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Derry celebrates St Patrick’s Day in style!By RORY MOONEYFifteen thousand festival goers lined the streets of Derry to soak up the St Patrick’s Day Spring Car-nival last Sunday.Making the most of the Bank Holiday weekend the crowds of people gathered together along the banks of the Foyle in a sea of green, to watch one of the most colour-ful and multi-cultural pa-rades in Derry’s history.Amongst the colourful floats and acts was Tro-jan’s Football Club. The Creggan club were tak-ing part in the festival to celebrate their 75th anni-versary.Making their debut in the parade was the Inishow-en Carnival Group.Mayor Kevin Campbell said: “What an amazing sight we had here in the heart of the City of Cul-ture today with a vibrant and tangible atmosphere to match.“The creativity of the costumes and floats was

outstanding and the turnout to watch the parade and enjoy the activity in Guildhall Square and

Waterloo Place was fantastic.” The Mayor thanked all the

groups and facilitators and the North West Carnival Ini-tiative for an excellent event.

He said: “This Spring Carnival brings together a range orga-

nizations and volunteers repre-

senting the North West and be-yond from different spectrums of culture and tradition.“It was a great experience to be part of the celebrations and sup-port the St Patrick’s Day Spring Carnival.”The best in local talent includ-ing Ard Rí and The Clameens, along with traditional bands and dance groups Sontas and

Dolphin School of Dance thrilled crowds at the day long live mu-sic event in the Guildhall Square, where Walled City Market and Art and Crafts marquee ensured entertainment for everyone.The Tower Museum and Craft Village played host to events throughout the day while Wa-terloo place added another loca-tion for visitors and locals alike to

enjoy festivities.Large crowds also attended the many weekend events which included a range of initiatives in Guildhall Square to mark Lá na Gaeilge, Irish language day.Police in Derry confirmed that no alcohol-related arrests were made in the city on St Patrick’s Day. See Pages 22 & 24 for pics

Shona, Lauren, Caitlin, Amy, Danielle, Zara and Molly enjoy the St Patricks day celebrations

A search of the River Foyle has expanded to include a second man who may have plunged from the Foyle Bridge.It is believed he went into the river on Monday morn-ing while crews were look-ing for the missing 18-year-old Dubliner, Kieran McKeon (pictured below).The body of Mr McKeon's 21-year-old companion, Al-exandra O'Brien, was found in the river last Thursday.Mr McKeon, who is from the Republic of Ireland, was last seen in Derry in the early hours of Thursday morning.Foyle Search and Rescue have said teams began a fresh search on Tuesday morning.Kieran McKeon, 18, was last seen in Derry on Thursday morning.At the time of going print, both searches were on-going.

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PSNI appealsPolice in Foyle are appealing for in-formation in relation to the following incidents. Damage was caused to the front door of a house in the Rossnagalliagh Park area around 7.30pm on March 6. A number of youths were observed throwing eggs at the property. A man was reported to have been act-ing in an aggressive manner in a shop on Foyle Street around 2am on March 9. Officers attending arrested a man on suspicion of disorderly behaviour. It is understood there were other peo-ple in the shop at the time who will have witnessed the incident. They are encouraged to contact police. Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to contact police on 0845 600 8000 or a member of your local Neighbourhood Team directly – details can be found on the PSNI web-site. Alternatively, if someone would prefer to provide information without giving their details, they can contact the independent charity Crimestop-pers and speak to them anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Community Chef Brian McDer-mott had to ‘Square Up’ to the challenge this week when the Craft Village Square was vis-ited by the internationally re-nowned celebrity chef, Nevin McGuire as part of the launch of the new ‘Square Meals’ pro-gramme for 2013.Square Meals is an innovative outdoor cooking experience hosted by Community chef, Brian McDermott in the Craft Village Square. It will feature a monthly selection of demon-strations including affordable

Chefs ‘Square Up’ to the challengefamily food which can inspire the chef in all of us.Square Meals, as the name suggests, will take place in the comfortable surroundings of the Craft Village Square in the City Centre. Under the heated canopy the award- winning chef, who features regularly on BBC Radio Foyle, will invite an audience to watch, taste and even participate in this regular culinary extravaganza.Featured every month until the end of the year, Square Meals will offer attractive in-

spirational food which chang-es with the seasons filling this new outdoor venue with aro-mas which warm in the cooler months, and make the mouth water in the milder times.The first course of this series will take place on Sunday, March 24 from 1.30-4.30pm in the Craft Village Square.Square Meals is funded by the Culture Company 2013 and facilitated by the Inner City Trust as part of their wider programme for the Craft Vil-lage Square in 2013.

In the first time in its long and proud history, the GAA is to hold its World Congress in the city this weekend.The three day event will at-tract delegates from all over the world.

Gaa world congress in city this weekendFriday, March 22 will see a range of workshops and dis-play events held at various locations throughout the city centre, followed by an evening plenary session. Saturday will be spent in a

plenary session followed by a banquet that evening.

Sunday will consist of religious services and completion of the Congress programme.

Police in Derry are continuing to reinforce the message to lo-cal people around the impor-tance of securing your home and reporting suspicious ac-tivity on street promptly. While officers conduct pa-trols, respond to reports of suspicious activity and deliver crime prevention, everyone can play their part in taking proper precautions to protect their home and property.

Police urging public to be vigilantPolice are urging people to prevent crime from happen-ing by taking simple steps to make your homes secure. Al-ways lock windows and doors to your home and vehicles. Lock garages and sheds and do not leave garden or sports equipment lying around. Just recently a house in the Tullymore Road area was bur-gled – rooms were ransacked and cash taken.

Anyone living in the area who saw suspicious activity be-tween 9pm on March 16 and 4am the following day is urged to contact detectives at Strand Road on 0845 600 8000. Further practical crime pre-vention advice is always avail-able from your local Crime Pre-vention Officer on 0845 600 8000 or check out the PSNI website.

Three lectures in Derry’s Tower Museum will inform those who attend about the wealth of doc-uments available for anyone with an interest in our maritime history, the Plantation and ge-nealogy.The series begins on Thursday, March 28, 2013 with the first lecture ‘All at Sea’ delivered by Dr Anne McVeigh. Her lecture focuses on Maritime Records and how these reserves are obtained from a wide range of private sources.The second lecture entitled ‘Sources for studying the Ulster Plantation’ takes place on Thurs-day, April 25 delivered by Dr Wil-liam Roulston. Focusing on a period of defin-ing change at many different levels as the result of the imple-mentation of a scheme of plan-tation, the talk will highlight and explain records including port books, muster rolls, estate papers, plantation surveys and maps.The third and final talk by John Killen, ‘Genealogical collections in the Linen Hall Library,’ will take place on Thursday, May 30.Founded in 1778 it is renowned

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PSNI appealsPolice in Foyle are appealing for witnesses af-ter the window of a bus was damaged in the Fergleen Park area between 7.45pm and 8pm on March 4. Several youths were in the area at the time. City North Neighbourhood officers are ap-pealing for information following a spate of criminal damage incidents in the Galliagh area on March 2. Windows were smashed and items stolen from cars in the Elaghmore, Bloomfield, and Leafair Park areas. The window of a taxi was smashed in the Ce-dar Street area of Rosemount around 3.30am on February 23. A disturbance took place in the area a short time later.

Police in Foyle are appealing for information in relation to the following incidents. A car collided with a sheep on the Tamnaherin Road in Eglinton around 1.50am on February 24. Damage caused to front of the car. Police are keen to identify the owner of the sheep. The rear windows of two vehicles in the Bracken Park area were damaged sometime between 11pm on March 5 and 7.30am the following day. Police received a report on the morning of March 6, in relation to graffiti at a community centre in Central Drive.

Anyone with information about any of these incidents is asked to contact police on 0845 600 8000 or a member of your local Neigh-bourhood Team directly – details can be found on the PSNI website. Alternatively, if someone would prefer to provide information without giving their details, they can contact the inde-pendent charity Crimestoppers and speak to them anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Derry has almost three times the amount of the sewerage pumping sta-tions than Belfast, new figures have revealed.With 63 waste water pumping stations Derry has more than twice the number Belfast’s which stands at 24.The figures were revealed by Regional Development minister Danny Kennedy who was responding to a written question from the DUP’s North Down MLA Alex Easton, asking the minister for a breakdown of the number of sewer-age pumping stations across the North.Derry also has more sew-erage pumping stations than its Northwest neigh-bours with Strabane and Limavady having 40 and 43 stations respectively.However it is a far cry from the amount of stations that Down and Ards have. Both council areas have a combined number of sewage stations of 171 – Down 86 and Ards 85.

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Three men, who appeared in court in Derry charged in connection with an annual dissident republican Easter commemoration in the City Cemetery, were granted bail.Gary Donnelly, (42), of Iniscarn Road, 50-year-old Anthony Michael Lancast-er, of Circular Road and 27-year-old Ci-aran Anthony Boyle, of The Meadows,

Three ‘Dissident’ suspects released on bailare jointly charged with assisting in arranging a meeting addressed by a member of a proscribed organisation.The charge relates to an Easter com-memoration on April 9, 2012.Bail was not opposed by the PSNI or Public Prosecution Service.The trio were released on their own bail of £900 with one surety of £900 to

appear in court again on April 25.As part of their bail they were banned from attending, organising, participat-ing or assisting any meeting, protest or event organised by the 32CSM or any group claiming to represent the IRA or any illegal grouping.They must also sign bail twice on Eas-ter Monday.

Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has called on the small group of people involved in attacking buses in the Galliagh area to stop immediately.Councillor Hassan said: “Over the past ten days there have been a number of attacks on our bus ser-vice in the Galliagh area of the city. These attacks are also an attack on the entire community. Some of these attacks have resulted in bro-ken windows and damage to the buses and in one case a young girl was injured on an attack on Satur-day evening.“These attacks have primarily hap-pened at the St Joseph’s /white cha-pel and Brookdale areas of Galliagh which has resulted in Translink with-drawing the service in the area. This will mean that the local residents especially the elderly and infirm will be deprived from using the service.Councillor Hassan also said: “It’s believed that the same group of

Bus attack condemned

young people involved in this are re-sponsible for the flooding on Friday night and again on Saturday by van-dalising water hydrants and causing problems for the community and the water service.

“All of these incidents need to be condemned.“I am calling on parents, local school principals and other community representatives to help resolve this situation.”


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A new multi-million pound pur-pose built sports centre in St Co-lumb’s Park has been given the go ahead.Members of Derry City Council’s Development Committee ap-proved a recommendation to pro-ceed with the planned closure of St Columb’s Park Leisure Centre for the commencement of the con-struction phase of the new £11m multi-purpose North West Region Sports Campus.The green light for the new sports campus was given at last Tuesday’s Derry City Council’s Development Committee.Members also agreed that officers continue to work closely with all displaced user groups to explore alternative viable and safe accom-modation for their sport for the duration of the construction phase as far is possible and practicable.Chairperson of Development Committee, Cllr Brenda Steven-son described the proposed new £11m leisure centre development as a huge investment in leisure provision within the Derry City Council area and evidence of Council’s commitment to provid-ing enhanced facilities for users.Members at the meeting were informed that the construction phase of the project is due to com-mence in the coming months with plans to close the existing St Co-lumb’s Park Leisure Centre once construction commences.Councillors were told that con-struction is expected to begin by May or June of this year and be completed by summer 2015.Noel Munnis, sports programme co-ordinator with Derry City

Councillors approve planned closure of St Columb’s Park Leisure CentreBy RORY MOONEY

Council assured members that every effort is being made to mi-nimise inconvenience to users. He said:”In an effort to minimize inconvenience to users, Council has been engaging closely with its staff, stakeholders and users to consider their requirements and to explore every opportu-nity to find viable alternatives for the duration of the construction phase. Display stands, illustrating the size and range of facilities the new centre will bring have been on show at both St Columb’s Park and Lisnagelvin Leisure Centres for a number of weeks.”He added that while the existing centre at St Columb’s Park will need to close to accommodate the construction of the new sports campus, every possible alterna-tive to delay closure had been explored and while the new build-ing will be constructed behind the existing centre, the site compound is extremely restricted in relation to car parking, health and safety management and site traffic.He said that in order to meet the construction timetable of 18 months, it was essential that the contractor is presented with a ‘clean’ site.While concern was expressed in relation to provisions for indoor climbing facilities, officers un-dertook to continue working in partnership with local climbers to identify a number of options for providing alternative facilities and advise Members of any viable pro-posals or resolutions accordingly.It was revealed that the new multi-purpose building would be six times the size of the current Lei-

sure Centre in the Waterside park. Along with the new building Councillors were also told that three brand new, fully floodlit five a side 3G foot-ball pitches are to be built next to the first of the grass pitches currently on site.Cllr Stevenson said that the investment will provide greatly increased and new

sport and leisure opportuni-ties for everyone, from elite athletes and club performers to recreational users. “It is an-ticipated that the new facility will open in January 2015 and will mark a significant invest-ment by Derry City Council. The new development will also secure jobs and bring a much needed boost for em-ployment in the area.”

She added that the centre will offer a wealth of op-portunities for all users and will have the facilities and capacity to host major local, national and international sports events, another key legacy from the 2013 City of Culture.Sinn Fein Councillor Barney O’Hagan said that he hoped that users of the St Columb’s

Park understood the disrup-tion caused by the closure of the current Leisure Centre.The DUP’s Drew Thompson said that while his party un-derstood the closure of the site but was worried that Council was “redirecting our commitment” from previous assurances given by Council that the site would not be closed.

