PureDerry was a satirical 'newspaper' which reported the local news in Derry (Norn Iron) around the time when mobile phones were about the size of a small brick and Ian Paisely Snr only looked dead as opposed to dug up again.

At its height PureDerry was read by tens of thousands of Derry people worldwide on a weekly basis, and pissed of hordes of local business owners and local celebs - most of whom deserved it anyway ;-)

Thanks to everyone who contributed during our 40+ issues and for everyone who sent kind (and not so kind) emails to us during our 'live' period. It was an awesome time and I look back on it now with great memories.

I will continue to keep the PureDerry archive online indefinitely , if only to occasionally access it myself from time to time and marvel at how I used to spend my time before capitalism got its mitts on me and require me to earn a living of some sort. (Obviously if any of you want to marvel at it too, please be my guest).

Will PureDerry ever return?

People ask me this all the time, and I have to say its tempting to dust off the soapbox and throw the odd special edition together, so in short, the answer is maybe. I'm talking to a few of the old contributors about doing an annual local news round-up edition at the close of the year, so we'll see how that plan goes.

If anyone wishes to get in touch with me you'll be able to email me via my work-related (and unrelated) portfolio site at www.ciaranmurray.com.

All the best.

Ciaran Murray

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