace the controversial 11 Plus. Martin Coyle, of St. Patrick's Primary School, says parents are naturally anxious about future plans for Primary Seven ...
'Mayhem on City Walls'.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Local councillors have condemned Friday night's attack on a fire crew in Magazine Street and are calling for the people of Derry to reclaim the City Walls from underage drinkers. Sinn Fein councillor Maeve McLaughlin said that the city's historic Walls must not be allowed to ...
Top Twenty Singles & Albums.
Sep 04, 2007 ... 1. Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots 2. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 3. Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion 4. Elvis Presley - The King 5. Kate Nash - Made Of Bricks 6. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 7. Pigeon Detectives - ...
Magee Open Day next week.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Thousands of pupils will get the opportunity to sample student life at the University of Ulster's Magee Campus next Wednesday, September 12, allowing prospective students to meet staff and existing students and also to see the courses and facilities available at the University's local ...
Jailed hypnotist admits sex assault charges.
Sep 04, 2007 ... A jailed hypnotist who is serving a four year prison sentence for indecently assaulting women pleaded guilty at Derry's Crown Court yesterday to nine new charges of indecently assaulting two other women. Richard Kenneth Tilley, (69), whose address was given as Magilligan Prison ...
Fuel laundering charges.
Sep 04, 2007 ... A Co. Derry farmer is to stand trial next month charged with evading and with intending to evade duty payable on a large amount of diesel found close to his farm last year. Charles Joseph Devine, ...
Top rights lawyer for Raytheon accused.
Sep 04, 2007 ... A top human rights lawyer is to defend one of the Raytheon anti-war protestors at Derry Crown Court. Lord Anthony Gifford - who has represented the Guilford Four's Paul Hill and the Birmingham Six's Gerry Hunter - is representing Colm Bryce who along with seven other men has ...
Local man issues plea for disabled toilets at bus station.
Sep 04, 2007 ... A Derryman has called on Translink to open facilities at the Foyle Street Bus Station from first thing in the morning until the last service of the day. Alan Boyd has also called on the management of the depot to build specialised disabled toilets with panic buttons installed. ...
Derry school backs entry test proposals.
Sep 04, 2007 ... A Derry grammar school is backing plans to set up a common entry test if no replacement is found for the 11-Plus. Foyle and Londonderry College was one of 40 (out of 70) schools surveyed by a pro-academic selection lobby group which are prepared to devise their own uniform ...
Messines Park memorial row.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Residents of Messines Park in Derry have petitioned the City Council over controversial plans to relocate a plaque commemorating 13 people killed in a World War II bombing raid in the area. Councillors are due to discuss the residents' concerns at a meeting of Derry City Council ...
Booming Derry runs out of hotel rooms.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Derry's tourism chiefs have appealed for more accommodation to cash in on the city's booming tourism industry. Year on year the city has experienced sustained growth in the sector and initial figures have indicated that an unprecedented number of people visited Derry during July ...
McGuinness chairs Iraq peace talks.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister, has chaired four peace negotiations sessions in Finland between the warring factions in Iraq. The Deputy First Minister was among a group of politicians from the North who teamed up with South African ...
Mum flees court in tears.
Sep 05, 2007 ... A young Derry mum fled a Belfast court in tears today after telling of the accident which claimed her baby daughter's life two years ago. A tearful Charleen Ryan had just finished talking of the "panic" of driver Stephen Thomas White moments before his Peugeot 106 ploughed into ...
We're there!
Sep 05, 2007 ... Derry ... ... ... ... ....4-7 Laois ... ... ... ... ...1-11 Three first goals from Gavin McGeehan, Aidan Herron and Stephen Cleary bore the platform from which set-up Derry's victory and took them to an All-Ireland Final meeting with Galway. Derry did, however, have ...
Minors through to All-Ireland final.
Sep 05, 2007 ... DERRY MINOR manager, Niall Conway, has said he's delighted with how his team performed in beating Laois to reach an All-Ireland final on Sunday week, but they've work to do on 'stop start' scoring. Derry started and finished impressively and got a haul of four goals, but lean ...