In celebration of their 50th anniversary, St Joseph's Boys School will host a Family Fun Day in the school grounds, on Saturday, March 23.The event will run from 1-5pm on the day and entry to the celebration is free and ev-eryone is encouraged to attend.A raft of events are on offer for everyone to participate in, including a football com-petition, a static bike competition, as well as bouncy castles, face painting and shop stalls and performances by the St Joseph's Traditional Music Group, Rath Mor Line Dancers and much more besides. A lengthy list of raffle prizes will also be up for grabs.The event has been made possible with the support of and donations from many local businesses and organisations and the organisers of the Fun Day extend their gratitude to them all.To celebrate fifty years of education in the heart of the community please come along and support St Joseph's Boys School.

St Joseph's family Fun Day

SDLP Derry City Cllr Angela Dob-bins has welcomed the news of 111 new homes at the social hous-ing development to begin work in April 2013 in Skeoge/Glenabbey area of Shantallow.“There is a very real need for social housing in the Shantallow area and indeed throughout Derry. This development will be a welcomed boost for the local construction industry and will be a step in the right direction to tackle the social housing shortage which exists in our city. The figures for homeless-ness and housing stress are worry-ing and have grown enormously in recent years. We need a much larger building programme, both private-sector and social housing.”“Whilst I welcome this new devel-

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opment in the Shantallow area, I do however have concern regard-ing the existing traffic problem in the area and in particular prob-lems during peak hours. Residents in this area are having difficulty safely joining the main trunk road and long queues concur due to this problem.Councillor Dobbins continued to say that infrastructural concerns would still have to be addressed by the relevant bodies.“The infrastructure of the roads would need to be addressed be-fore someone is seriously injured or worse. I would urge the De-partment of Environment and Re-gional Development to deal with these on-going issues as a matter of priority.”

Derry bankrupt capital of the NorthIt has been revealed that Derry has had more bankruptcies than any-where in Northern Ireland.Almost 90 people have gone bust between April 2012 and February 2013.The figures were revealed by Trade Minister Arlene Foster when she gave a breakdown of the amount of people made bankrupt in all 18 constituencies from April last year

until last month.Derry had 87 bankruptcies in total; more than its closest rivals in South Down (85); and in Newry and Ar-magh (83) - the next worst affected.In neighbouring constituency, East Londonderry there were 55 bank-ruptcies during the same time pe-riod; and in West Tyrone there were 65. The location of 63 bankrupts was unknown.

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Ninety per cent of the adult population of Derry have crossed the Peace Bridge for fitness purposes whilst 80 per cent have used Ebrington Square.That’s according to Derry’s regeneration company Ilex, who commissioned a Social Capital North West survey of 1,389 people at seven different locations throughout the city.Results also revealed that a third of the respondents who had used the Peace Bridge had done so to ac-cess shopping, while two thirds of those who used Ebrington Square have done so for the purpose of attending events or recre-ational activities.Gerard McCleave, Ilex’s Director of Strategy & Regeneration said: “This survey shows the hugely positive impact which the Peace Bridge and Ebring-ton Square are having on the daily lives of people in the city.“The overwhelming major-ity of respondents believe that these new shared spaces are being used by people in their com-munities with 8 in 10 of

90% of adults have used Peace Bridge

both Waterside and City-side residents stating that they had used Ebrington Square.““As well as being used for health and fitness purpos-es, this research has also revealed that the Peace Bridge has contributed to increased access to key amenities such as employ-ment and shopping for people on both the West and East banks.“They have also led to a rise in attendance at public events including the Hal-loween festival.“Undoubtedly, the Peace Bridge and Ebrington Square have changed the daily movement of people in Derry~Londonderry and these findings underline how these sizeable public spaces really are helping improve people’s everyday lives and are contributing to a shared future.”Ilex is about to go out to tender for a team to pre-pare the Ebrington Devel-opment Framework with a view to lodging a planning application for the entire 26 acre site by the end of this year,” said Mr Mc-Cleave.

Dr Bernard toal, Chief executive noriBiC and Arlene Foster, MLA Minister of enterprise, trade and investment announce one of europe's largest and most prestigious business

events will take place in Derry. noriBiC have secured the european Business innovation Centre network Congress with Apple co-founder Steve wozniak as headline speaker at

the May event.

One of Europe’s largest and most pres-tigious business events will take place in Derry in May with Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak as headline speaker.The European Business Network (EBN) Congress, which annually boasts inter-national decision-makers, investors, and business angels amongst its high-pow-ered audience, will take place in Derry between April 29 and May 3, which this year is open to a local business audience.Hosted by The Northern Ireland Business and Innovation Centre (NORIBIC) in as-sociation with Invest NI, it will take place over three days at the Millennium Forum and a number of other venues around the themes ‘Digital’, ‘Cultural’ and ‘Social Innovation’.Speaking in Northern Ireland for the first time Steve Wozniak, has been a Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for more than thirty years. In 1976, Wozniak co-founded Apple Computer Inc with Steve Jobs, helping to shape the computing in-dustry with his design of Apple’s first line of products.It is the first time this major programme of events will take place in Northern Ire-land. Past host cities during its 22-year history have included Budapest, Naples and Tou-lon. The event was attracted to Northern Ire-land this year in part because of Derry status as UK City of Culture as well as NORIBIC’s long-standing involvement in

apple Co-Founder Wozniak to speak at Derry event

the European Business In-novation Centre Network.EBN Congress 2013 will in-clude a series of events and exhibitions, including the Digital, Cultural and Social Innovation networking Vil-lages, and promises to pro-vide a significant economic boost to the city due to the spend by delegates, who will come from all over Eu-rope, as well as the positive image of Derry it will pres-ent to influential people.Dr Bernard Toal, Chief Ex-ecutive of NORIBIC, says it will be a programme with a difference that will do the

city and Northern Ireland proud.“We are absolutely de-lighted to have secured the Congress for Northern Ireland as it is a fantastic and very highly thought of event, and even more pleased to have signed up Steve Wozniak as headline speaker. “We are now finalising the remaining list of interna-tional keynote speakers, befitting the kind of audi-ence this conference at-tracts. The programme, which will include a large cultural element, will also

showcase the very best that the city has to offer, and we can’t wait to unveil it to the delegates,” he adds.Joining Invest NI as spon-sors of the event include, the Irish BICs, Derry Visi-tor & Convention Bureau (DVCB), SEUPB’s INTER-REG IVA Programme, the Department Culture Arts and Leisure (DCAL) and the Department for Employ-ment & Learning (DEL).Further information about the event and reg-istration is available at: www.noribic.com/ebn-congress

The main swimming pool, learner pool, sauna and steam facilities at Temple-more Sports Complex will close temporarily to allow for essential maintenance.The closure will take place for a two-week period starting from Monday, March 18 with plans to reopen as normal again on April 1.A spokesperson for Derry City Council’s Leisure Services ex-plained that all dry facilities at

Temporary closure of Templemore poolthe centre including the gym, sports halls etc will be operat-ing as normal.Apologising for any inconve-nience caused, the spokes-person explained that users of the facilities affected have been contacted and where possible alternative arrange-ments put in place. anyone with any queries are asked to contact recep-tion at the Complex on 028 71 289200.

The Culture Company has an-nounced a partnership with a new US-based television chan-nel ‘Today’s Ireland’ which will see the company provide ten half-hour programmes focus-ing on Derry’s City of Culture programme.The partnership represents a significant investment of over £30,000 by Culture Company into marketing the UK City of Culture programme to the North American population with particular emphasis on the key Irish-American diaspo-ra audience.Culture Company 2013 chairman Martin Bradley said: “Spreading the word about what is going on here in Derry~Londonderry during the City of Culture year around the rest of the world was al-ways an important plank of the marketing campaign. City of Culture has made a substantial financial commitment in ex-cess of £30,000 to create con-tent for this exciting new chan-nel to showcase the exciting and divers programme which has been created for 2013.“Working in partnership with Today’s Ireland gives us a tre-mendous platform in America to let the millions of people of Irish diaspora living there know about our programme and hopefully persuade them to pay us a visit.”

City of Culture backing of new US Television channel

Today’s Ireland will launch in the Washington DC area on St Patrick’s Day, March 17, with six hours of programming daily from 3pm each day.The first edition of the new programme will include some of the highlights of the City of Culture year so far including the Other Voices weekend, the Guinness World Record song and dance routine attempt at Ebrington Square and the Scor na nOg finals at The Venue 2013, as well as taking a look

at some of the events to come later in the year including The Return of Colmcille.The Nerve Centre has almost completed filming for the first half hour programme to be broadcast on the new network in America. Nine further half-hour pro-grammes, presented by Gem-ma Walker and Oran O’Carroll, will be completed and broad-cast throughout the remainder of 2013.Mayor Councillor Kevin Camp-

bell said that the Today’s Ire-land channel is set to profile the city to a huge international audience.“This is a fantastic opportunity for the city to showcase the message that a warm welcome awaits for both the recreation-al and business visitor. With so much going on as part of the City of Culture, it is also a chance to reach out to our di-aspora and highlight what has been going on in their home town in their absence.”

Founder & Ceo of MHZ -worldview Fred thomas, presents a piece of crystal to the Mayor of Derry Councillor Kevin Campbell, at the announcement of the City of Culture’s participation in today’s ireland television.

included (from left) Martin Bradley, chairman of the City of Culture 2013, Londonderry Chamber of Commerce president Philip Gilliland and tony Culley-Foster, MHz - worldview's uK & ireland representative.


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Community NewsThe Nerve Centre’s annual Inter-cultural & Anti Racism Festival, now in its eighth consecutive year, offers primary, post-prima-ry schools, colleges, universities, community groups, and the gen-eral public, a programme of in-ternational films, documentaries, presentations, workshops, and outreach screenings, exploring the themes and issues involved. The programme launches on March 21, the official UN In-ternational Day against Racial Discrimination, a date chosen to mark the anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa in 1960.This event is aimed at raising awareness around issues such as racism, discrimination and harassment - including rac-ist bullying. It seeks to educate children, young people, and the wider public, to accept, value, and embrace diversity in all its forms - whether race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, the poor, migrants, minorities, those with physical disabilities - as well as encouraging awareness of local and global issues like war, human rights abuses, and the environment. The long-term objectives and outcomes of the Intercultural & Anti-Racism Pro-gramme are to promote toler-

anti-racism festival set for Derryance and inclusion.The programme showcases feature films, short films and documentaries from around the world in an effort to bring dif-ferent landscapes, languages, beliefs, and cultures into the classroom. The objectives of this diverse programme of edu-cational events are to broaden children¹s and young people’s cultural awareness, literacy skills and cine-literacy abilities.The cost of events for the festival are kept to an absolute minimum in order to ensure maximum par-ticipation. Special Educational Previews of The Croods 3D, Finding Nemo 3D,The Odd Life Of Timothy Green, Chimpanzee, and Beasts Of The Southern Wild, in the Brunswick Moviebowl, cost only £2 per pupil. While after-noon screenings for the general public of Searching For Sugar Man, Amour, The Sessions, This Is Not A Film cost £2. Teachers attend all educational events FREE of charge. Schools who book in excess of 100 places for a screening will be offered a second film for £1 per pupil.The programme for the general public launches on Thursday 21 March @ 6.30pm in Nerve Centre Cinema with a double screening

of Untouchable followed by a reception at 8.30pm and a sec-ond screening of Beasts Of The Southern Wild @ 9pm, and all for £3.50. A Weekend Kids Pro-gramme on Saturday 23 March in Nerve Centre Cinema includes screenings of Brave, Madagascar 3, Ice Age 4, and ParaNorman - again only £2 per person.As well as the full programme of events taking place in Derry/Londonderry, the Intercultural & Anti-Racism Festival 2013 also incorporates free outreach screenings for primary and post-primary schools and the general public in the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh, which are being funded by Omagh District Council. Additionally, free outreach screenings for all schools in the Strabane area are being funded by Strabane District Council. The programme also features a free programme of screenings for schools and the general public in the Regional Cultural Centre in Letterkenny.Northern Ireland Screen and Derry City Council fund the Inter-cultural & Anti-Racism Festival. Venue Partner is the Brunswick Moviebowl.For further information please contact the festival office: 028 71373456 or 71260562.

