Dean McLaughlin
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BBC News NI journo | Started @BBCRadioFoyle / @BBCNewsNI in 2012 presenting, reporting, news reading, digital, producing etc. Email: dean.mclaughlin @bbc .co.uk
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Delighted to have my first report on
@bbcnewsline
's 6.30pm tonight.
My thanks to
@ConorMcMusic
for sharing such an important story. The messages of support have been flooding in all day from all over.
@BBCNewsNI
Male breast reduction surgery: Derry man's 'more confident future'.
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Former Derry/Strabane Mayor
@grahamwarke
, who handed his chain over to
@SandraDuffySF
tonight, has quit the DUP.
@duponline
Statement ⬇️
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This woman coming out of Debenhams though ... 😂😂😂
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Bus on fire in the Shankill area of Belfast tonight as trouble continues.
Pic by
@thebaldfather
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A nurse from Cookstown, Northern Ireland is to be on the front cover of Vogue magazine. It's being released on Friday and I've been speaking to Rachel for today's News at One on
@BBCRadioFoyle
. Tune in. 📻 Thanks to producer
@grengrain
for securing interview.
@BBCNewsNI
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Just put
@BBCRadioFoyle
's final two hour Breakfast Show to bed along with
@teresamcraig
.
There's only one emotion tonight and that's sadness. We gave it our all for locals.
I want to thank every single person who let us into their lives, home, farm, business, school, hospital.
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A very brave and powerful moment.
Lyra McKee's partner Sara Canning just spoke to hundreds of people in Creggan.
#LyraMcKee
#Derry
@BBCNewsNI
@BBCRadioFoyle
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Tonight's sunset in Downhill, County Derry.
Pic: Russell Kennedy
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I've just been sent this video of a car on fire on the Derry to Coleraine railway line in Magilligan. The train got stopped just in time. The
@NIFRSOFFICIAL
says they're currently on site. No further info.
@Translink_NI
@BBCNewsNI
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Lights beaming into the sky in Derry tonight for the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
#BloodySunday
#BloodySunday50
@BloodySunday50
Pic: Orla Robson
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It's been one of the toughest days. Tough because we care, we love, we fight.
Thanks for all the msgs of support. ❤
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Shirley is the lady who accidently walked out in front of TV cameras outside Debenhams on Monday. The footage has gone viral and she's even on TikTok doing the moonwalk to music. 😂 Tells me she's delighted she made people laugh. I'view coming up on
@BBCRadioFoyle
's News at One.
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Work news - Celebrated over the Easter break being appointed Senior Journalist at
@BBCRadioFoyle
. Thanks to everyone for the cards and gin. Had a lovely few days off with friends and family. 😁🥂
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Benone strand this afternoon.
📷 Russell Kennedy
❄🌨⛄
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Early strikers out on the picket line at BBC Radio Foyle. People stopping by with us already.
#SaveBBCNI
#SaveRadioFoyle
#StopTheCuts
#NUJ
@NUJofficial
@NUJBBCRegions
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A round of applause for
#LyraMcKee
in Derry's Guildhall Square today as her funeral takes place at St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast. One woman told me: "I just want today to be a quiet and peaceful day so I can think about Lyra, her family and her partner."
@BBCNewsNI
@bbcnewsline
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WATCH: Video by
@Desmond_kelly7
of the water going UPHILL at Downhill in County Derry earlier today. 😃
@BBCRadioFoyle
@BBCNewsNI
@newslineweather
@bbcnewsline
@ILoveNorthCoast
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A group of Derry men, who've been dealing with mental health issues, have described drop-in sessions at a local cafe as a lifeline. The owner of Claudes Cafe closes every Thurs at 4pm for men battling alcoholism, recovering from serious crashes etc. Report on
@BBCRadioFoyle
tmrw.
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Sean Brown and Patsy Kelly's families lead the way now to Celtic Park for today's match.
Hundreds follow them in solidarity. More on
@BBCRadioFoyle
's North West Today tomorrow morning.
@BBCNewsNI
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SDLP councillor
@BrianTierney09
has issued a statement this afternoon saying "DUP MPs heckled"
@columeastwood
in the House of Commons earlier as he raised Bloody Sunday.
Cllr Tierney says Sammy Wilson can be heard shouting "shame" and "they were protecting the people of ...
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Baroness Paisley tells
@BBCRadioFoyle
that her husband Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness would never have been in this political "mess". She says the DUP is to be blame just as much as Sinn Fein.
@jacqmci
@markdevenport
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Off to get vaccinated in Belfast and find a first holy communion dress for Heidi.
Significant day! 💉👰🏼😁
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This just happened in
#Derry
👻
#Halloween
#Halloween19
#scaryDerry
Full report on
@BBCRadioFoyle
and
@BBCgmu
tomorrow morning.