Loss of bus service costing me [pounds sterling]40 a week, says mum.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Elaine McColgan, a mother of three children at St. Patrick's Primary School, Pennyburn, said that 12 children living in Coshquin have been left without a bus service to school after Lough Swilly Bus Company's decision to withdraw the service from the start of September. Mrs ...
Security alert in Bogside.
Sep 06, 2007 ... The headquarters of Derry's Credit Union at Abbey Street in the Bogside has been evacuated after the discovery of a pipe bomb type device on the building's roof. A nearby medical practice and the City Baths have also been closed as a result of the security alert. The ...
Men on trial for Waterside murder.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Police were searching the homes of two men at the same time as they allegedly carried out a murder in Derry's Waterside, a trial heard yesterday. The no jury trial at Belfast Crown Court also heard that, when 41-year-old James Edward Taylor and Richard Harkness (29) returned to ...
Fears for Autism services in Derry.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Respite services for children with autism may be removed from Derry and relocated to Omagh, a local councillor has claimed. Sinn Fein councillor Maeve McLaughlin says she has been contacted by staff at the respite centre, which is located in Foyleview School, who claim that the ...
Blaze destroys lorry in Limavady.
Sep 06, 2007 ... A 40ft lorry has been burnt out following an arson attack in Limavady. The incident happened at approximately 4am yesterday morning, when the curtain-sided trailer of the Scania lorry was set alight at Glenbeg Walk. The fire service attended the scene and ...
Church of Ireland 'renaissance' on west bank.
Sep 06, 2007 ... The Church of Ireland is experiencing a "mini renaissance" on Derry's west bank, one of its leading clergymen in the city revealed this week. Canon Bill McNee, rector of Christ Church parish, says congregations attending cityside worship have grown in recent years. ...
Baby buggy crash trial told:.
Sep 06, 2007 ... A restricted driver who careered into a child's buggy on the outskirts of Derry, killing the youngster, yesterday admitted he may have been breaking his legal speed limit. However, Stephen White, restricted to a top speed of 45mph having just past his driving test two months ...
Deadline for Foyle footbridge.
Sep 06, 2007 ... The deadline for applications to design and build Derry's iconic foot/cycle bridge is just three days away. The multi million pound pedestrian link with the city centre and the Waterside is part of plans by urban regeneration company Ilex to carry out the biggest single urban ...
DPP decision due on horror crash.
Sep 06, 2007 ... A decision on whether charges will be brought against the sole survivor of a horror crash which killed five people at Quigley's Point in 2005 is expected shortly. Five young friends were killed when the Peugeot 306 they were travelling in collided with an oncoming Mazda Premacy ...
Fans fume at Springsteen tickets 'fiasco'.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Bruce Springsteen fans were left devastated yesterday morning when tickets for his Belfast concert sold out in a matter of minutes. Not only had the concert completely sold out but, the North West had only managed to receive a tiny portion of the 10,000 tickets on offer. ...
Man kneecapped in Galliagh.
Sep 06, 2007 ... There was still no claim of responsibility on Thursday evening for the kneecapping of a man in Galliagh. Some sources were suggesting the shooting may have been the work of the INLA. The victim, named locally as Michael Stokes, was shot in both knees. It is believed ...
Big Eglinton Show promised.
Sep 06, 2007 ... An even bigger and better Eglinton Annual Show is promised when the village's most popular community event kicks into action on Saturday. This is the show's twelfth year and it is always a really fun day for all ages to enjoy. The action takes place at Eglinton ...
Sold! Kids join in new shoe craze.
Sep 07, 2007 ... YoToys, shoes which come with built in entertainment in the form of toys hidden under the soles, are flying off the shelves making them by far the biggest footwear craze the local store has seen. "There hasn't been anything like this before," Gerard O'Hagan told the 'Journal' ....