For the first time the North-ern Ireland Regional Social Work Awards are being held outside of Belfast with the Western Trust playing host to this year’s awards in Derry.The awards, which are in their third year, will show-case some of the most inno-vative and pioneering work being carried out by social workers across Northern Ireland.The Awards are organised in partnership with the Health and Social Care Board (HSCB), NI Social Care Coun-cil (NISCC) and local Health and Social Care Trusts. They recognise and reward the efforts of social workers, and highlight the positive impact of the profession on individuals, families and communities across North-ern Ireland.Kieran Downey, Director of Women’s and Children’s Ser-vices and Executive Director of Social Work for the West-ern Trust who are hosting this year’s ceremony said: “The awards are being ar-ranged to coincide with the City of Culture celebrations. Health and Social Care is proud to be part of this milestone year for Derry / Londonderry.“Social workers play an im-portant role within our com-munities but much of this goes unnoticed. They help people get back on their feet, help to protect our children, and help to foster stronger families and com-munities across Northern Ireland every day. As profes-sionals they never look for thanks. The awards provide us with the opportunity to honour these inspirational and deserving professionals and teams.”Fionnuala McAndrew, Di-

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rector of Social Care, Health and Social Care Board added: “The calibre of the finalists and winners for 2012 was most impressive, demonstrating the innova-tive practice undertaken by our social work profession. I look forward to another year of inspiring entries. I believe it is very important that we acknowledge the members of our profession and that we honour the often un-recognised stories of caring and courage which our col-leagues demonstrate.”This year there are nine award categories:Children’s Services (Team Award)Adult Services (Team Award)Partnership (Team Award)Learning and Development (Team Award)Children’s Services (Indi-vidual)Adult Services (Individual)Newly Qualified Social Worker (Individual) Overall Winner (chosen from the seven Award win-ners)Lifetime Achievement Award (Individual) spon-sored by the Northern Ire-land Association of Social Workers.Karen O’Brien Assistant Di-rector of Social Work Work-force Planning and Gover-nance at the Western Trust said: “The launch of the Re-gional Social Work Awards celebrates the journey of social work practice which is innovative and creative. This was evidenced in last year’s awards when Julie Armstrong, a social worker within the Western Trust 16+ Pathways Team, won the Children’s Services Indi-vidual Award. For over the past 20 years Julie’s profes-sional practice and dedica-

tion has made a significant impact not just on the lives of individual children but on developing services for young people in care.“The best of Northern Ire-land’s social workers have the chance to be recognised at this prestigious event with two weeks remaining for Health and Social Care Trusts to get their nomina-tions in. The Awards are open to teams employing social workers or individual social workers who are cur-rently working in the statu-tory, voluntary, private, edu-cation and training sectors in Northern Ireland and ap-plications are welcome from all areas of social work.”Brendan Johnston: Chief Executive Northern Ireland Social Care Council, said: “I am delighted to be part of the launch of the social work awards. Social work makes a really valuable con-tribution to our society, pro-viding help to people in a wide range of circumstance. The social work awards are a celebration and recognition of the vitally important and excellent work being done, both for and with service users, by social workers and social work teams across Northern Ireland.” If a service user or carer would like to make a recommenda-tion please contact your local social services team who will be happy assist - but hurry as the closing date for entries is the March 29.The information pack and entry forms are available from the NI Social Care Council website on: http://www.niscc.info/Shortlisted finalists will be invited to a gala lunch and awards presentation on Friday, September 20 in The Guildhall.

The Western Trust is asking for the co-operation of the public with increased infection control measures and is ask-ing people not to visit patients in Alt-nagelvin Hospital if they have been feeling unwell themselves.An increase in diarrhoea has been experienced among patients in Ward three, which treats respiratory pa-tients, at Altnagelvin Hospital in recent

Public cooperation requested for infection control measuresdays and as an infection prevention and control measure, the ward is cur-rently closed to admissions. To date six patients have experienced such symptoms.Geraldine Hillick, Director of Acute Services at the Western Trust said: “The Trust’s Infection Prevention and Control team is continuing to provide advice and increased infection control

measures have been taken.She continued: “The public has an important role to play by not visiting the hospital if they are feeling unwell, particularly if they have diarrhoea and/or vomiting. And if someone has been unwell we would advise them to wait until at least 72 hours after they have had diarrhoea and/or vomiting before visiting the hospital.

“Those who are visiting are asked to thoroughly wash their hands before and after visiting, for their own protec-tion as well as for the prevention of the spread of infection to patients.“Visitors are asked to limit visiting to the designated times of between 3pm and 4pm and from 7pm until 8.30pm.They should only visit the one patient whilst at the hospital and should not

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Two young entrepreneurs are enjoying the sweet smell of success after set-ting up their own busi-nesses. Michaela Conwell from Claudy and Neill Mellon from Derry are among the first candidates from the North West reaping the benefits of a programme to help long-term unem-ployed people to get back into work and explore the opportunities for running their own business: the Exploring Enterprise2 Pro-gramme (EE2P).22 year-old Michaela is the face behind Candy’s sweet shop and coffee store on Claudy Main Street. Neil has established his own photographic studio and has become a freelance press photographer. When Michaela left school, she did a course at North West Regional College be-fore taking a job in a call centre. After having her first child at 21, she wanted to re-turn to work but needed

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to work flexibly around her baby and family com-mitments. Inspired by her brother who had started his own business as a con-tractor, Michaela visited Enterprise North West, where she was referred to the EE2P Programme.Michaela Conwell ex-plained the rapid journey from her first meeting with Carrie. She said, “I had seen the premises on Claudy Main Street and I knew they were available. I always had in mind that I wanted to run a sweet shop. What Carrie and the Exploring Enterprise2 Pro-gramme did for me was to give me ideas, give me focus and really help me to think about the business opportunity. We drew up a proper business plan, looked at things like foot-fall, customer numbers, profitability and whether it could be a viable busi-ness – I couldn’t have done this myself. Most of all, it gave me the confidence to believe that I could make a

go of it and I had the facts and figures to back it up. Candy’s opened a week af-ter I completed the course. I’ve been open 4 months now and we’re really look-ing forward to the Spring – it will soon be ice cream season! I would encour-age anyone in my position to go for it – you learn a lot but it’s all very practi-cal and with the right help and guidance you can start to make things hap-pen very quickly.”For Neil Mellon, the path to the Exploring Enter-prise 2 Programme was a little different. Neil had worked at management level in a local operations centre, running contracts and managing large teams of staff. When his position was made redun-dant he faced 6 months out of work, a period he describes as “soul-destroy-ing”. In spite of six year’s man-agement level experience, without a degree quali-fication, Neil found job-

hunting extremely difficult and he realised he couldn’t get a job at the same level. Having always been a keen photographer, Neil was asked by some friends to do communion and family photos and they offered to pay him. This sparked an idea that perhaps his hobby could become a business opportunity. The EE2P has showed Neil very clearly what his start-up costs would be and what it would take to fully commit to the photogra-phy business as a job. Near the end of the Pro-gramme, he noticed that there was an empty unit in the North West Business Complex. Based on his photographic experience so far, he realised that he needed his own premises with space for people to relax for their photos. Neil put his last savings into kitting out the unit as a photographic studio, which, he admits, needed a lot of work. He also pur-chased a high-speed digi-

tal photo printer which al-lows him not only to work in his own studio but also to offer a mobile photo-booth facility he can take anywhere. Neil said, “I have set sev-eral goals for the year ahead and business has been steady since Christ-mas with both press work and commercial jobs. So far my work has taken me from the wet and windy football fixtures to May-

Michaela Conwell in her Candy’s Sweet Shop

oral visits around Derry-Londonderry and even to a tattoo parlour in Bel-fast where I spent three days doing a commercial shoot. All my Saturdays from April to June are fully booked so I’m really pleased with how things are going.”The EE2P Programme gives unemployed peo-ple a first insight into starting a business and a foot up onto mainstream business support pro-grammes. It is part-fund-ed by the European Social Fund, the Department for Employment and Learn-ing, Enterprise NI and the local Enterprise Agencies under the NI ESF Pro-gramme 2007-13.Enterprise North West has delivered a comprehen-sive training and develop-ment programme which gives candidates a formal CCEA qualification, as well as developing essen-tial skills and improving confidence. Candidates come from a broad range of backgrounds and have varying levels of experi-ence, but all have in com-mon the drive to run their own business.Carrie McCafferty, Busi-ness Advisor from Enter-prise North West said, “Through the Exploring Enterprise2 Programme we hope to create a pool of new business talent within Northern Ireland’s most deprived commu-nities. Candidates don’t

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A new flight between Derry and Lanzarote will launch this sum-mer, it has been confirmed.Damien Tierney, Managing Direc-tor of City of Derry Airport, said the new summer route, was “ex-cellent news for the region.”The new service forms part of Fal-con Holidays Summer Sun 2013 programme.“The Canary Islands has been a popular destination for holiday-makers in the North West region for many years and it is fantastic news that holidaymakers can now fly direct from their local airport,” Mr Tierney said.“This new Lanzarote service is a very welcome addition to the very successful holiday programme op-erating from the airport in 2013.”Falcon Holidays Marketing Man-ager Charlotte Brenner said the summer 2013 programme, with the new flights, is welcome news for holidaymakers from City of Derry.“As Northern Ireland’s leading family tour operator we are well aware that when the kids are hap-py, the parents are happy and we pride ourselves in knowing what is important to make sure kids are kept entertained and have a great time while away on holiday,” said Charlotte.Derry’s Mayor Kevin Campbell also welcomed the announcement of the new flight.“The City of Derry Airport is de-lighted to have direct weekly flights to the sunny destination of Lanzarote included in its already busy summer schedule.“We are delighted to provide our customers with a choice of good value destinations and are confi-dent the Lanzarote flight will be a popular holiday destination for families across the city and region.”Holidaymakers travelling with Fal-con from City of Derry can take advantage of two weekly flight departures flying directly to Lan-zarote and Majorca as well as a wide range of accommodation options including Holiday Villages, SplashWorld Resorts, kids’ clubs properties and a selection of self catering and all inclusive proper-ties and hotels.

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Organisers of an intensive workshop providing repre-sentatives of the city’s arts and culture sector with de-tails of potential EU funding opportunities, have been congratulated.Jointly hosted by Derry City Council and the Arts Coun-cil of Northern Ireland, the workshop aimed to make the creative industry aware of EU funding opportunities and to help them develop the skills and knowledge required to access that fund-ing.Mayor of the city Cllr Kevin Campbell said: “I am delight-ed that Visiting Arts chose to visit Derry during its year as City of Culture to deliver

EU cultural funding workshop successtheir Intensives Workshop which highlights the signifi-cant funding opportunities which European partnership working presents for arts and cultural organisations”. Mayor Campbell also said that participants from across the cultural spectrum have gained vital experience about how to access fund-ing for their projects. “It is important that organi-sations and businesses in this sector start preparing now for new funding oppor-tunities, maximising these so that that legacy of City of Culture accolade lasts well into the next decade and beyond. “Participants from across the

city’s arts and cultural sector who have attended today have learned about future EU funding programmes for Arts and Culture and gained advice on how to develop partnerships and projects which will enable them to successfully access and se-cure that funding to invest into the city’s vibrant sec-tor that we will be proud to present to an international stage”.The one day workshop was held in the Waterside The-atre, attended by local in-dustry, art and culture repre-sentatives. A series of information ses-sions delivered by Yvette Vaughan Jones and Chris-

toph Jankowski from Visit-ing Arts included interac-tive workshops designed to incorporate a number of practical and group exercise sessions. Successful case studies were presented by NI based com-panies, the Nerve Centre and Prime Cut Productions.Debra Mulholland, Sec-tor Business Development Manager from the Arts Council who part fund Visit-ing Arts said; “Given that we are entering the next round of European funding which will run from 2014 until 2020, it is vital to identify to local arts and cul-ture projects the EU support that is available to them.

Participation in today’s workshop in Derry has been encouraging and proved ex-tremely successful in align-ing each organisations objectives to appropriate funding and building part-nerships in other countries. “Visiting Arts is a unique or-ganisation in that it works with arts enterprises in Northern Ireland to help gain this potential as well as developing their individual programmes on an inter-national level by encourag-ing connections, enabling intercultural projects and ensuring a distribution of in-ternational arts to audiences in Northern Ireland.”

A Campsie man has been awarded the prestigious Essential Skills award recently.Paul McDermott clinched the award at the Essential Skills ceremony which took place in Hillsborough Castle. In addition to being named overall win-ner, Paul was also the winner in the Co. Derry award category.Essential Skills winner Paul was forced to re-evaluate his career options after an ac-cident left him unable to return to his job as a car mechanic. Paul decided to go back to education and enrolled with the North West Regional College to pursue qualifications in Liter-acy, Numeracy, ICT and Business with the aim of starting his own business provid-ing car diagnostics. Speaking about his Essential Skills achievements, Paul said: “I had a very pos-itive experience at College and gained new skills in ICT, Literacy and Numeracy as well as continuing my studies for a Diploma in Business. My confidence has also improved and I am more aware of how my skills and abilities can be used to enhance my future career options.”Congratulating the winners, Employ-ment and Learning Minister, Stephen Farry, said: “The success stories of today’s winners serve as an inspiration to anyone wishing to improve their Essential Skills as a way to open up new opportunities, whether at work or in everyday life. “Almost 175,000 qualifications in literacy, numeracy and ICT have been achieved since the Strategy was launched in 2002. These figures clearly demonstrate the growing recognition of the importance of sound Essential Skills to the lives of individuals, businesses and the wider economy. “I also welcome the increasing number of employers who are offering Essential Skills training in the workplace. Business-es now realise that in order to succeed, they need to invest in their workforce to ensure that it is innovative, enterprising and skilled.”This is the sixth year of the Essential Skills Awards which are designed to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievement in literacy, numeracy and ICT.

Campsie man scoops Essential Skills title

A woman who pleaded guilty to falsely obtaining more than £76,000 in in-come support and housing benefits has been jailed for 10 months at Londonderry Crown Court.Surina Vig (40) from Water-foot Park in Derry commit-ted the offences by failing to declare that her landlord was her partner and the father of her 12-year-old

Derry woman jailed for 10 months for benefit fraud

daughter.The offences took place over a seven year period, starting in 2003.The judge said she had only repaid £75 of the £76,334 that had been illegally claimed.He said Vig knew the money she had taken had been paid by taxpayers who ex-pected it to go to people in genuine need.

