Chief Executive Brian McGrath (Photo: Archive)
The harbour boss has also suggested the delivery of Free Port or Innovation Zone status could be a ‘game-changing’ for the Lisahally facility.
Mr. McGrath made the observations in a statement in Foyle …
An analysis of funding allocations by the NWRA which has called for ‘positive discrimination’ for the northern and western regions. (Photo: NWRA)
The Northern and Western Regional Assembly’s (NWRA) made the call in its Pre-Budget 2024 submission do…
Forecasters have warned the “worst conditions are still to come”, with Storm Agnes making landfall in the UK after battering the south of Ireland with gale force winds.
Agnes, the first named storm of the season, has triggered a series of Met Office y…
A woman who died in a road traffic accident in Inishowen has been named locally as Mary Whitters-Borland.
A mother-of-two, Mrs Whitters-Borland died when the car she was driving was involved in a collision with a lorry. The victim, who was from Moville…
Chatham Town vs Cray Wanderers – Isthmian Premier, Saturday 9th September, 3 pm – Match Preview & Directions
Cray Wanderers get their September league fixtures underway on Saturday as the Wands head to the Medway to face Isthmian Premier league leaders…
Translink has announced a series of bus and rail specials for fans travelling to The Killers concert at Boucher Road, Belfast this Friday, 1st September.
Customers can travel on any scheduled rail service for their outward journey to Balmoral Train …
Belfast Vital is set to round off festival season in Northern Ireland for 2023.
The Killers will take to the stage at Boucher Road Playing Fields on September 1 with special guest Johnny Marr.
The Las Vegas band made their return to the city for the fi…
After a sell-out first year, EMERGE is back bigger and better.
The annual two-day multi-stage outdoor event is brought to you by the teams behind the long-running Belfast club brand Shine and Belsonic Festival.
With a capacity for 20,000 attendees per …
EMERGE, Ireland’s biggest Electronic Music Festival, is back for a second year this summer.
Taking over the Boucher Road Playing Fields this August Bank Holiday weekend, it promises to be bigger, better and bolder following a sell-out inaugural year.
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The Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland has put 17 of 28 planned road schemes on pause, citing financial and environmental constraints
Citing the department’s “challenging budgetary position”, as well as “constrained r…
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Derry and Donegal are not only marginalised by their geographic position on the periphery of the island of Ireland, but they are also very badly served by th…
When former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s big idea of a bridge between Northern Ireland and Scotland was being debated, many dismissed it as a “fantasy” and a “waste of public money”.
At that point, long before any UK Government assessment had been ca…
Capacity enhancements and some new lines from the All Island Rail Review
Yes, I’m cynical. You can’t entirely blame me.
There is some great stuff in the All-Island Rail Review[1], published on Tuesday, including some blue sky thinking. The summary,…
Translink train – hopes high for a rail halt in Craigavon, Co Armagh. Photo Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker Press (Photo: Colm Lenaghan)Following the publication of the draft review of the All-Island Strategic Rail Review which proposed a greater network inclu…