Foyle Yarnspinners this Monday.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Foyle Yarnspinners invite you to an evening of song and story in the Verbal Arts Centre, Stable Lane, Bishop Street Within this Monday, September 10, at 8pm. Guest artist for the evening is the ever popular Paddy McCartney of Greencastle.Renowned for his rapier wit, on his last ...
High praise for People's Gallery.
Sep 07, 2007 ... DERRY'S ICONIC murals have been hailed as "striking and skilled" by a leading daily newspaper in England. As last Friday's Guardian newspaper reported on plans to paint Beatles album covers on walls in their native Liverpool, the newspaper's leader explored the changing purpose ...
Workshops with sought-after dance teacher.
Sep 07, 2007 ... A local performer and dance teacher is in huge demand in Europe and beyond - but is offering a weekend workshop in Derry! Local dance theatre company, Echo Echo is offering an amazing opportunity to learn Contact Improvisation from an experienced and respected teacher in a ...
Shepard'ing emotions at the Playhouse.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Acclaimed New York director and painter, Richmond Shepard, returned to Derry this week to stage, 'The Disappeared,' at the Playhouse and not content with chronicling the gruesome acts carried out when the Chilean government was overthrown by a General Pinochet led Coup d'etat ...
'No Reservations' is a lightweight snack.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Let's just start by stating that I've never really liked Catherine Zeta Jones. It's got nothing to do with 'The Darling Buds of May' or the public perception of her as a grave-robbing gold digger with a penchant for men who smell of Werther's originals. It's just that I've ...
Spice Restaurant donates [pounds sterling]30k vouchers to charity.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Local award-winning restaurant, Spice, has donated over [pounds sterling]30,000 worth of restaurant vouchers and gift certificates to six local charitable groups including Foyle Hospice, Foyle Search and Rescue, Foyle Down Syndrome Trust, The Simon Community, The Women's Centre and ...
Back to porridge.
Sep 07, 2007 ... After an enjoyable holiday and break away from my Mayoral duties, I am delighted to get back into the routine of work again and attending a range of functions and events. It is definitely a case of 'back to porridge' for everyone as the holidays are officially over and children ...
Ryan Boyd and the flatmate from hell.
Sep 07, 2007 ... His mind made a list of excuses before he would even think about opening his eyes. Excuses he'd cultivated through time. Excuses he'd used with remorse. - Start with sorry and end with the need for forgiveness. - Tinge the voice with regret but forgo ...
Henry the great!
Sep 07, 2007 ... "The last time I was in Derry, I played in the Rialto," says Lenny Henry. "It's a Primark now?" he gasps. "I didn't know that. "I can't believe it. I'll be glad to try out the Millennium Forum this time. It makes such a difference to play in a theatre that is so performer ...
Final countdown to the 'Big Tickle'.
Sep 07, 2007 ... With only a few days to go to Northern Ireland's biggest Comedy Festival, The Magners Big Tickle Comedy Festival organised by The Playhouse, it has been revealed that there has been huge interest across Ireland in the event. Niall Mc Caughan, General Manager of The Playhouse, ...
History night in Manorcunningham.
Sep 07, 2007 ... A local history night will be hosted in the Resource Centre on Manorcunningham later this month with two speakers set to provide a mine of information on the respective topics of the United Irishmen in East Donegal and a local victim of the First World War, Captain Henry Gallagher. ...
- agencies get together for campaign.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Representatives of Foyle Women's Aid, Limavady DPP, the PSNI and elected representatives including the Mayor, attended the launch at Limavady Borough Council and vowed to offer hope to victims suffering in silence in the borough. Pamela Gregory, the PSNI's domestic violence ...
Mayor welcomes launch of medical emergency scheme.
Sep 07, 2007 ... A new scheme aimed at providing paramedics with vital medical information during an emergency is set to offer peace of mind to the elderly in Limavady. The 'Message in a Bottle' scheme has been welcomed by Limavady Borough Community Safety Partnership and the Mayor, Councillor ...