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Harry was born without an eye, ear & nostril. Why would
#Instagram
remove this pic? Hear from his mum on
@BBCRadioFoyle
tomo 8.30am.
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Thousands clapped and cheered as Martin McGuinness's headstone was unveiled this afternoon.
#Derry
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Just some of the uplifting messages on the Foyle Bridge in
#Derry
tonight.
#mentalhealth
#mentalhealthawareness
@samaritans
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Brittany McArthur, the nurse who was filmed singing to Nellie Barr in Altnagelvin Hospital, has been presented with flowers by her bosses for going the extra mile. Interviewed Brittany on
@BBCRadioFoyle
earlier. Thanks for all the lovely messages. The perfect Friday story. 😁🎤
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Sad sad news today.
Tributes have been paid to one of Derry's best known writers and broadcasters, Anita Robinson, who's died after a short illness. She was 76.
Anita often sent me texts after presenting programmes. Always teaching and always smiling.
Rest in Peace, Anita.
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The studio lights dimmed for a while but I cranked them up tonight as tomorrow is a new day for our news team.
The half hour North West Today is no more. As of tomorrow it will be an 8-9am programme Mon to Fri.
Thanks for all your support. Will never be forgotten.
👍📻📱💻🎥
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The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council John Boyle says:
"I am devastated and disgusted. This is a heinous and evil act that was carried out in our community. As Mayor of this city - I am so sad."
#Derryshooting
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"As a young adult I work, I drive, I pay tax and national insurance. But when I go into St Columb's College I'm not allowed a beard. It's belittling." I've been speaking to
@carrick_mcclean
for
@BBCRadioFoyle
about his campaign to change the clean shaven policy at the college.
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Genuinely think I'm more excited about Calvin's new Power Rangers than he is. 😁
Couldn't wait to they arrived for him.
❤
#PowerRangers
#morphintime
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My nieces & nephews put this calendar below my bedroom door this morning with a note saying "we love you Dean Bean."
It hit me hard after a really tough week.
I care so much about being a local BBC journalist. This week reminded me - there's a family at home but also at work.
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Actor James Nesbitt, who played Mr Cooper in the film Bloody Sunday, said: "He will be remembered as a politician of startling courage and conviction. On a personal note his impact on my career was inestimable. Playing him in Bloody Sunday was a privilege ..."
@BBCNewsNI
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.
@BBCRadioFoyle
's North West Today programme is to be extended from 30 mins in the mornings to a full hour. It will kick off in the new year, as confirmed by the BBC earlier.
@BBCNewsNI
@NUJofficial
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I was adamant that I'd never be that guy who lifted weights and talked about cardio. 💪🏃♂️
I lied.
It was the only way to change things. I can't thank
@samconleypt
enough. Looking forward to more goals in 2020.
#weightloss
#strength
#fitness
#health
#MotivationalMonday
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These two women have been rocks over recent months. Defending what is right every step of the way. The support today has been outstanding but the support at all hours is what I'll remember.
Thanks to all for the solidarity in Derry, Belfast and elsewhere.
Signing off now. 🍻
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.
@columeastwood
tells the House of Commons the SDLP doesn't support the command paper and that it has "moved far beyond the principals set out in the Good Friday Agreement ..."
@BBCNewsNI
@BBCRadioFoyle
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Breaking: There are at least 10 members of staff in Coleraine's ASDA trying to get hold of this pigeon. I just saw one member of staff standing inside a trolley. The place is bonkers. 😂
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The lake at the top of Binevenagh Mountain.
So proud to live here. 💚
📸 Kevin O'Connor
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LOVELY STORY ALERT!
Remember Dianne who spoke to me two weeks ago about how she feared she might go blind on a waiting list for cataract surgery?
Well, a man from Dublin has contacted the BBC and wants to pay for her to go private. Latest coming up on
@BBCRadioFoyle
's News @ 1.
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My good friend
@Elaine_McGee10
summed up perfectly how we all feel in the newsroom. There's been so much hard work put in for listeners and people from right across the north west shared their stories - not just in Derry. That's the magic our Elaine talks about. Connection! ❤📻
"The biggest thing we want to say is thank you."
Presenter
@Elaine_McGee10
signs off the
@BBCRadioFoyle
Breakfast Show for final time.
Listen back with
@BBCSounds
:
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Hundreds are protesting against proposed cuts to
@BBCRadioFoyle
. I'm live outside the gates for our News at One programme.
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Emmett McConomy's brother Stephen was shot by a British soldier aged 11 in 1982. He has described a Conservative party pledge to protect NI veterans as electioneering. He tells me victims & families are being used as a political football. Full i'view
@BBCRadioFoyle
tmrw morn.
