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Gold mining company awarded for 'commitment to its people'

A gold mining company granted exploratory licences for the Sperrin mountains has picked up a top award for investment 'in their people'. Dalradian has advanced to the gold standard Investors in People (IIP) accreditation after first obtaining the ...

23 Aug 2022 at 14:33

Local News

WATCH: 'Low-lifes' steal over £8,000 of tools in brazen County Derry theft

Thousands of pounds worth of tools have been stolen from a County Derry business in a brazen raid on Monday morning. J3 Belts & Bearings posted CCTV footage of the break-in on their Facebook page, in which the suspects can be clearly heard ...

02 Aug 2022 at 11:33

Local News

Project aimed at reducing loneliness launched in County Derry

The Learmount Community Development Group were delighted to recently launch the new C.A.R.E Project (Collective Approach to Rural Exclusion) which will be delivered throughout the Sperrin DEA. The launch took place on Sunday May 8 where ...

18 May 2022 at 21:33

Newsletter DerryNow

Tributes paid to a ‘true character of local running’

There was sadness among the local athletics community last week following the passing of one of the community's stalwarts. Jim Reid MBE's funeral was held yesterday in Limavady after his death on Friday. The 85-year-old was a founding ...

24 Mar 2022 at 19:33

County Derry Post

County Derry schools to benefit from £794m funding pot

Five County Derry schools are among a number of schools who have been awarded funding under the Major Capital Works Programme. The programme will see £794m handed to 28 different schools - including Loreto College in Coleraine, ...

21 Mar 2022 at 17:33

Local News

County Derry students get a taste of college life

Year 12 pupils from local secondary schools recently visited Northern Regional College’s Magherafelt campus to learn more about vocational courses and apprenticeship opportunities available on their doorstep. The College ...

24 Feb 2022 at 21:33

Local News

County Derry teenager pens letter on gold mining concerns

Last week the County Derry Post received the following letter from a concerned teenager who articulated her thoughts on prospective gold mining in the Sperrins. Dear Editor, My name is Erin Kerlin and I am 13 years-old. ...

03 Mar 2022 at 20:33

Newsletter DerryNow

Sperrin electoral area had highest number of excess pandemic deaths

County Derry's Sperrin ward recorded the highest number of excess deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic of all the county's electoral areas. Data published last week by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency ...

03 Mar 2022 at 19:33

Local News

Funding to tackle rural isolation in County Derry communities

Community groups across the Sperrins are celebrating this week after being awarded over £400,000 in National Lottery funding to deliver a health and wellbeing project to those over 55 in the rural area. The grant of ...

23 Feb 2022 at 22:33

Local News

County Derry cycling event returns after three-year hiatus

03 Jun 2022 at 13:33

Local News

Mining companies apply for renewals on Co Derry licences

Anti-mining activists have voiced concerns about two new applications made by a Canadian mining company to renew Mineral Prospecting Licences covering over 220 townlands in counties Derry and Tyrone. Dalradian ...

26 Jan 2022 at 13:33

Hospital dealt with ‘busloads of injured’ after Omagh bombing

The moments when hospital staff were faced with “busloads of bleeding and injured men, women and children” in the immediate aftermath of the Omagh bombing have been described in newly released archive ...

29 Dec 2021 at 01:25

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