A man was convict-ed at Londonderry Magistrates’ Court for claiming ben-efits he was not entitled to.Jude Doherty (31) of Northland Way, Derry, claimed Jobseekers Allow-ance and Housing Benefit totalling £2,676 while fail-

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ing to declare em-ployment. He was fined £150 and ordered to pay court costs of £61.Mr Doherty is also required to repay any outstanding money he wrong-fully obtained to the Social Security Agency.

The proposed upgrade of the A5 Derry to Aughnacloy road is in doubt over a High Court judge’s fears.High Court judge Mr Justice Ste-phens said he is minded to quash the Regional Development minis-ter’s decision to proceed with the A5 dual carriageway.The A5 scheme forms part of a proposed key cross-border busi-ness route linking Dublin to the Northwest region.Mr Justice Stephens said the De-partment of Regional Develop-ment should have carried out a Habitats Directive assessment but had failed to do so.The court will sit again on 20 March.The judge rejected all the other grounds of appeal of those object-ing to the plan.Regional Development minister, Danny Kennedy, said his depart-ment “will now prepare the neces-sary submissions in relation to the Habitats Directive”.“It would not be appropriate for me to comment on the likely out-come of this legal challenge in ad-vance of the judge’s final decision,” he said.Farmers, businessmen and land-owners joined together under the

Proposed new a5 road in doubtAlternative A5 Alliance grouping in a legal challenge to the planned stretch of dual carriageway be-tween Derry and Aughnacloy, County Tyrone.Uncertainty now surrounds the overall project after the Irish gov-ernment cut funding due to its tough economic circumstances.Work on the dual carriageway has been put on hold due to the legal intervention.Two Donegal Sinn Fein TD’s ex-pressed their concerns over the Mr Justice Stephens comments regarding the A5 dual carriage-way.

In a joint statement Deputies Pa-draig Mac Lochlainn and Pearse Doherty said: “The A5 Dual Car-riageway is vital for the economic regeneration for Donegal and the North West region.“However the concerns of the High Court in Belfast must be ad-dressed and it is important that the coming days are used to con-vene meetings, look at the issues and ultimately to get this project back on track. “The environmental concerns of the High Court must be addressed in an urgent manner so that this road can go ahead as planned.”


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Calls have been again made for the University of Ulster to halt the closure of Magee day-care facilities.The calls have been made following revelations that showed that EU funding built the day-care unit in Magee.It was also stipulated that the building must be used for its core purpose for no less than 20 years.Mr Ramsey, who made the un-covered the findings said the building was funded by the Eu-ropean Regional Development Fund Training Infrastructure Measure, back in May 1999.“After meeting with staff and parents, a number of issues have been raised with me, one of which was the retention of the dedicated facility built at the bottom of Magee which houses the day-care facility. “As part of the terms of the

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funding, it stipulated, under Retention/Disposal of Assets, that the buildings were re-quired to be maintained for the use, as detailed in the letter of offer, for a 20 year period. Any proposed changes to the use of the premises within that period must therefore to be raised with the Department of Employment and Learning.”The Waterside MLA has urged the University of Ulster to halt its plans to close the crèche fa-cilities at the end of the current academic year.“I have now asked the De-partment if any request for a change of use has been made for the building. It is obvious to me that on finding this infor-mation, the University has not thought through the implica-tions - wide-ranging as they are - of this proposed closure and I would call on them to halt

actions to close Magee and Jor-danstown day-care unit until proper scrutiny can be given to the plans.“We cannot afford to lose jobs in these facilities when we have not looked at all options to re-tain them.”The University of Ulster made the decision to close the crèche facilities due to the current economic climate, claiming that current numbers attend-ing both crèche’s was not sus-tainable.

Peace Bridge scoops two awardsDerry’s iconic Peace Bridge has picked up three prestigious gongs at two separate awards ceremonies last week.The Peace Bridge received the Civic Trust Northern Ire-land Award and their National Panel’s Special Award at a cer-emony in Cardiff on Saturday, March 9 and also came out top in the Judge’s Choice category at the Northern Ireland Sustain-able Planning Awards at Stor-mont on Tuesday, March 12.Welcoming the news, Ilex’s Programme Manager, Ciaran

Doherty said: “These are terrific accolades and we are thrilled that they have been bestowed upon the Peace Bridge which has transformed our cityscape and brought tremendous ben-efits to people and businesses in our region.“On Monday we published the overwhelmingly positive results of a survey which was carried out with the people of the city about their use of and attitudes to the Peace Bridge and these prestigious awards, and others, prove that it isn’t

just a hit with locals, it is gain-ing broad recognition for its architectural significance and contribution to our built envi-ronment.“I would like to pay tribute to all those involved in driving for-ward the Peace Bridge project which remains the largest fund-ing granted in Ireland by the European Peace Programme. We, in Ilex, are extremely proud to have played such an integral role in its development and hope that it will continue to be a catalyst for change in the city.”

Major hotel awards to be held in DerryBy RORY MOONEY A major hotel awards ceremo-ny is set to be held in Derry next month.The annual NI Hotel Recep-tionist of the Year Award will be held in the city on April 20.Derry City Council gave its full backing to awards were the matter was discussed at last Tuesday’s Council’s Develop-ment Committee meeting.Councillors agreed to allocate

£3,000 of funding to host the event.Welcoming the event com-ing to Derry the SDLP’s Martin Reilly said that the city should be hosting major events to boost the city’s visitor num-bers and raise the city’s profile in the tourism industry.Sinn Fein Councillor Barney O’Hagan also welcomed the awards and said that hotel receptionists were the face of

the city’s tourism industry and should be valued as such.“We should value people in these frontline positions; they are the frontline ambassadors for the city.” Three awards will be doled out to the lucky winners of three categories – Hotel Reception-ist of the Year, Most Promising Receptionist and Hotel Recep-tion of the Year.

Shantallow benefits office closure protestCalls have been made to resist the impending closure of the Shantallow benefits office.SDLP Foyle MLA, Colum East-wood, attended and support-ed last week’s protest at the Shantallow Community Ben-efits Office to resist its closure. The doors of the benefits of-fice are due to close early next month after a review carried out by the Minister for Social Devel-opment, Nelson McCausland.Mr Eastwood raised his ob-jection to the office’s closure with the Minister as part of an Assembly debate on the pro-

vision of Benefit Advice and Awareness services. The Foyle MLA has also sub-mitted a series of ministerial questions querying the office’s proposed closure. Mr Eastwood said: “The protest today (March 13) gave expres-sion to the depth of feeling in Shantallow about the decision to close this community as-set. The review conducted by the Minister advocates that it is more ‘efficient’ to provide services of this nature on the internet or via telephone.“To the people of Shantallow

though, this explanation seri-ously undervalues the work that goes on in this Commu-nity Office.“At a time when Minister Mc-Causland is blindly determined to impose massive changes to the very foundations of our welfare system, I would ar-gue that this local expertise is needed now more than ever.“Even at this late stage, I would urge the Minister to reflect upon his position and to use his power to reverse the deci-sion to close this community office.”

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In a two part series the City Her-ald delves into the tragedy of a group of Derry labourers who died mysteriously died in the Philadelphia in the early 1800’s.THE truth is no-one alive really knows what happened during the searing August of 1832 at Duffy’s Cut in Malvern, south-eastern Pennsylvania. This much though is indisputable – fifty-seven Irish labourers who had been constructing Mile 59 of the Philadelphia and Colum-bia Railroad died suddenly that summer in the wooded valley. They were hastily buried in the dirt and shale by the side of the track, and the circumstances of their deaths buried with them. Over the years their demise was attributed to an outbreak of cholera. But, as Dónal Camp-bell recounts, the truth may be a whole lot darker.Since 2002 a disparate group of professionals – academics, his-torians, archaeologists, anthro-pologists, students, interns and even a clergyman – have been slowly unravelling the story of Duffy’s Cut. Their findings have unearthed – literally – the tragic story of a group of labourers from Derry, Donegal and Tyrone, young men who left the Foyle in pursuit of the American dream. What they got was the stuff of nightmares. Leaving IrelandTHE story of Duffy’s Cut begins around St. Patrick’s Day, 1832. An advert appears in the Derry Journal announcing the depar-ture of a ship – the John Stamp – from Derry to Philadelphia on April 12. In those days, Derry was long established as one of Ireland’s principal emigration ports and the John Stamp was one of dozens of ships vying for custom at Derry Port in 1832, bound for destinations in the New World – Quebec, New York, New Brunswick and Philadel-phia. 7643 people would sail out of Derry bound for the United States and the British Colonies in 1832 alone.Ireland in April 1832 was a place worth leaving. Although the number of poor Catholic Irish departing these shores would become a flood following the Great Famine (1845–50), a size-able quantity were already trickling out of the country from the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1815) onwards. And with good reason. The potato crop had failed in 1816, triggering fam-ine. A typhus epidemic raged in its wake and lasted until De-cember 1817, claiming 50,000 lives. Over a period of two de-cades, crop failures, starvation, fever epidemics, the collapse of the textile industry, the battle for Catholic emancipation and the tithe wars, combined to

Duffy’s Cut and the Boys from Derrymake life in Ireland a misery. To compound matters, in January 1832, Asiatic cholera surfaced in Belfast and Dublin and quickly spread throughout the country.John Ruddy, born in Inishowen in 1814, had lived through it all in his eighteen summers, knowing nothing but affliction. Enough was enough. Economic pros-pects in the rugged peninsula of his birth were appalling. Der-rymen John McGlone (25) and John McClanon (24) had similar outlooks. The three young men were among those who scraped together the price of passage to Amerikay that spring, reporting to the shipping agents, James Corscaden & Co, at 26 Shipquay Street, in Derry, where he paid between £4 10s and £5 to book a berth on the small sailing ship John Stamp, bound for Philadel-phia.There was nothing easy about the voyage across the Atlantic at that time. In The Last of the Name, Clonmany man Charles McGlinchey (1861–1954) re-counts: “After the wars were over in 1815, lots of one’s went off to America. It was all sailing vessels at that time. One of the Grants of Clochfin went to America and it took him three months. On the way over he got so seasick that the crew were for throwing him overboard because he was about dead. They had a sheet of canvas spread out to roll him up in, but some Malin men in-terfered and wouldn’t let them throw him overboard as long as there was life in him. He lasted out the voyage and reached Philadelphia. Instead of taking work he got a pack and soon made the price of a house, and before he died he had a street of houses.”It was this kind of fortune John McGlone, John McClanon and John Ruddy dreamed of as they braved the Atlantic swells.And yet Charles McGlinchey had words of caution for the depart-ing sons and daughters of Ire-land: “Times at home were bad, and they left home with nothing but the clothes on their backs. The old people always said that good health and the Grace of God were fortune enough for any young man or woman.”In AmericaJUNE 23, 1832: The John Stamp sailed into the great port city of Philadelphia after a long voy-age across the Atlantic. One hundred and sixty passengers disembarked, setting foot on American soil for the first time, among them John McGlone and John McClanon. John Ruddy filed off the John Stamp too, no doubt agog at the manner of cargos arriving and departing the waterfront and at the impressive metropo-

lis of America’s third largest city. A group of young Donegal labourers also disembarked: George Doherty (28), William Putetill (20), William Devine (21), Daniel McCahill (25), Ber-nie McGarty (20), David Patchill (20), Robert Skelton (20), Ber-nard McIlheaney (23), George Quigley (22). The Donegal men were in the company of Tyrone natives James Deveney (26), Pat-rick McAnamy (20) and Samuel Forbes (23). These are among the men believed to have met their end just six weeks later in Chester County at the place known as Duffy’s Cut.The young men probably didn’t know it as they stepped onto the wharf, but they had swapped one hostile environ-ment for another. Philadelphia in 1832 was not a particularly welcoming place for Irish Catho-lics. Irish emigration to America had begun as early as the 1720s – in the eighteenth century 200,000 Irish people went to America – but three quarters of these were Ulster Presbyterians. Wholesale Catholic emigration came in the nineteenth century following repeated crop fail-ures, starvation and famine. Be-tween 1816 and 1842, it is esti-mated that there were fourteen famines in Ireland. When the American government repealed restrictions on immigration in 1827, Irish Catholics abandoned Ireland in their droves. Between 1828 and 1837, almost 400,000 Irish departed for America and Canada. But they weren’t particularly well received in the land of op-portunity.Only the year before McGlone, McClanon and their fellow-immigrants arrived, an anti-Irish Catholic riot occurred in Philadelphia on the occasion of an Orange parade. Michael Cronon, Academic Director at Boston College, has written of the socially disadvantaged sta-tus of the newly arrived Irish: “They suffered from attacks by Americans who were fearful of the effect of the Irish presence in their country. Such attacks were often displayed in religious terms. America was a predomi-nantly Protestant country and it was feared that all these im-migrant Irish Catholics would swamp the settled population, and so there were regular inci-dents of sectarian violence.”Cronin adds: “If they could find work, it was often menial and low-paid. They lived in poor conditions, and suffered racial abuse, and were viewed by the authorities as an irritant – dirty, lazy, violent, and drunken. Rather than being welcomed, the Irish were viewed with sus-picion.”

