Donna Deeney
Belfast Telegraph
United Kingdom
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Concerns after ‘drugs disguised to look like sweets’ found in backyard of Derry home
Concerns have been raised after suspected drugs discovered by a woman in the backyard of her Londonderry home and disguised to look like sweets could have been eaten by any of her three young children. → Read More
Impossible to say how man who lived on his own died, inquest told
The cause of death of a 30-year-old man whose body was found in bed two days after he was last seen could not be determined due to an unusually high level of decomposition, an inquest has found. → Read More
Eight held after major drugs haul linked to INLA discovered in cross-border operation
A "significant” dent has been made in the supply of drugs controlled by the INLA — one of the main networks in the North West, according to the head of the PSNI’s criminal investigation branch. → Read More
Cruise ship to dock in Belfast after being turned away from Scotland
A cruise ship refused docking permission in Scotland will be allowed to disembark passengers at Belfast Harbour. → Read More
Lilian Seenoi-Barr’s remarkable journey from Kenya to warm embrace of Derry people: They felt we were ‘Westernising’ the girls and depriving Maasai men of wives
A woman who fled her home in Kenya, arriving in Londonderry as a refugee, has told of her ambition to build a more inclusive society after being co-opted as a councillor. → Read More
Greenhouse sales show amazing growth as Northern Ireland gardeners seek a touch of glass
Interest in “grow it yourself” sparked by the pandemic shows no signs of slowing as 2021 sees greenhouse sales soar, leaving customers waiting more than 25 weeks for delivery. → Read More
Family of Bloody Sunday victim told by judge they can’t be heard in court proceedings
The families of the Bloody Sunday victims have been told that there is no legal authority that permits them to be heard in the ongoing proceedings relating to the anonymity of Soldier F the only British soldier charged in connection with the shootings in January 1972. → Read More
Spurs star Harry Kane touched by Derry boy Caleb Toland with rare illness
A request for a message of support from Harry Kane for a five-year-old Londonderry boy touched the Spurs and England captain’s heart so much he immediately organised a signed jersey. → Read More
Rainbow crossing: Mayor finds the finance for Derry project
Northern Ireland's first ‘rainbow’ pedestrian crossing, in support of the LGBTQ community, will be installed in Londonderry. → Read More
Derry crisis intervention service ‘must have permanent funding’
Calls have been made for a crisis intervention service in Londonderry to be permanently funded. → Read More
Sailor with one arm who crossed Atlantic solo plans another epic trip
He made the news a year ago after completing a 3,600-mile solo journey to get back home as the Covid crisis began. → Read More
Smiles are back in Derry after the dark days of Covid
A real sense of optimism and hope fills the streets of Londonderry as normal life begins to return. After almost eight months, the place hit hardest and longest by lockdown is coming alive again. → Read More
Call for new law on helmets at inquest into death of Brookeborough cyclist Robert Malone (73)
A law making it compulsory for cyclists to wear helmets when on the roads should be considered by the Government, the Northern Ireland Coroner has said. → Read More
Michelle O’Neill commends Martina Anderson, but says Sinn Fein removal necessary
Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O'Neill has described outgoing Foyle MLA Martina Anderson as a "first-class republican activist" who is helping to reshape the party in Londonderry. → Read More
Standing down: MLA’s family break silence on her ‘public humiliation’ by Sinn Fein
Sinn Fein has maintained its stance on the exclusion of two Foyle MLAs from next year’s Assembly election in the wake of an extraordinary intervention by Martina Anderson’s family. → Read More
James Nesbitt missing off list of 100 famous Causeway sons and daughters
He may be one of the first names people think of when celebrities with Coleraine links are mentioned, but actor James Nesbitt won’t be featuring among 100 faces from the Causeway, Coast and Glens Council area set to feature in an exhibition to mark Northern Ireland’s Centenary. → Read More
Plans for former Army canteen to become restaurant don’t go far enough, warns MLA
PLANS to transform an old military canteen in Londonderry and give it a new lease of life as a restaurant don’t go far enough, an MLA has said. → Read More
Ballykelly dig unearths answers about secret wartime mission that went tragically wrong
An excavation of the crash site where an RAF aircraft on a secret mission claimed the lives of all three crew has unearthed the answers to long held questions, the son of one of the young officers has said. → Read More
Care given to gran was appropriate, says inquest
Medical staff caring for a woman who died after developing internal bleeding following surgery on her gall bladder all "acted appropriately", an inquest has found. → Read More
Marie Hylands' death report four years late, inquest told
A serious adverse incident report that should have been started within 72 hours of the death at Craigavon Area Hospital of a woman who developed complications after surgery still has not been started four years after she passed away. → Read More