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BBC Radio Foyle

BBC Radio Foyle

The best interviews and latest news from BBC Radio Foyle. If you have a story for us email radio.foyle@bbc.co.uk

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3:53

Hundreds celebrate Queen's birthday at Ebrington

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/22

Hundreds of people gathered in Ebrington Square last night to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday. A beacon was lit and Hamilton Flute Band paraded through the square. Our reporter Dean McLaughlin was there...

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3:16

'Mummy wasn't born the same day as the Queen, it's...

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/22

The Queen is another person who's reached a big milestone but she wasn't the only one to reach the age of ninety yesterday. There was a party too in Newtoncunningham in Donegal where Netta Cole celebrated her 90th surrounded by family and friends. In fact the Queen sent Netta a birthday card when they both celebrated their 80th, ten years ago. Back then the Queen broke with protocol as she doesn't normally send cards to those living outside the UK. So was there any special delivery in the post

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4:10

'I just love her majesty very, very much'

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/21

Celebrations are being held across the UK to mark the 90th Birthday of The Queen. She'll spend the day in Windsor, unveiling a plaque and meeting well wishers, like she's done so many times before. Closer to home Royal Enthusiast Maisie Crawford held her very own birthday celebrations for the Queen. Eve Blair was there...

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4:17

#EasterRising: 'Francis Ledwidge marched here in 1916'

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/20

Poet Francis Ledwidge was a friend of one of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising, Thomas McDonagh. Ledwidge arrived back from combat in the First World War into a ruined Dublin - and was then sent to Derry. Freya McClements has been gathering stories of Derry connections to the 1916 Rising ahead of the 100th anniversary on Sunday, and she went to meet Dave Duggan to find out more about Francis Ledwidge and Ebrington in 1916...

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4:28

#EasterRising: 'He spent a lot of time in prison for...

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/20

John Fox was one of the leaders of the Irish Volunteers in Derry who was interned after the Rising. A lifelong Republican, he was presented to Eamon de Valera when he visited Derry as Taoiseach in 1951. Freya McClements has been hearing all about him from his grandson Cathal Fox.

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4:14

#EasterRising: 'Derry was a city divided'

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/20

This Sunday it will be exactly 100 years since the Easter Rising began in Dublin. On the morning of the 24th of April, 1916, the rebel leaders stormed the GPO and other buildings in central Dublin - but confusion over orders meant that in Derry, as in many places, the Volunteers did not rise as they believed the rebellion had been cancelled. Local historian Ken McCormack took Freya McClements to Eskaheen View in the Waterside to explore the Derry of 1916...

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3:41

'Blood, literally, on our streets again'

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/19

A man is critically ill in hospital after being shot in both legs in Creggan. It happened in Magowan Park on Monday night. The motive is unclear at this stage. Our reporter Dean McLaughlin was at the scene last night

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4:11

Friends and neighbours pay tribute to Sister Clare...

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/19

Friends and neighbours have been paying tribute to the nun - Sister Clare Crockett - who was killed in an earthquake in Ecuador. The 33-year-old, who is originally from Derry, was based at a school in Playa Prieta with the Home of the Mother order when the quake struck. Dean McLaughlin has been speaking to people who knew her as a young girl growing up in the Longtower area. ..

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4:18

"Don't drink and jive" Greysteel dancers keepin' er...

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/18

Would you say you're a jiver? Maybe you're more of slow waltz kind of person...well Keepin' er Country is back on our screens again tonight on BBC One. It focuses this week on Greysteel man Kevin O'Kane. Kevin is 27 and teaches hundreds of people how to jump-jive right across County Derry. Dean McLaughlin went along to one of his classes at the Vale Centre in Greysteel...

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5:01

'I will remember her with a huge smile on her face'

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/18

Sister Clare's close friend Sister Kristin Tenreiro told Brian Kernohan that she would remember her fun and laughter....

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2:09

Derry Nun killed in Ecuador earthquake a "Beautiful...

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/18

A nun from Derry has been killed in an earthquake in Ecuador. Sister Clare Theresa Crockett, 33, was based at a school in Playa Prieta with the Home of the Mother order. Fr Roland Colhoun was the spiritual director of Sister Crockett's youth group...

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5:06

'Steve changed the game of snooker'

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/18

Snooker great Steve Davis has announced his retirement at the age of 58. Davis began his career in 1978 and dominated the sport in the 1980s, winning six world titles and was world number one from 1983 to 1990. He made the announcement at the World Championships in Sheffield, where he's working as a pundit for the BBC. Dennis Taylor is one of only 2 men who got the better of Davis in a World Final...

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4:47

'He's just a miracle' - Proud mum raises £60,000 for...

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/18

He was born 14 weeks premature and was so tiny that his father's wedding ring could fit around his arm. Daniel O'Connell weighed just 2lbs and the odds were stacked against him. But he pulled through and twenty years on he is set to graduate university. His mum Sinead says without the support she received in the Neonatal unit at Altnagelvin hospital she would have been lost. She has spent the last two decades raising money for the unit, so far she's raised £60,000, Sinead has been speaking to

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3:33

Stolen taxi used by disabled children burnt out

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/15

A Derry taxi driver has said he has been left heartbroken after his taxi van was stolen from outside his home and burnt out. Bobby Bradley says his vehicle was mostly used by disabled children and adults, who had to find alternative transport today. He has been speaking to Barry Whyte.....

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1:46

LISTEN: #Limavady man Dominic Allen says he's too...

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/15

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4:10

Ebrington Primary School choir ready for final

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/15

Excitement is building ahead of BBC Radio Ulster's School Choir of the Year this weekend as Ebrington Primary School get ready to compete in the final. And as our reporter Teresa Craig has been finding out....these young stars are taking everything in their stride!!

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1:51

Should texting be allowed in the cinema?

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/15

A big cinema chain in the US says yes we should - they say that trying to encourage young people to turn off their smart phones is not on. So should they be allowed? OR should as some film lovers have been suggesting our reporter Teresa Craig - be banned altogether.......

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31:27

When Mark met Brid

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/14

Brid ni Dhochartaigh’s father led the efforts towards the Easter Rising in Derry. Now aged 96, Brid tells Mark about her Sorbonne doctorate, her decades as a nun, and the Ireland she sees in 2016. @bbcradiofoyle @bbcvoices16

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1:39

LISTEN: Newbuildings polling station moved over flag...

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/14

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3:29

'My daughter would still be here': Jean Quigley's...

BBC Radio Foyle ·

2016/04/13

The mother of a woman murdered by her partner has backed calls by trade unions for the introduction of Clare's law in Northern Ireland. The Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS) allows people to find out if a partner has a history of violence. Jean Quigley was murdered at her home in Cornshell Fields in Londonderry in 2008 by her partner Stephen Cahoon. Emma McBride has been speaking to Teresa Craig...

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