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The final train has left Belfast's Great Victoria Street station tonight to make way for the opening of a new public transport hub later this year. The new hub, called Belfast Grand Central Station, is not due to open until the autumn.
@BBCNewsNI
@BBCMarkSimpson
@JournoClaire
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Pat Hume, the wife of former
@SDLPlive
leader John Hume, is to be honoured with a lifetime achievement award by
@irishredcross
. Story coming up on
@BBCNewsNI
.
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This dog couldn't decide which bunch of flowers to take home to his partner. So ... he took 'em all.
😂💐🌺🌼🌷 CCTV footage from the Maxol garage in Portrush at the weekend.
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Derry councillor Shauna Cusack says she has tendered her resignation from the SDLP.
The news comes after the the selection process for appointing a new mayor was criticised by Cllr Cusack and Cllr Jason Barr as "undemocratic". She will continue as an independent.
@BBCNewsNI
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A message from Ward 31 in Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry. ⬇️
#stayathome
#SocialDistancing
#coronavirus
#COVID
ー19
@BBCRadioFoyle
@BBCNewsNI
@WesternHSCTrust
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Hundreds of people have gathered at Free Derry Corner to support the families of Sean Brown and Patsy Kelly who are still fighting for justice. Sean Brown was murdered in 1997. Patsy Kelly was murdered in 1974. Rally organised by GAA community &
@FinucaneCentre
.
@BBCNewsNI
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"Those creatures are incredible mammy."
The
#Halloween
celebrations are in full swing in
#Derry
already. People from all over are in Guildhall Square enjoying the festivities. Hear from them on
@BBCRadioFoyle
tomorrow morning.
#scaryDerry
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Sean Brown's daughter, Siobhan, speaks to the hundreds of supporters at Free Derry Corner. Both Brown and Kelly families say they won't give up in their fight for justice.
@BBCNewsNI
Hundreds of people have gathered at Free Derry Corner to support the families of Sean Brown and Patsy Kelly who are still fighting for justice. Sean Brown was murdered in 1997. Patsy Kelly was murdered in 1974. Rally organised by GAA community &
@FinucaneCentre
.
@BBCNewsNI
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An uplifting story on
@BBCRadioFoyle
&
@BBCgmu
tomorrow morning. ⬇️
Shane is 13 and is autistic. He's struggled with crowds/noise for years. There was a big moment at the
@derrycityfc
match on Fri though. He banged the drum for the first time. I've been speaking to his dad Sean.
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LOVELY STORY ALERT! ⬇️
Eamonn Doherty, 22, is a drama graduate from Derry who has cerebral palsy. He says his dreams came true when he got to be an extra on series 3 of
#DerryGirls
. He says he wants to inspire others with disabilities. Interview on
@BBCRadioFoyle
after 8am tmrw.
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Caw/Nelson Drive residents held a vigil tonight for the locals who died in the
#Buncrana
pier tragedy. Music played.
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Listen to Gary Breslin's i'view on
@BBCRadioFoyle
tmrw after 8am.
Gary had to knock his family home down in Donegal because of the
#Mica
scandal. They now live in a mobile home & are rebuilding.
Families will also submit proposals to the housing minister tmrw.
@micaactiongroup
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The chair of the
@BMA_NI
, Dr Tom Black, tells
@BBCRadioFoyle
that vaccinations for health care workers here were cancelled this week. He says slots were left empty and described the planning of the vaccination roll-out as "incompetent".
@mlchealth
@BBCNewsNI
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Hard to believe this rally was a year ago today in Derry's Guildhall.
The good news is - as of the 15th of January
@BBCRadioFoyle
's North West Today programme will go from 30 mins to a full hour long programme in the mornings. 8am-9am Monday to Friday. Stay tuned! 👍📻📱
The Great Hall in Derry's Guildhall is packed tonight with people from across the north west saying NO to the proposed cuts to BBC Radio Foyle's newsroom.
@NUJofficial
@NUJBBCRegions
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Well, the best/worst thing just happened. I say best because it gave us all a good early morning laugh.
@BBCRadioFoyle
I went in to work for 6am thinking I was on shift.
My Xmas leave ACTUALLY STARTS TODAY!!! 🤦♂️
Available for brekkie, lunch, dinner & booze everyone.
😂🎄🎅🍷
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Bron coffee shop and restaurant in Derry has announced it has no choice but to close on Bishop St due to the "rising costs/tight margins that small businesses are facing and are crippled by".
