Derry ipsc articles
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DERRY GAA: All roads lead to Celtic Park for Derry
The quote is from Jim McGuinness. He was speaking under the main Healy Park stand after the McKenna Cup final in January. Derry had just retained the trophy with a 0-12 to 0-6 victory in a game that saw Brendan Rogers, Oisin Gallen and Patrick McBrearty all red carded. Neither team was at full strength and it was pre-season but those last four words are the reason some home fans this weekend will be shuffling slightly more uneasily than they normally would before throw-in these days. The tables...
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Derry & Strabane reps brand Taoiseach Simon Harris 'out of touch' over comments on Belfast, Derry v Paris, Berlin
It follows recent Mr Harris’ recent comments that people of his generation were more familiar with Berlin and Paris than they were with places like Derry and Belfast. At the April Full Council meeting this week, Sinn Féin councillor Paul Boggs proposed that the council writes to Mr Harris, asking that he establish a citizens’ assembly on unity “as a matter of urgency”. “Young people on this island are leaving in droves to seek better opportunities elsewhere,” Councillor Boggs said. “And the...
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Derry's Gweedore Bar Reunion
The event - featuring a host of favourite Derry bands from the 1980s and 1990s - was organised by former Gweedore barman Jim Norris, who now works as production manager with the Nerve Centre. A spokesperson for the Reunion Committee commented: "Now that the dust has settled after a wonderful night we would like to take this opportunity to say thank you. Firstly to the main man himself Mr Willie Barrett, no reunion would be possible only for him, he's an absolute legend! To Decky McLaughlin and...