John Ruddy had travelled light across the Atlantic – a wooden box containing his meagre sup-plies stood at his feet. George Doherty’s possessions were even lighter, his earthly be-longings wrapped in a simple bundle. The others too were similarly unburdened. Standing there on the docks in Philadel-phia, this is where the men are believed to have first encoun-tered Philip Duffy.A Man Named DuffyPhilip Duffy had the contract to construct Mile 59 of the Phila-delphia and Columbia Railroad. In the 1830s, America was open-ing up and the Irish would play a central role in the building of the railroad across the vast con-tinent. With contracts doled out by the mile, men like Duffy were on the lookout for labourers. In June 1829, an American news-paper report mentions Duffy by name, noting that he was “prosecuting his Herculean task with a sturdy looking band of the sons of Erin.” Irish-born and a native speaker, Duffy was said to have met incoming ships at Philadelphia docks to hire new arrivals to work on the railroads.The pressure on contractors like Philip Duffy to stay on schedule was immense. America was in the process of becoming Amer-ica – the country was rapidly expanding, there was a fierce desire for movement and to get there faster, to gain wealth, build and realise ambitions. The new technology of railways was an integral part of this spirit of expansion. Wealthy men, with dreams of becoming even wealthier, were in a hurry and needed railways built quickly, ir-respective of the terrain.As one observer noted, it was cruel work: “Every foot of track had to be laid by hand. If there was a ditch, it had to be filled with a shovel. If there was a rock it had to be shifted – if not with a

block and tackle, then by crude explosive. Laying this track was pitiless, backbreaking labour, in all weathers, sun-up to sun-down in sweltering summer and subzero winter, dangerous work, requiring a great deal of stamina and fitness. Only a des-perate man would take on such a job.”A group of desperate men, some of them from Derry and Inishowen, were to be found standing on the docks in Phila-delphia on a Saturday in June 1832. It is documented that in the “early summer of 1832”, Philip Duffy “employed a large number of Irishmen, who had but lately arrived on these shores.” Among these Irishmen are thought to have been John McGlone, John McClanon, John Ruddy and their comrades from the John Stamp. They didn’t know it, but they were all dead men walking.Slavery in MalvernDuffy transported the men some twenty miles west, from Philadelphia to Malvern, in Ches-ter County. There was no time for the workers to get their bear-ings, they were expected to be-gin work immediately – Mile 59 would wait for no man. The task was indeed Herculean, particu-larly for those working on the tick-infested stretch between Malvern and Frazer known as Dead Horse Hollow. In order to bridge a ravine that stood in the path of the proposed track, the men would have to erect an earthen fill that would eventu-ally stretch more than 100 yards. The hill they constructed stands to this day and became known as Duffy’s Cut.As many as 120 men worked on Mile 59 – about half of them at Duffy’s Cut, where they slept in a large shanty or cabin on the west side of the ravine. They were paid about 50 cents a day and provided with living quar-

ters in the shanty, plus whiskey. According to the Pennsylvania Gazette, “The average contract to build a mile of railroad was between $4000 and $6000 in the 1830s; Duffy’s contract for Mile 59 was for $23,000 – and even that fell far short of the fi-nal cost of $32,000.”The conditions the men worked in were atrocious. An Inch man, Bernard Hegarty, who worked on the construction of the railroads in the 1830s, told members of his family that he “wouldn’t let his dog go to America because the condi-tions were so bad – it was slave labour.”There is an old saying on the east coast of America that under every mile of track is a dead Irish-man. Fifty thousand men would die building the railroad in the 1800s. And yet, the immigrants probably considered them-selves fortunate to have been hired, right off the boat. This was what they had come for – a first step to a new life and a chance to send money home. Charles Latrobe, who penned Rambles in North America in 1835, was aware of this latter Irish trait: “In one thing the emigrant Irish of every class distinguish them-selves above people of other na-tions, and that is in the love and kindly feelings which they cher-ish towards their native land, towards those whom they have left behind; a fact proved by the large sums which are yearly transmitted from them to their mother country, in aid of their poverty stricken relatives.” No money would cross the At-lantic from the men at Duffy’s Cut. By August 1832, work on Mile 59 was well behind sched-ule and Philip Duffy was losing money. But for the men in the shanty, at Dead Horse Hollow, that was the very least of their problems.


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Can you describe your new role at the whitehorse hotel and what this will mean in terms of your duties and responsibili-ties....My new role as Sales & Marketing manager in the White Horse Hotel is a very exciting posi-tion....one where no two days are the same! The main aim of my role is to help grow the business in all our departments. This includes accommodation, conference, weddings, res-taurant, bar and leisure centre. Each of these departments has a manager and it is my role to help them to develop new products and then to use my expertise in actually selling the idea or product.

What are your immediate plans in your new position?Well, first and foremost is planning a re-launching our new bedrooms after the major refurbishment programme and a £¼ million investment! This follows the investment of £1m in 2011 in our Wedding and Confer-ence facilities, with is already reaping great rewards! This remember has taken place in the middle of one of the worst recessions in living memory, so it is a real good news story for Derry and the North West as a whole. Af-ter that we have a very busy year ahead so I have to make sure that we are offering great service and great value for the thousands of visitors we are expecting.

This year is a very exciting one for the city with the city of culture. how do you plan on capitalising on the influx of business and tourists that will be coming into the town? Like everyone else in town, we are very ex-cited about the City of Culture year! I have already seen a big increase in the number of enquiries from all over the country, Europe and the World. On some dates we could fill the hotel 10 times over, and it’s terrible when I have to tell people we cant accommodate them! This year has also given us an opportu-nity to put some unique packages together. For instance we sold a Royal Ballet package, which included a weekend stay with a high class pre show Dinner and cocktails, premier seats for the performance and transfers to and from the Millennium Forum. We sold these at the Holiday World shows in Belfast and Dublin and they went down a treat! So its great that the City of Culture year enables us to offer something truly different.

What makes the whitehorse hotel stand out from the rest of its competitors?A very early incarnation of the White Horse Hotel was as a coaching inn....as a rest stop for weary travellers coming and going from the young city as it would have been then. So fast forward to today and one thing that hasn’t changed and is quite unique to us, is that environment of rest and relaxation. The hotel is very much a family run business and guests often comment on the warmth of the welcome and the genuine feeling of peace and quiet. Of course we are a professional business, the only Hotel in fact to achieve a Silver Award for Investors in People, so the staff here are very much a part of the family. We also pride ourselves on the outstanding cuisine in our award winning restaurant “68 Clooney” and now with our stunning new bedrooms I think we will have a problem get-ting our guests to leave!!

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The Business Opportunities team were delighted at the response to the city’s first Enterprise Week, which ran from March 4-8, and attracted hundreds of local busi-ness people seeking advice from leading industry experts on how to boost busi-ness throughout the City of Culture year.The event was the highlight in our year-long programme, and we were inundated with interest from innovators and bud-ding entrepreneurs, all keen to brush up on business strategy with a bit of guidance from the many business leaders and moti-vational speakers who visited the city.The events provided the opportunity for companies to network and forge valuable links, as well as identify new business and tourism opportunities throughout 2013. Keynote speaker at the event was Ap-prentice star Karren Brady who reinforced our message that we must always seek out opportunity, especially during the toughest economic times. And we have certainly been presented with a unique opportunity this year in the form of the City of Culture.With so many exciting events just around the corner, we want local businesses to tune into the City of Culture calendar, and

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see how they can make it work for them. Huge national events, such as Radio 1’s One Big Weekend in May for example, open up new markets, and an influx of new trade to the city. In June we are work-ing closely with the team behind Music City, a day-long celebration of music which promises to be one of the most memorable days of 2013. We hope to identify potential business opportunities including equipment ten-ders, outdoor trading opportunities and the development of business trails with a unique focus on Art & Culture, Fashion & Beauty, Music, Food & Drink to showcase our local business community.For more information about the full Business Opportunities Programme go to www.derrycity.gov.uk/BusinessOppor-tunities, e-mail [email protected] or follow it on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin.The Business Opportunities Programme is delivered by Derry City Council, and sup-ported by Invest Northern Ireland with part funding by the European Regional Development Fund under the Sustainable Competitiveness Programme for North-ern Ireland.

The annual Derry-Lon-donderry business awards have been launched in the city.Now in its eighth year, the business awards have a total of 13 gongs up for grabs at a special event in June.The awards are being jointly organised by the Londonderry Chamber of Commerce and the City Centre Initiative.Sinead McLaughlin, chief executive of Londonderry Chamber said “It is of par-amount importance that we continue to recognise, encourage and reward those people who are working so hard to cre-ate wealth and jobs in the region. We are seeking a high number of appli-cants for each category and we would encourage businesses to see this as an opportunity to reflect on their success, acknowl-edge their team’s effort, to measure your perfor-mance and to create posi-tive PR by differentiating your business.”Jim Roddy, chief executive of the City Centre Initia-tive, added: “The Awards

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Londonderry Chamber of Commerce President Philip Gilliland, Claire McDaid, from the City Centre initiative and Sean Dolan, Bank of ireland north west Business Centre, who have launched the eighth annual Derry-Londonderry Business Awards.

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accounts Bloody accountsDo you feel frustrated and bewil-dered by your financial statements? Do your accounts make sense to you? Do you make best use of them for your business?Understanding financial statements is essential to the success of any business and yet in a survey carried out in Northern Ireland over 52% of business owner do not fully under-stand their accounts. Surprisingly 15% do not always receive a set of annual statements. And a stagger-ing 72% do not use accounts as a basis for budgeting and decision making. Financial statements have a value that goes far beyond determin-ing your tax liability and appeasing HMRC. They should be used as a roadmap to guide you along the road to busi-ness growth and suc-cess. Preparing finan-cial statements at the end of your ac-

counting period is not enough in today’s competitive and depressed marketplace. A set of financial statements can provide valuable information if you know what you are looking for. Key performance indicators (KPI’s) should be extracted and reviewed monthly to ensure you remain on track or enable you to take timely corrective action. By calculating some basic ratios you can tell how well your business is doing, what your profit margins are, how well you collect your accounts receiv-ables, how this compares to the speed at which you clear your ac-counts payables, how fast stock is moving, as well as how much

exposure you have towards debt. The results can be compared monthly to see if your situation is improving or slipping. Financial statement analysis will help you manage your busi-ness more efficiently and effectively, iden-

tify areas

of concern, benchmark against in-dustry norms, and help you plan for your future success.Don’t get left behind, help is at hand. Support My Business NI and CMI are running a FREE work shop on “Accounts Bloody Accounts”. You will obtain an understanding of the individual reports making up your financial statements, understand what your bankers and others are looking for in your accounts and work through some basic ratio analysis and key performance indi-cators.Take charge of the wheel and steer your business along the right road. For details of this FREE upcoming event and to re-serve your place email [email protected] or contact Conor on 028713 70886

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Pictured at the tourism Destination Development seminar in the tower Hotel as part of enterprise week, are from Mary Blake, Derry City Council, nancy Arsenault, guest speaker, Louise Breslin Derry

City Council and Caroyln Boyd from nitB. Picture Martin McKeown, inpresspics.com

Derry has a unique chance to make a huge impact on the tourist industry by cre-ating unforgettable experi-ences for visitors through-out 2013, a leading tourism industry expert has claimed.Canadian tourism guru Nan-cy Arsenault was addressing local businesses at a special seminar on Tourism Desti-nation Development at the Tower Hotel organised by Derry City Council as part of Enterprise Week.With over 30 years dedi-cated to tourism, education and recreation, Nancy is re-nowned for her expertise in assessing visitor experience, and she urged local busi-nesses to work together to create unforgettable pack-ages for visitors that will see them returning year after year.“‘My first impressions are that Derry is certainly a city brimming with culture which gives it a huge differ-entiating advantage from a unique selling perspective. “Businesses now need to develop and cultivate that and identify what a great experience means for the visitor, and how they can

Unique tourism opportunity for citywork together to create that unforgettable package. We are looking at a new type of traveller. “There is an emerging de-mand for more meaningful experiences, which certain-ly opens up new opportuni-ties for local business.”Carolyn Boyd from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board urged local business-es to work together to build a tourism legacy for the city. “At the moment we are try-ing to move towards experi-ential tourism, creating new and exciting experiences for visitors that are unique to their destination,” she stressed.“We know that tourists don’t judge a place by its prod-ucts or services – it’s much more emotional. “Visitors judge by their personal ex-periences, and at the Tourist Board we are encouraging businesses to identify what they can offer by providing them with a toolkit of hints and tips, and urging com-panies to establish mutually beneficial links to deliver those memorable experi-ences of the city. “We call it starting a con-

versation, and it’s all about creating a legacy – bringing the visitors back next year, and the year after.”Tourism Officer with Derry City Council, Mary Blake, said: “I am delighted that the event was such a success, providing the opportunity for local businesses to draw on the extensive experience and insight of our experts in the tourism market. “2013 is such an important year for the city, and one of immense opportunity for local business, especially during the current econom-ic downturn.“We want to get the mes-sage out there that all local companies should be iden-tifying new strategies, and we can offer them the sup-port they need to establish niches within the tourism market to suit their busi-ness.”Also speaking at the event was Michele Shirlow, Chief Executive of Food NI, who focused on issues concern-ing the food tourism indus-try, and the unique food story of our region, from plot to plate.


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Carmel McGillowayIn partnership with Cormac Mc Keone.

For appointments with either solicitor please contact us at 71265566Or call to 1 Carlisle Terrace, L’Derry

(facing Craigavon Bridge on the City side)

in the following areas.Matrimonial/Family Law

Private Client/CommercialPersonal Injury Claims

Conveyancing (North/South)

Estate Planning/ Probate &TrustsEmployment Law

Criminal Law

Email at [email protected]@mckeonemcgilloway.com

Explain the background to the set up of the business and the motivation for set up?

of years ago. He left in 2001 to establish his own practice McKeone and Co and asked me to join him a few months ago. I had always wondered what it would be like to run my own practice and decided to rise to the challenge. Having worked for someone else for so many

afford me appealed to me.

