Congratulations have poured in for “sensational” Eglinton sprinter Jason Smyth, who took home gold at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Smyth, 34, won the men’s 100m – T13 on day five of the games, in a time of 10.53 seconds. This brings his total gold medal haul to six, having previously won golds for Ireland at […]
The Carnival of Colours returned in September to brighten up Derry city centre with acrobatics, circus performers, graffiti art, live music and much more. Check out the highlights:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p–gCDpsHWE
Derry’s Walled City Brewery has beat hundreds of other taprooms to be crowned the best in the UK. The Ebrington Square business, which has created more than 200 beers and received multiple accolades since it opened in 2015, was named Taproom of the Year at the nationwide Pub and Bar Awards. WCB fought off competition […]
LegenDerry Food has given its seal of approval to 17 more eateries and local producers this year, bringing the total number of members to 70. The network was established to celebrate high-quality produce and the food heritage of the city and region, from street food trucks and award-winning fine dining, to craft brewers and artisan […]
One of Ireland’s leading diaspora initiatives has launched a new network of regional partners to connect people of Irish heritage abroad with their places of origin. Ireland Reaching Out is a volunteer-driven, non-profit organisation connecting people of Irish heritage with the local community in their place of origin in Ireland and online through its platform, […]
Derry has been named “a perfect base for road tripping”, and praised for its fantastic festivals and historic walls, in a list of the UK’s most hidden gem cities. Travel writer Monica Stott, of The Travel Hack blog, included Derry as one of 10 ‘underrated’ cities she believes do not get the attention they deserve. […]
Ulster University’s Pro Vice Chancellor of Research Liam Maguire was joined by colleagues from the Derry-based Clinical Translational Research and Innovation Centre (C-TRIC) at a Northern Ireland Business and Innovation Showcase in London. Representatives from the university’s Engineering Composites Research Centre and Research and Impact Directorate also attended the event, which featured the best of […]
The Allstate NI and Ulster University partnership has continued to flourish, with planning now underway for a second joint ‘Learnathon’. The partnership spans from Allstate NI’s representation on Ulster’s industrial advisory boards, to involvement in reviewing curricula for undergrad and postgrad courses, student scholarships and prizes, running student hackathons, providing industry guest lectures and in […]
Kieran Kennedy, former Managing Director of O’Neills Irish International Sports Company, is set to share his innovation insights in an upcoming webinar. The October 14 ‘Playing the Innovation Game’ event is the second in the Innovation Stories webinar series, which follow the signing of the historic Derry & Strabane City Deal in February, and also […]
The region’s first ever BSc Hons Paramedic Sciences programme is now underway, with Ulster University welcoming 40 students to the Magee campus. With funding support from the Department of Health, the new three-year course will be based within the university’s multi-award-winning School of Nursing. This course will support the development of the paramedic profession in […]