Read more from their Instagram post. ⬇️
@BBCNewsNI
@JP_Biz
@ClodaghLRice
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"We brought the cup home for you." 🔴⚪
There you have it folks - the
#FAIcup
in Derry's Guildhall Square. What a crowd. What an atmosphere tonight. 👏
@derrycityfc
#DerryCity
@BBCRadioFoyle
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The waterfall at Downhill, County Derry, completely frozen over today. Great pic by
@Desmond_kelly7
@BBCRadioFoyle
@newslineweather
@bbcnewsline
@BBCNewsNI
#BeastFromTheEast
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The remains of this WWII plane on Lough Foyle can only be seen when the tide is out. It crashed in
#Ballykelly
in 1944 after the engine caught fire. I've discovered that part of that engine is sitting in a local man's garage. Full story on
@BBCRadioFoyle
&
@BBCNewsNI
tomorrow.
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Our coverage on Mica houses in Donegal continues on
@BBCRadioFoyle
tomorrow morning. 📻
I've just been to meet a man whose family home had to be knocked down. He is calling on the Irish gov to act now. He says the whole process has been difficult financially and mentally.
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.
@Lseenoi
has been selected by
@Derry_SDLP
as a councillor for the Foyleside area of Derry City and Strabane District Council.
@dcsdcouncil
@SDLPlive
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Wishing
@WillLeitch
all the best on his last day at the beeb.
A fantastic journalist who treats stories with absolute care. His love for getting audio & scripting right is to be admired too. 📻📱🎧💻
Thanks for all the guidance Will and the time you made for
@BBCRadioFoyle
. 👍
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The Great Hall in Derry's Guildhall is packed tonight with people from across the north west saying NO to the proposed cuts to BBC Radio Foyle's newsroom.
@NUJofficial
@NUJBBCRegions
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Just finished work.
Loving tonight's sky. Had to pull in at Greysteel for a quick snap. 👌
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The Derry GP Dr Tom Black (Chair of the BMA in NI) tells me it is NOT sensible to reopen nightclubs on the 31st Oct due to the rising covid rate. He also told News at One the NHS is "facing the biggest crisis in its history".
@mlchealth
@CathSmyth1
@BBCJayneMcC
@BBCRadioFoyle
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Green crosses have been painted on dissident republican murals in the Bogside area of
#Derry
. "Not in our name" has been daubed on one too.
#LyraMcKee
@BBCNewsNI
@BBCRadioFoyle
@BBCMarkSimpson
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Tonight 10 years ago I went to a nightclub in Limavady to interview
@DianaVickers
about her time on The X Factor and her relationship with Eoghan Quigg. 🤣 I carried a notepad into the club. Yes I did. All for the local Northern Constitution. 🗒✏
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Fantastic discussion about the Queen between
@CamillaTominey
and
@CliveMyrieBBC
just now on the
@BBCNews
special on
@BBCOne
. Great stories and detail.
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Derry man Neil McCafferty was admitted to Altnagelvin with a gall bladder infection weeks ago. The family says sepsis set in & then
#Covid19
. His son told us they were preparing for his funeral.
Today - he's out of ICU and recovering. My i'view with his son
@BBCRadioFoyle
@ 1pm
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.
@MelBrooks
still has it. Very funny. And then they play two package's - one about bins and the other about vending machines. 😁
#random
BOOM!
@MelBrooks
TOTALLY gets
#theoneshow
🙌
#legend
You're ALWAYS welcome on the green sofas Mel 😊
@BBCOne
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Mum got a call at 8pm and is getting her
#vaccine
on Thursday. 😀
The receptionist said they have been flat out for hours calling people.
Looking forward to the day we can go to lovely restaurants again and she moans about the "rare" food I eat. 🍴
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Very important to remember that a lot of young people in the Bogside and Fountain areas of the city have been engaging in positive, inspiring and safe work recently too.
#Derry
@BBCRadioFoyle
@BBCNewsNI
Young people from Bishop Street, Brandywell and the Bogside volunteering at the 3Bs Sumer scheme.
#truespirtofyoungpeopel
#makinglifechoices
@charleslamberto
@YouthFirstDerry
@derryjournal
@eayouthservice
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Lyra McKee, 29, shot dead in Derry last night. A journalist out doing her job.
Father Joe Gormley said: "These people go into our area and use us to carry out such vile acts. How dare they." An emotional listen on
@BBCRadioFoyle
this morning.
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The Oxford Bulls played Sion Sonics in their first match last night. "A night to remember." Read more here:
#Derry
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This phone has not stopped all day with public/private support for
@BBCRadioFoyle
, the team and the multi-award winning journalism. Blown away. Thank you.
@NUJBBCRegions
@NUJofficial
It's been one of the toughest days. Tough because we care, we love, we fight.
Thanks for all the msgs of support. ❤
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