What is your own background?

Since qualifying as a solicitor I worked with Brendan Kearney and Co and was a partner there for almost 20 years. I was educated at Thornhill College and Queens University Belfast. The type of work I did was mainly family law and litigation, but I have considerable experience in many other aspects of the law having worked in a very busy general practice for so long. Cormac has 10 years as a sole prac-titioner, during which time he has established a solid client base.

What are the main services that the business offers in the area?

Cormac and I offer a truly fully comprehensive legal service for clients. We both have skills in different aspects of the law which complement each other-Family/Matrimonial LawPersonal Injury claimsConveyancing/Private client commercial workWills/ProbateEstate Management/TrustsEmployment LawCriminal Law

In the present climate do you view quality of service as essential?

Quality of service is quintessential to running a successful business in any climate not to talk of the current climate. Ultimately, clients are free to decide who they wish to represent them and are entitled to the highest standards of service possible which is what we aim to provide. At the end of the day there is no better advertisement for

your business than a client who feels that you have done your best for them in the circumstances of their particular case.

What are the main challenges for your business and how do you overcome them?

is a challenge, however hard work and a conscientious approach combined with self belief goes a long way to help to overcome the challenges that we all face.This combined venture is in its infancy and it is about establishing McKeone McGilloway as a practice with a reputation for reliability and excellent quality of service. A bit of luck helps too - then again you generate your own luck- isn’t that what they say?

What are the chief qualities that customers are looking for in a legal business at the minute?

My experience to date as a solicitor in Derry has taught me that if a client feels that you have a sincere interest in the best possible outcome for them in their case, you treat them with respect and are straightforward and direct in your dealings with them and provide them with value for money then they will be content with the service. In matrimonial cases, I truly believe that the ability to listen and process what you are hearing in a sympathetic and humane way is vital. Dealing with their business expeditiously and without delay is also clearly fundamental.

What advice would you give to people looking to set up in their own business?

With regards to anyone considering opening a business I would say follow your instinct. If your gut feeling is to take the leap go for it unless of course there are very obvious reasons why you shouldn’t. Having said that usually where there is a will there is a way! Clearly, a degree of caution should be exercised in terms of not being entirely reckless. Another thing to remember is that very often opportunities in life appear when we need them to, not necessarily when we want them to - so never reject an opportunity as completely out of hand without some consideration. Be honest and have integrity in your dealings with others and, where possible, keep things simple.

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To arrange an appointment contact the office on 02871 265566 or e mail

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Child maintenance paymentsFollowing on from last month we will consider how child maintenance payments are calculated by the Child Main-tenance and Enforcement Division. I would stress at the outset that this is very much a superficial look at the meth-ods used and applied and much more detailed infor-mation is available online at www.dsdni.gov.uk A number of factors are taken into account in assessing child maintenance required to be paid by the non- resident par-ent -among them-1.Their net weekly income(income left after tax, national insurance and pen-sion contributions)2.The number of children in respect of whom maintenance is to be paid3.The number of nights spent on average per annum by the children with the non -resi-dent parent.4.The number of children the non- resident parent has in his or her household over and above the other children in re-spect of whom maintenance is being sought.Non –resident parents who are self- employed are not exempt from paying child mainte-nance and there are methods

for calculating their liability set out in the guidelines.The majority of non –resident parents will probably fall into one of the following catego-ries in terms of income. The “income” referred to is their NET weekly income. There is a ceiling of £2000 in terms of the net weekly income that can be taken into account by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Division. One of four rates will be applied to the relevant net weekly in-come.1.Basic Rate is applied to any-one with a net weekly income of £200 or moreThe rule of thumb used for this is for 1 child -maintenance li-ability of 15% of net weekly income2 children -maintenance li-ability of 20% of net weekly income3 children or more -mainte-nance liability of 25% of net weekly incomeFor example Peter has a main-tenance liability for two chil-dren and earns £400 net per week. His liability would be as-sessed at 20% of £400 which is £80 per week2.Reduced Rate is applied to anyone with a net weekly in-come of between £100-£200

In this instance the non –resi-dent parent pays a standard payment of £5 in respect of the first £100 of their income and then a percentage of the balance over £100 up to £200 of their earnings depending on the number of children-1 child- they pay £5 plus 25%2 children- they pay £5 plus 35%3 children -they pay £5 plus 45%For example John has a main-tenance liability for three children and his net weekly income is £175. He would pay £5 standard amount on the first £100 he earns net and then 45% of the remaining £75 .Therefore he would pay £5 plus £33.75 making a total of £38.75 pay-able.3.Flat rate is applicable to those whose net weekly in-come is between £5 -£100.Regardless of the number of children there is one payment of £5 only.4.Nil rate applies to those whose net weekly income is less than £5,it also applies to students in full time educa-tion, those under the age of 16,those aged 16 or 17 who are in receipt of Income Sup-port or Income based Job

Seeker’s Allowance, prisoners and other categories details of which are available online. If the child or children stay overnight with the non –resi-dent parent and that parent is paying either the Basic or Reduced Rate this will be tak-en into account and a reduc-tion made accordingly. There needs to be overnight stays for at least 52 nights through-out the year which is then av-eraged out to be at least one night per week and a deduc-tion of 1/7 of the maintenance payable made in respect of each overnight. If after maintenance has been assessed arrangements change and the children are split equally for overnights between each parent then the amount of weekly main-tenance is halved and re-duced again by £7 per week per child. In this scenario the parent who receives the child benefit is deemed to be the parent with care. In Basic or Reduced Rate maintenance situations the non-resident parent will have to pay at least £5 per week notwithstanding the shared care arrangements. If the non- resident parent has children residing with them from a different relationship

the existence of those chil-dren will have a bearing on the amount of maintenance payable also. Details of how the reductions are calculated are on the website.Receiving child maintenance payments in this way does not affect any social security bene-fits to which parents with care

may be entitled. Housing Ben-efit payments and tax credit awards are also unaffected.www.dsdni.gov.uk provides very detailed information on all aspects of Child Mainte-nance. This is very much a brief outline and is not meant to be comprehensive.


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Derry City Council Business Opportunities Programme

Providing a “One Stop Shop” for Business Opportunities in 2013Take advantage of the series of specialist training, mentoring and business development programmes for new or existing ventures so that your business can maximise its potential for 2013 and beyond.

To find out how your business can get involved contact:Tara Nicholas & Danielle McShaneEmail: [email protected]

[email protected]: (028) 713765151 (ext 6980)www.derrycity.gov.uk/businessopportunities

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With food traceability the hot topic on everyone's lips in recent weeks, it goes without saying that we all want to know exactly where our food comes from! So when it can be sourced to a local compa-ny, using the best farm produced ingredients, it's certainly a good reason to shop local. And that's just what Tamnagh Foods have been focusing their energies on.The Park based food company has been selling its tempting home baked products and preserves since 2010, but now, following significant investment, they are developing three new cheeses for launch onto the market this sum-mer. Owner of the company, Julie Hick-ey, is currently working with Derry City Council's Business Opportu-nities team to bring her products to a wider market, and prove that Northern Ireland is right up there when it comes to quality artisan goods.An experienced chef, Julie at-tended the French Culinary In-stitute of New York. Her passion for producing quality handmade products crafted from the finest locally sourced ingredients, is the driving force behind the business, which has already won several awards. "I had been doing bits and pieces of cooking, and then I built a proper food unit which is now kitted out for cheese production," she explained. "Half the building is utilised for the production of the cakes, chutneys, relishes and granola, while the other is dedi-cated to the manufacturing of my cheese."The location is perfect for sourc-ing the best ingredients. The Unique Selling Point for me is

Derry food company set for expansion

that I get the milk from a farm just down the road, so when I say the cheese is from the Sperrins, it re-ally is - from start to finish."Julie has developed her skills and knowledge of cheesemaking over the past five years, and has found it a fascinating process."I have always loved cheese, and my sister-in-law is a goat farmer, so I first made it with her and found the process really reward-ing. It’s fascinating that you can take the same basic ingredients, and by applying different ageing techniques etc, you can achieve so many flavour variations. "There are three cheeses that we're working on at the moment - a blue cheese (ready this sum-mer), an aged parmesan style cheese, and a Swiss style cheese, and we've had great fun making them so far. I've just begun work-ing with Loughry College on the long aged cheese, and I'm hoping it will be ready next year."The actual process is very com-plex as you have to age it ac-cording to very strict timing and humidity conditions in order to develop different characteristics in the cheese. Food hygiene remains a priority at all times. There is lots of cheese making in the South of Ireland, but not so much up here, so we hope we have found a niche in the market. Either that or there's a reason why people aren't mak-ing it, but we'll soon find out," Julie jokes.Tamnagh Foods currently supply a number of local retailers, such as Costcutters in Drumahoe, but the hope is to bring the range to a much wider market by developing the business on-line. So when Ju-lie discovered there was help and

support available for businesses hoping to increase productivity from Derry City Council's Business Opportunity Programme, she gave them a call. “They were very supportive, send-ing someone out right away. They were able to identify areas I needed to focus on - such as the website - and signposted us to the Innovation Voucher. And I'm very excited to begin our mentoring sessions this week. "Sometimes as a small business it's hard to identify the areas of need, as you can be so close to your product and so passionate about it. The business team were able to look at it from an alternative angle and steer us in a different direc-tion, such as the need to have an improved web presence at a time when things are very tight in the retail sector. So we're well on our way to advancing our business and launching our new products to a wider market, which we're very excited about."The Business Opportunities Programme is currently being run by Derry City Council, part funded by Invest Northern Ire-land and the European Regional Development Fund under the Sustainable Competitiveness Programme for Northern Ire-land. To find out how your busi-ness could benefit simply go to www.derrycity.gov.uk/busines-sopportunities, or e-mail [email protected], or telephone (028)7136 5151. You can also follow all the news about the Business Oppor-tunities Programme on Face-book at www.facebook.com//DccBusinessOpportunities.


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What’s On?Practice Makes Perfect Presents: Funeral For a FriendThe Nerve Centre – January 24www.nervecentre.org Practice Makes Perfect is back with Funeral for a Friend who are set to play the Nerve Centre on Thursday, January 24. Supporting them are Such Gold, Major League and more to be more announced.This is an all age’s show - Restricted BarTickets are now on sale at the Nerve Centre Box Office (02871260562), Ticketmaster and wegottickets.com. Time: 8pmTickets: £12.50 + BOOKING FEE

Ulster Orchestra - My heart’s In the highlandsMillennium Forum January 26www.millenniumforum.co.uk This traditional evening of music and spec-tacle will feature the acclaimed Scottish folk-singer Karen Matheson. Enjoy the spirit of Burns and his beloved home-land in one of the most anticipated dates in the Ulster-Scots calendar.Having honoured Scotland’s national Bard in Belfast, the celebrations continue at the Mil-lennium Forum. Time: 8:00pmTickets: £11.50, £14.50, £16.50, £19.50 concessions available.

Starlight ExpressMillennium Forum February 05-09www.millenniumforum.co.uk One of the longest running musicals in Brit-ish theatre history, Starlight Express opened at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre in March 1984, where it played to more than eight mil-lion people until its final performance in Janu-ary 2002.Specially redesigned for a new generation of audiences by members of the original creative team, this brand new production is like noth-ing you’ve ever seen before. Fusing state-of-the-art technology with an electrifying soundtrack and all-new dazzling sets and choreography this is a theatrical jour-ney you will never forget.Light years ahead of the rest, this futuristic tale of love and hope in the face of adversity is the guaranteed trip of a lifetime; two hours of speed, spectacle, energy and turbo-charged excitement. Time: Tues & Wed 8pm, Thurs & Fri 2.30pm & 8pm, Sat 3pm & 8pm.Tickets: Opening Night Offer & Thurs (2.30pm): £15.00, £26.50, £29.50 conces-sions availableWed (8pm) & Thurs (8pm): £18.50, £27.50, £31.00, £35.50 concessions availableFri/Sat: £20.50, £30.50, £33.50, £35.50, £38.50.

Jimmy Carr – Gagging OrderMillennium Forum: February 10www.millenniumforum.co.uk “Gagging Order” promises to be a hilarious night out...let’s see shall we. The show will be packed with one-liners, stories & jokes. Everybody’s welcome. Just leave your con-science, sense of common decency & moral compass at home & come on out for a laugh.Jimmy has sold over a million DVDs & hosted countless TV shows but live comedy is what he does best, come and see for yourself. NB Not suitable for under-16s.Time: 7pm & 10pmTickets: £25.50

the Mayor Councillor Kevin Campbell pictured at the opening of Derry City Council’s annual enterprise week with Joanne Doherty from Piecemakers, Sarah travers and tina Gillespie, Strategy Manager with Derry City Council. Picture Martin McKeown. inpresspics.com

Enterprise Week

Apprentice judge Karren Brady who launched Derry City Council's annual enterprise week pictured with tina Gillespie, Strategy Manager with Derry City Council. Sarah travers and Katherine Spratt

from invest northern ireland.

Apprentice Judge Karren Brady who was in Derry~Londonderry on Monday during Derry City Council’s annual enterprise week where she spoke at a conference in the

City Hotel.

