December 30th is a funny old day in the hair world. The madness of Christmas hair is done, the dryers have finally cooled down, and for the first time in weeks, the salon feels… calm. If December is full volume, the days between Christmas and New Year are on mute.

The death of popular Derry barman Simon Mulheron at the weekend has been met with shock and sadness throughout the North West.

The Deputy Mayor of Derry Niree Kathleen McMorris has been made a Medallist of the Order of the British Empire (BEM) in Charles III of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s New Year Honours list.

Glenullin manager Michael O'Kane has banned all talk of 'bonus territory' as the Derry champions prepare to face a high fancied Strokestown team for a place in the All Ireland Intermediate Club Championship final.

Pioneering Derry Principal Ted Armstrong held St. Joseph’s in Creggan together during the Troubles and educated generations, mourners at his Funeral Mass were reminded on Christmas Eve.

The death of popular Derry barman Simon Mulheron at the weekend has been met with shock and sadness throughout the North West.

The stage rocked at the ‘St. Columb’s Has Talent’ show with juggling, fiddling, Irish dancing, piano, Irish trad, kick-boxing and a few numbers from former pupils and judges, the fabulous ‘Tessio’.

Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Ciara Ferguson has called on the British Government to reverse its planned cuts to the Community and Voluntary sector.

A hundred years ago Derry continued to play its role in the War of Independence with the start of 1921 marked by a series of significant operations involving local republicans.

As this year and my term as President of the Londonderry Chamber of Commerce draws to a close, I can reflect on having a front row seat as Derry and the North West takes real and meaningful steps towards a stronger economic future. When I began my term, I believed our greatest challenge was not a lack of ambition, talent or even opportunity, but confidence. Confidence in ourselves, in our shared future, and in our ability to work together for the common good.

Derry’s Foyle Hospice has welcomed a cross-party group of MLAs to its Culmore Road site to discuss how the Assembly’s recent inquiry into access to specialist palliative and end-of-life care can be translated into practical change for patients and families across the Western Trust area.

​Furious City of Derry Head coach Neil Beddow labelled his side's first half display against Letterkenny on Saturday as "unacceptable" after the 'Green and Black' fell to a 24-17 home defeat.

Derry City and Strabane District Council Officers say a funding decision by the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) for the lighting of three greenways across the city is expected by the end of the year.

The stage rocked at the ‘St. Columb’s Has Talent’ show with juggling, fiddling, Irish dancing, piano, Irish trad, kick-boxing and a few numbers from former pupils and judges, the fabulous ‘Tessio’.

Pádraig Ó Duinnín, who was Events Manager during Derry’s City of Culture, has been appointed to the Board of the Arts Council.

Probably Derry’s most famous jockey Paddy McCarron (known as ‘Pat’ in England) grew up in the 1940s and early ‘50s in the old gate lodge of Boom Hall, Culmore Road, where his father ran a riding school.

The driving test pass rate for private cars was 51.3 per cent at the Altnagelvin test centre in the second quarter of 2025/26.

Derry City and Strabane District Council has expressed disappointment that the reindeer decoration located in Guildhall Square has had to be removed following an act of vandalism over Christmas.

The ‘Journal’ recently featured a series of wonderful photographs of old Derry that first appeared in a 1999 Heritage Library exhibition in the Holywell Trust.

Click Energy have raised £6,630 for their 2025 charity partner AWARE NI.

People have been urged to give their views to help inform the new Dublin to City of Derry Airport route which is earmarked for commencement in 2026.

Did you know one of the Rodgers from Donegal was a big man in the development of German scholasticism?

Over 200 pupils took part in Sandra Biddle’s Foyle School of Speech and Drama Annual Christmas Charity show at the Millennium Forum.

One hundred and eighty-six years ago on the evening of January 6 Derry and Donegal were battered by Oíche na Gaoithe Móire or ‘The Night of the Big Wind’ as it subsequently became known.

Derry and Strabane Council members have said that council must do more to promote fire safety within the district’s homes during winter, following four fatal house fires in one week in the north.