Toddler dies in Derry blaze

A baby girl has died after a house fire in County Derry.

Three other children from the same family – aged 5, 10 and 12 – and their parents were treated for severe smoke inhalation after the blaze in Dungiven, reports breakingnews.ie. The 18-month-old girl was taken to hospital, but later died.

Three fire appliances attended the scene on the Killyblight Road after receiving a call just after 11pm yesterday.

Another swine flu case confirmed in Northern Ireland

Members of the public in Northern Ireland were urged not to get alarmed today after another case of swine flu was confirmed.

The total number of confirmed cases in the North is now nine, and another six possible cases are under investigation. Breakingnews.ie reports that the latest case relates to travel outside the UK and does not involve a school, workplace or other setting in the North, the Public Health Agency (PHA) said.

The sufferer has mild symptoms and is at home and taking antiviral treatment.

NI teenagers treated for drink and drugs

More than 400 under-18s are treated for alcoholism and drug addiction in the North each year, it was revealed today.

The majority of the teenagers receiving hospital care have a drink problem, according to the North's Department of Health, reports breakingnews.ie.

Meanwhile, police caught 1,200 under age drinkers in the region last year, the youngest being only ten. In those operations 24,000 items of alcohol were seized.

Two arrested over Derry murder

The PSNI have arrested a 20-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman in connection with the murder of Kevin McDaid.

Mr McDaid was beaten to death by a group of people close to his home in County Derry on 24 May, reports RTE News.

The suspects were detained by police in the Coleraine area earlier today.

Eight swine flu case confirmed in Northern Ireland

Another case of swine flu has been confirmed in Northern Ireland, bringing the total number of cases there to eight.

The latest diagnosis relates to a woman who had recently returned from the US. She has mild flu symptoms and is recovering at home.

The Northern Ireland Public Health Agency is arranging a follow-up of people who were in close contact with her since she developed symptoms.

Doherty's suspension is halved

Derry midfielder Fergal Doherty has had his eight-week suspension halved to four following an appearance before the Central Hearings Committee at Croke Park on Wednesday night.

The suspension came about following the Ulster SFC encounter between Derry and Monaghan on 24 May, reports RTE Sport.

Doherty used video evidence to help reduce the ban and will be available to play for Oak Leaf county again in the Ulster final on 19 July, asumming the beat Tyrone in the provincial semi-final on Sunday week.

Two men held over Donegal murder are released

The two men arrested by the PSNI over the loyalist murder of a Sinn Féin councillor across the border in County Donegal 18 years ago were tonight released without charge, RTE News reports.

A 41-year-old man was arrested earlier at Drumahoe near Derry City at the request of the gardaí. A second man aged 45 was arrested a short time later when he presented himself to a police station in County Antrim.

Donegal Councillor Eddie Fullerton (left) was shot dead by the loyalist UFF at his home just across the Donegal border in Buncrana.

7th Swine Flu case detected in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Health Minister Michael McGimpsey (left) has said one more case of swine flu has been confirmed.

This brings the total number of Northern Ireland cases to seven, reports RTE News. The seventh case is in a male who was a contact of a previously confirmed case. He has mild flu symptoms and is recovering at home.

The Public Health Agency is arranging a follow-up of people who were in close contact with him since he developed symptoms.

Two killed in Derry RTA

Two people have been killed in a two-car collision in Derry this afternoon, near the town of Moneymore.

The two were travelling in the same car.

Traffic was being diverted away from the scene in the immediate aftermath of the crash.

Tech firm generates 30 jobs at Northland Road facility

German technology firm InVision Software AG has committed to creating 30 high-quality software jobs in Derry as part of an Invest Northern Ireland-supported investment.

The 30 high-quality jobs will span software development, customer support and documentation and will be in place by 2012.

Invest NI has offered £251,000 of support towards the project. InVision is an international provider of enterprise-wide workforce management software solutions to optimise the deployment of staff. Its products are aimed to both reduce costs and enhance employees’ productivity and satisfaction.



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DERRY - 80 Jobs Created By Home Furnishings Company

Home furnishings company Dunelm Mill has annoucned the creation of up to 80 jobs with the opening of a 38,000 sq foot outlet on the Buncrana Road in Derry.

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DERRY - 20 Jobs Created In Foyleside

Twenty new jobs have been created at the new DV8 store in Foyleside.

DV8 specialise in branded high quality fashion and footwear. The new store is the chain's 24th store across the north making them one of the biggest outlets in Foyleside, formerly occupied by music store Zavvi and before that Virgin Megastore.

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Young Player of the Year nomination for Carina Roseingrave

The nominees for this year's Camogie Young Player of the Year and for the Camogie Manager of the Year were announced today.

Those in contention for the Young Player of the Year are Catriona O'Regan (Roscommon), Carina Rosengrave (Clare), Edwina Keane (Kilkenny) and Karen Kielt (Derry).

2008 has been a fantastic year for Clare sharpshooter, Carina Rosengrave from Ballyline. She had a prolific year in front of the posts, most notably her three goals in the All Ireland Junior semi-final against Waterford as well as the 1-1 in the All-Ireland final win over Clare.