Pictured at the Franchising Seminar during Derry City Council’s enterprise week are Mark Johnston from the ulsterbank, Danielle Mcnally, Derry City Council and Barry Kelly from ortuS.

representatives from the north west regional College at the Meet the Buyer event in the everglades Hotel


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Top Easter tips and ideasan Egg-Cellent Easter Egg Dying Party! Decorating Easter eggs can become a special family tradition.One tradition that always brought my brothers and me to the table when we were young was the Easter egg-decorating parties my parents would host for our family and friends.We all had our own personalized egg mats with our names on them, com-plete with healthy stains from parties past. My grandmother and I would make dozens of dye brushes fash-ioned from toothpicks and kitchen string—these were the trick when it came to our unique style of egg decorating.My father had serious rules for the party, and if you were a first-time egg decorator, you were subject to end-less teasing. He never considered an egg to be finished if it still had white showing. He thought it a cop-out if someone used the cotton swabs that came with the egg dye. And anyone who spilled a bottle of dye owed ev-eryone at the table a quarter.Once everyone arrived, we would distribute the brushes. We never employed the traditional dip or soak techniques; we applied the vibrant colours with our custom toothpick brushes, creating mosaics of colour

With Lent almost over, the City Herald is here to help you and your family with some top tips that will be useful in having the perfect family Easter.unlike any Easter eggs I have seen anywhere else.Mom always made sure we painted onto piping-hot eggs, straight from the boiling water. While the hot eggs could be difficult to handle, the re-sulting shiny bright colours were worth the temporary discomfort.The egg-painting parties were al-ways special times full of sharing and laughter.

how to Make Silk Tie Easter EggsOne-of-a-kind dyed Easter eggs start with an old silk tie.Gorgeous colours and intricate de-signs could make the Easter bunny jealous! These "tie-dyed" eggs are super easy and they're also edible, if you can bring yourself to peel them. Otherwise, just nest them in a bowl or basket for a festive spring display.MaterialsRaw eggsSilk necktiesAll-purpose threadScissorsDirections1. Check the tie label to make sure it's silk. Remove the lining, cut it into strips and set aside.2. Cut a piece of coloured silk tie fab-ric large enough to fit around the en-tire egg.

3. Wet the silk with cold water and wrap tightly around the egg, with the right side of the fabric facing the egg. Twist the ends tightly so the fabric is touching the entire surface of the egg. Wrap thread around each end and knot to hold the fabric in place.4. Wrap the lining strips around the entire egg. Hold them in place by wrapping and tying thread around the egg.5. After wrapping several eggs, place them in a single layer in a large saucepan. Add enough water to cover by 1 inch. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 15 minutes. Place in ice water until completely cooled.6. Remove lining and silk fabric.

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CuisineálaForbesSteak & Guinness Pie

Pre heat your oven to 140°c. Season the steak pieces and seal them with a pan and put into a deep tray for braising. To the tray of beef add half the Guinness, herbs and stock. Cover the tray with tin foil and place in the oven for 4 hours. Cut all the vegetables and potatoes into small cubes and dice the garlic nice and fine and set aside. Using a large sized pot seal off the veg-etables and add some seasoning. Add the rest of the Guinness and reduce it by half. When the beef is ready add it to the pot with all the juices from braising it. You may need to add a little water too at this point.Now to thicken your steak and Guinness pie, take the potato flour and mix it with a little water to form a paste. Simply whisk the paste into the pie mix add the very last minute and it will thicken up for you. Pour the pie mix into 4 bowls. Roll your puff pastry into 4 lids for your pies, (you can try making your own puff pastry if you like but there are some great ready to roll puff pastry in the supermarkets these days too) cover the bowls with the puff pastry and bake in the preheated oven at 190°c. Serve with a cold pint of Guinness and enjoy!

Café Del Mondo head chef Stephen Forbes serves up a treat for the readers of The herald with some truly excellent cuisine. With St. Patrick’s Day’s having just past I though a tradi-tional Irish dish like a nice steak and Guinness pie severed with a pint of Guinness, would hit the spot! This recipe is for individual pies and this will make enough for four servings.

1 large carrot

2 large onions

4 celery sticks

4 cloves of garlic

1 leek

6 chestnut mushrooms

8 new potatoes

1 spring of rosemary

1 spring of thyme

2 lbs of braising beef (such as chuck steak)

1 can of Guinness

2 litres of beef stock

400g of puff pastry

Sea salt and fresh black pepper

50 g potato flour

Oil for cooking

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At the start of The Secretary, Kim Ghattas recounts the moment a hesitant Hillary Clinton finally accepted Barack Obama’s of-fer to be his Secretary of State: “Her Girl Scout instincts kicked in. She was on the team and she wanted the whole team to look good. She wanted America to look good again.”Clinton has spent the past four years acting as America’s chief girl scout. From the day she walked into the atrium of her de-partment to a warm reception, to the day she left on February 1 to begin a “normal life”, the United States’s senior diplomat traversed the globe armed – if Ghattas is to be believed – with little more than indefatigable optimism and a stoical belief in America’s capacity to do good.Supporters of the thesis that US power is steadily declining will enjoy The Secretary. From the ageing 757 that transports her – “The blue and grey leather seats were from another era, the walls had taken on a grey tinge” – to her first visit to Japan to boost economic relations, the book conveys a sense that America’s time as the world’s only super-power is drawing to a close.

The Secretary: by kim GhattasA Journey with Hillary Clinton to the Heart of American Power

What’s more, America knows it. “I guess that’s what it looked like all these years when we walked into a room,” writes Ghattas, imagining the thoughts of US officials who saw their Chinese counterparts walking with “a new swagger” through the State Department’s corridors.The Secretary is actually several books. A portrait of Clinton, a fly-on-the-wall look at life as a for-eign correspondent, an analysis of international relations in the Obama (more pertinently the post-Bush) era, and a personal journey by the half-Lebanese Ghattas herself.Some of these themes work better than others. Ghattas’s at-tempt to construct a personal narrative is the weakest part. There’s an embarrassing pas-sage early on when prior to a visit to Beirut the author goes out of her way to inform Clin-ton she was brought up in the Lebanese capital – then claims to have been “deeply unsettled” when Clinton, not unnaturally, makes a reference to it at a press conference.Ghattas is more effective when she turns to sketching her sub-ject. Her inside view of Clinton’s

travelling circus provides some nice anecdotes. Visiting one dignitary in Pakistan, Clinton is faced with the admission, “When I lived in London I used to throw rocks at the American embassy in Grosvenor Square.” “Don’t worry, Mr Governor,” she replies, “so did I.”But even here, although Ghat-tas is adept at conveying the dysfunctional nature of “Hillary-land” – the entourage is wholly transplanted from Clinton’s unsuccessful presidential cam-paign in 2008 – she never quite penetrates it. Clinton is much too seasoned an operator to let down her guard, and Ghattas, whose main job was covering the Secretary of State for the BBC, seems to have had relative-ly few opportunities to convince her to lower it.Where the book really works is providing an insight into the nuts and bolts of modern shut-tle diplomacy.As Clinton hops round the Mid-dle East there’s a priceless mo-ment when the official in charge of her itinerary is informed they are going to Egypt. He has not been told until this point be-cause he would have started

making preparations – booking hotels, transport, et cetera. That would have leaked and created speculation that Clinton was ar-riving, in turn raising hopes of a major diplomatic breakthrough. All of which would have run the risk of derailing the entire pro-cess before it had started; at that point none of the participants had actually been consulted. This isn’t the logistics of diplo-macy, but the diplomacy of lo-gistics.Where Ghattas also delivers is her framing of America’s place in the world at the start of the 21st century. The popular perception is of a growing global backlash against US interventionism. As Gattas reveals, though, the real antipathy America faces is when the world feels America isn’t in-tervening often enough. From the author’s own bitterness at the US’s failure to repeat the suc-cessful intervention in Lebanon in 1958, to the Pakistani journal-ists berating Clinton for attach-ing strings to a $7.5 billion aid package (“You do not have to take this money,” she responds disarmingly) the refrain is simi-lar all over the world. Why can’t Clinton make bad things go

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The hairy Bikers: Larger Than Live will arrive at the Millen-nium Forum on april 9-10.Tickets are now available from the Box Office. Telephone 71 264455 or visit www.millenni-umforum.co.uk.

Feis Dhoire Cholmcille set for ForumFeis Dhoire Cholmcille is to stage a showcase of winners past and present as part of the City of Cul-ture 2013 celebrations.Starring a host of acclaimed former competitors as well as current prizewinners, it will be held at the Millennium Forum on Sunday, April 7, starting at 3.30pm.Performers will include ‘Phantom Of The Opera’ and ‘Oliver’ star

Wendy Ferguson, international classical crossover soprano Mar-garet Keys, and renowned com-poser, conductor and record pro-ducer Frank Gallagher.Other performers will represent the Foyle School of Speech & Drama, the MacCafferty School of Music, the McGinley School of Music, Comhaltas Doire, local choirs and dance schools.Tickets for the showcase, at just

£2.50, can be purchased at the Millennium Forum Box Office.Meanwhile, this year’s Feis, which gets underway on April 1, will be awarding bursaries total-ling £8,000, including four bur-saries of £500 each presented by Culture Company 2013 – the Maureen Downey Cup & Bursary (drama over 14); the James Mac-Cafferty Cup & Bursary (piano over 16); the Father McDaid Cup

& Bursary (solo singing over 16) and overall senior dancer (over 16).Two new cups have been pre-sented to this year’s Feis – the Seamus Heaney Cup (senior po-etry recital) and the Celine Quig-ley Memorial Cup (girls’ champi-onship 8-10 years).Further information on the 2013 Feis can be found on its website, www.derryfeis.com.

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Taking place over two days, June 7-8, The Re-turn of Colmcille will celebrate both the iconic and fascinating figure of Saint Colmcille and the City of Derry and its people. Referencing the North West’s rich heritage and past but very much rooted in the present The Return of Colmcille is a story told by the people and will involve a cast of hundreds in the telling. The Return of Colmcille is being written by Frank Cottrell Boyce who also authored the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olym-pics. Frank said: “Colmcille is a colossal figure, a monastic superhero. “The Return of Colmcille will celebrate his sto-ry and the wider history of the city. “We want the people of the city to take own-ership of this event. “There is a role for everyone whether it’s as a performer, an artist or in a stewarding capac-ity. “It’s going to be an amazing event.”The events will be a highlight of the City of Culture 2013 programme and a unique op-portunity to present an alternative and inspir-ing view of the City. Events on this scale require a range of skills and commitment levels. Whether developing a career in the creative industries, possessing a love of making things or just wanting to be a part of this immense event – they have a role for everyone.In return participants will have the opportuni-ty to work alongside world class professionals, develop new skills, work behind the scenes, make new friends, be inspired and be part of history in the making!Mayor Cllr Kevin Campbell, encouraging peo-ple to take part in this unique celebration of Derry’s patron saint, said the Return of Colm-cille was one of the main highlights of the City of Culture year and a fantastic opportunity for the local community to get involved. “The Return of Colmcille promises to be one of the most spectacular and memorable events of the year and I am delighted that the call is go-ing out for local people to be part of the cel-ebrations,” he said.Culture Company Chief Executive Shona Mc-Carthy said: “The Return of Colmcille will be one of the most iconic events to take place

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in the city during the UK City of Culture Cel-ebrations in 2013 and it’s a great opportunity for local people to become directly involved in our programme. The plans that Walk the Plank and Frank Cottrell Boyce have in place to celebrate the return of the city’s patron saint are amazing, and all those who take part will treasure the memory of their involvement for years to come.”In the coming weeks the team will be recruit-ing, rehearsing and creating this epic produc-tion at various locations across Derry. Groups and individuals should register their area of interest by going to the Get Involved section of the website at www.thereturnof-colmcille.com

A history fair will take place at the Central Library on Foyle Street on Thursday, March 21.The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, North West Digital Film Archive, Mellon Centre for Migra-tion Studies and local his-tory groups will participate in this History Fair offer-ing information, talks and workshops.Admission is free and everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy the events.The fair will operate during library opening hours from 8.30am to 8pm.

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Organisers of this year’s Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Derry are on the lookout for the next big star of the tradi-tional / folk scene.Bands, duos and singers from the UK and Ireland are being asked to enter a one off trad talent search (An Ré Nua – The New Era) that will earn them a spot performing at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, sharing a bill with masters of the trade like Flook, Beoga, Cara Dillon, Tim Edey & Brendan Power, and Dervish.Eibhlín Ní Dhochartaigh, chairperson of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann said: ‘I’m really ex-cited about this new project.

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It’s the perfect way to gear the city up for the feast of great music we will have in August, but it also gives young musi-cians a fantastic platform for furthering a career in music.’The winners from each of the three categories will record their music for a new compila-tion album called An Ré Nua 2013, showcasing the high standard of contemporary trad/folk music from young musicians. They will will also receive a mastercopy of their music as an EP.Odhrán Ó Maoláin, the project co-ordinator, says the opportunity is too good to re-fuse: ‘The eyes of the cultural

sector are on Derry this year, making it the ideal location for the An Ré Nua project. Acts that take part should expect maximum exposure to the folk music industry and loads of media interest.’The competition is open to participants in the UK and Ire-land and there is no age limit. New emerging musical acts are advised not to miss out on this exciting new project which could be the perfect launch pad for a career in the music industry. For more information visit www.fleadh-cheoil.ie or call+44 2871 373573


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What’s On?Practice Makes Perfect Presents: Funeral For a FriendThe Nerve Centre – January 24www.nervecentre.org Practice Makes Perfect is back with Funeral for a Friend who are set to play the Nerve Centre on Thursday, January 24. Supporting them are Such Gold, Major League and more to be more announced.This is an all age’s show - Restricted BarTickets are now on sale at the Nerve Centre Box Office (02871260562), Ticketmaster and wegottickets.com. Time: 8pmTickets: £12.50 + BOOKING FEE

Ulster Orchestra - My heart’s In the highlandsMillennium Forum January 26www.millenniumforum.co.uk This traditional evening of music and spec-tacle will feature the acclaimed Scottish folk-singer Karen Matheson. Enjoy the spirit of Burns and his beloved home-land in one of the most anticipated dates in the Ulster-Scots calendar.Having honoured Scotland’s national Bard in Belfast, the celebrations continue at the Mil-lennium Forum. Time: 8:00pmTickets: £11.50, £14.50, £16.50, £19.50 concessions available.

Starlight ExpressMillennium Forum February 05-09www.millenniumforum.co.uk One of the longest running musicals in Brit-ish theatre history, Starlight Express opened at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre in March 1984, where it played to more than eight mil-lion people until its final performance in Janu-ary 2002.Specially redesigned for a new generation of audiences by members of the original creative team, this brand new production is like noth-ing you’ve ever seen before. Fusing state-of-the-art technology with an electrifying soundtrack and all-new dazzling sets and choreography this is a theatrical jour-ney you will never forget.Light years ahead of the rest, this futuristic tale of love and hope in the face of adversity is the guaranteed trip of a lifetime; two hours of speed, spectacle, energy and turbo-charged excitement. Time: Tues & Wed 8pm, Thurs & Fri 2.30pm & 8pm, Sat 3pm & 8pm.Tickets: Opening Night Offer & Thurs (2.30pm): £15.00, £26.50, £29.50 conces-sions availableWed (8pm) & Thurs (8pm): £18.50, £27.50, £31.00, £35.50 concessions availableFri/Sat: £20.50, £30.50, £33.50, £35.50, £38.50.

Jimmy Carr – Gagging OrderMillennium Forum: February 10www.millenniumforum.co.uk “Gagging Order” promises to be a hilarious night out...let’s see shall we. The show will be packed with one-liners, stories & jokes. Everybody’s welcome. Just leave your con-science, sense of common decency & moral compass at home & come on out for a laugh.Jimmy has sold over a million DVDs & hosted countless TV shows but live comedy is what he does best, come and see for yourself. NB Not suitable for under-16s.Time: 7pm & 10pmTickets: £25.50

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Michael whittley (nottingham forest scout and coach for ni ) giving the players some tips. tony Cook, Mayor Kevin Campbell, Michael whittley with the 11-13 Forest centre of excellence players.

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Don Bosco’s appreciationTributes have been paid to a member of one of Derry’s oldest football clubs, who passed away two weeks following a short illness.Bernard ‘Narda’ Phelan was a stalwart for many years of Don Bosco’s FC.A member of Don Bosco’s for many years, Bernard was widely respected by his peers throughout the city.Bernard worked as tireless fundraiser for his beloved Bosco’s, giving up his spare time to volunteer, in an effort to send hundreds of children to football tournaments through-out Ireland, Britain and further afield.Bernard will be sadly missed by his family, his fellow Don Bosco’s members and the wider Brandywell community.May he Rest in Peace.

Ballykelly v Eglinton : This has all the makings of a very entertaining match . Ballykelly has started hitting a bit of form of recent . Racking up wins over ar-dmore in the cup and city colts in the league . If they can continue this football they have a good chance of getting a result here . Eg-lington however have been play-ing great football all year . They sit pretty at the top of the table and it may take a bad day at the office to take them off it .

Prediction : Draw

Caw v Bbob :

Caw are a team that have found themselves in a dogfight at the bottom half of the table . If they don’t start picking up points from

North West Junior League predictionsthe remaining fixtures they ll will certainly find themselves back in division one next season . They are facing a side that have quite a few good experienced players . Players like calvin mooney and joe mcready who cause any team in the league problems . On paper this should be an easy enough win for bbob .

Prediction : Bbob

Tullyally v ardmore : Tullyally are a side that have blown hot and cold all season . Had they converted there draws into wins they would most definitely be sit-ting in a much higher position . They have played a few more games than most other teams in the league so they to could find themselves fighting this year if

other results don’t go there way . They face ardmore who in my opinion could go all the way this season . They are on course for a double . They have a huge squad to choose from and with players of the quality of eddie mcintyre , ste-phen melly and andy brown they will most defininetly go into this tie favourites .

Prediction : ardmore

Newbuildings reserves v Drummond : On paper this fixture has draw wrote all over . Newbuildings have bother getting a settled team out everyweek and this has cost them dearly this year . Drummond are a team who are at the foot of the table and struggling this season . Both teams need the win but may

have to settle for a draw .

Prediction : Draw

City Colts v Lincoln Courts :

This match has the potential of “game of the weekend “ . Both teams love to get the ball down and play football . City colts are a team that really should be at the business end of the league . They have added some good players this year in the form of dee ohara and young cahill lynch to an already strong team . Lincoln courts are a team that really should be in a stronger position this season . They have some very good players at there disposal . This will no doubt be a good game to watch although a think both teams may have to settle with a draw .

Prediction : Draw

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North West Saturday Morning League There are nine games scheduled for this weekend in the Rathmor Motors Pre MOT Centre Springtown North West Saturday Morning League with games in all three divisions. In the Pre-mier Division Brandywell Celtic take on Drumahoe at Prehen and Foyle Harps play Clifton Villa at The Show-ground’s. In the only other game in the top flight Creggan Swifts take on Phoenix Swifts in St Columbs Park. There is only one game in the Cham-pionship as Gransha Institute take on Tamnaherin Celtic at Lisnagelvin. In the First Division Collon Celtic and HML go head to head at Temple-more Complex while Tristar and Cul-more lock horns at Prehen. Hatmore Harps face Collegians at Leafair while Greysteel Celtic welcome Oakleaf Celtic to The Vale Centre. The last of the weekends action will see Oxford United host Art Deco at Thornhill. Any club wishing to make a rule change at The AGM need to have this submitted to the League Secretary by the end of April the address to send this to can be found in the Green Rule Book.

Premier DivisionBrandywell Celtic v Drumahoe (Prehen No 6)Brandywell Celtic had an excellent win last Saturday in the Blue Rib-and Cup as they beat Clifton Villa to reach the quarter finals and they will be looking to back that win up with another win here in the league as they take on a Drumahoe side that have yet to win a game this season. Brandywell Celtic are a well organ-ised outfit and they know how win games and although they may not be in the race for the title they will be looking to pip Creggan Swifts to a top four finish. Drumahoe have only scored thirteen goals all season in the league but astonishingly five of those goals came last week in their game with Foyle Harps as they were beaten 7-5 and although they are still conceding far too many goals it was nice for them to get so many in the one game. They will no doubt have their work cut out for them here as they will find Brandywell Celtic a very tough nut to crack. This is a big ask for Drumahoe to get any thing from this game as Brandywell Celtic are ex-pected to win this one comfortably.

Foyle Harps v Clifton Villa (Showground’s)Foyle Harps did not have much of a

side out last weekend as manager PJ Gallagher and his assistant Bradley both had to play as they were down to the bare bones but they still man-aged to win dispite the fact they conceded five goals. Clifton Villa had a bad day at the office last weekend as they were knocked out of the Blue Riband Cup by Brandywell and they will be looking to bounce straight back with a win and they really need to win if they are to maintain any interest in the title race as they sit three points behind the leaders with a game in hand and with the league leaders having a free weekend they can go joint top of the table with a win here. Foyle Harps will no doubt try and make it very difficult for Villa and although they have no chance of winning the title themselves they will have a big say on who does win the title. This will be a tough game for both teams but Clifton Villa have a bigger carrot dangling in front of them and for that reason alone they should be able to take all three points from this game.

Creggan Swifts v Phoenix Swifts (St Columbs No 3)Creggan Swifts are without doubt the most improved side in the Premier Division this season and last week the held the league leaders to a 0-0 draw and they will be going all out here to spoil Phoenix Swifts day they are fighting to finish in a top four place. Phoenix will be thankful that Creg-gan done them a massive favour last weekend by holding the league lead-ers to a draw and a win here for them would see them go joint top of the table. Creggan though will not be do-ing Phoenix anymore favours that is for sure and they will be going all out to make it as difficult as they can for them and Declan Divan has this Creg-gan side playing some excellent foot-ball and they are going in to games now fearing no one and they are also expecting to win every game they play. This will be a very tight game and it will be all about who can take their chances when the opportunities arrive. Both these sides are more than capable of winning this game and for that reason alone they may have to settle foe a share of the spoils.

ChampionshipGransha Institute v Tamnaherin Celtic (Lisnagelvin No 3)The last time these two sides met in

the league it was a cracking game of football and if both sides can serve up the same fare tomorrow this this should be an entertaining encoun-ter. Gransha Institute will drop out of the Championship this season but Tamnaherin still have a chance to win promotion to the Premiership as they have four games in hand but they need to win all their games in hand and that is a big ask. Gransha Institute are a very young side and they will benefit from dropping in to the First Division but they will have a big say in Tamnaherin’s future because if they were to win this game they would certainly end Tamnaherin’s chance of promotion. Tamnaherin on their day can play some good football but they were recently beaten at home by Sion Swifts and if they are to play like they did that day they could throw away their chance here. Both sides can win this game but Tamnaherin look to have bigger fish to fry and for that reason they should be winning here.

First DivisionCollon Celtic v HML (Templemore Central)Both these sides are sitting in joint third place in the First Division just two points behind the leaders and both sides have games in hand but the winner of this game would cer-tainly be laying down claims to lift-ing the First Division title this season. Collon Celtic have a very experi-enced side and that should stand up to them here as they have play-ers like Stevie Johnstone who has played at a higher level and has also won Premiership titles in The SML and that kind of experience is invalu-able at this level. HML have been having their best ever season since joining The SML and they have got in to a very good habit of winning games and sometimes that habit can be hard to break. Collon Celtic will start this game as favourites simply because of their squad and they will need to get settled early and serve it up to HML. However the Call Centre based side will be hoping they can upset the apple cart here and they can if they can play the way they have been this season and they do not let the occasion of playing another top of the table side get to them. This is a hard game to predict as both sides are more than capable but Collon should be able to sneak all three points here.

Tristar v Culmore (Prehen No 1)Tristar are sitting pretty on top of the table in this their first season back in The SML but they have played more games than the three clubs chasing them for the title so all they can do is to keep winning their games and hope that the sides behind them drop points along the way. Tristar have an excellent chance of winning this game as they face a Culmore side that are sitting at the wrong end of the table and they have been finding life tough in their first season back in The SML. Both sides will be well matched in terms of age and that will give Culmore a chance to shine but they need to be tight defensively if they are to have a chance here. Tri-star have their eye on the title and for that reason they should be able to ac-count for Culmore here and manage to take all three points.

Hatmore Harps v Collegians (Leafair)Hatmore Harps look to be out of the running for promotion this season but all they can do now is to keep winning their games and hope that the four clubs above them in the league table will maybe drop points between now and the end of the sea-son. Hatmore will be happy the way their season has panned out and it definitely gives them something to build on for next season and they take on a Collegians side here who have not managed to win a game all season. Collegians have been finding it very tough this season and they probably know that they may have to make several changes in their squad if they are to become competitive next season and they may be glad to see this season come to a close. Having said that though they turn up with a full squad every week and go out and give it their best and you can not really ask for any more from this group. They will find it difficult here that is for sure as Hatmore are expect-ed to win this game with something in hand.

Greysteel Celtic v Oakleaf Celtic (Vale Centre)For whatever reason Greysteel Celtic failed to show against Culmore last week and for a side that have been going very well in recent games that is inexcusable but they are at home this week and they will no doubt have a full squad for this game and it must be pointed out that their manager

was away last weekend and that may have had something to do with the no show but he is back and you can guarantee he will have given his side a right rollicking at training this week. Oakleaf Celtic have not had the best of seasons after showing so much promise last season and team boss Donal O’Neill had to play in goals last week but he will be hoping that he has a full squad available to him here for this game. Oakleaf though will find life difficult here as Greysteel have been playing some excellent football of late and they should be able to make home advantage count here and take all three points from this encounter.

Oxford United v Art Deco (Thornhill)Oxford United really have nothing to play for here bar pride and al-though they will not be winning the title this season they can still have a major say on who will lift the title as they welcome Art Deco to Thornhill. Art Deco are sitting in second place in the league table one point be-hind the leaders and they do have a game in hand and they will be look-ing to come away from here with their title hopes still alive. Art Deco have been playing some decent football this season and if they turn up here with their “A” game they will keep the Oxford United defence very busy. Oxford have been scoring goals this season but the amount of goals they have been conceding has really let them down this season and they need to be organised at the back if they are to have a chance here. With all said and done though Art Deco should be winning here.

Forthcoming Fixtures

Saturday 30th March 2013; Blue Riband Cup Quarter Finals; Phoenix Swifts v Gransha Institute (Lisnagelvin No 3); Greysteel Celtic v Brandywell Celtic (Vale Centre); Creggan Swifts v Tamnaherin Celtic (Showground’s); Art Deco v Westbank United (Prehen No 1); Premier Division; Du Pont v Clooney (Du Pont); Rosemount v Foyle Harps (Prehen No 6); First Division; Oakleaf Celtic v Collon Celtic (St Columbs Stadium); HML v Oxford United (Barra Rd);


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