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Derry Girls

Derry Girls is a teen sitcom created and written by Lisa McGee that premiered on 4 January 2018 on Channel 4. The channel's most successful comedy since Father Ted, the series was inspired by McGee's own experiences growing up in Derry during the final years of the Troubles.

An online fundraiser has been set up to help little Zoe Brown (4) and her family as she undergoes chemotherapy

Tara-Lynne’s plea for stricken Derry Girls child battling leukaemia

Derry Girls star Tara Lynne O’Neill has pleaded with the public to help a child actor from the show who is battling lymphoblastic leukaemia.

Jamie-Lee O’Donnell with the cast of Derry Girls

Channel 4 announces new partnership with Northern Ireland Screen in bid to produce next local hit after Derry Girls success

Television broadcaster Channel 4 has announced a new partnership with Northern Ireland Screen in a bid to grow the production sector here.

Jamie-Lee got Derry nervous over new show

Jamie-Lee O’Donnell had a “panic attack” while watching her Derry documentary.

Birthday: Liam Neeson. Credit: Arthur Mola

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Liam Neeson: Why we’re all still Taken with unlikely action man

In 2017, Liam Neeson announced his retirement from action films and the setting aside of his “particular set of skills”.

Show buff: Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Credit: Ludovic Marin

Hillary Clinton ‘huge fan’ of Derry Girls and can’t wait to see daughter Chelsea’s cameo

Hillary Clinton has described Derry Girls as “glorious”, adding that she has yet to see her daughter’s cameo appearance in the series’ extended special.

Leah O'Rourke as Jenny Joyce in Derry Girls

‘If a Derry Girls Jenny Joyce spin-off ever happened, people have joked she could end up a politician or working in HR’

Derry Girls ‘head girl’ Leah O’Rourke, who plays prefect Jenny Joyce in the smash-hit show, says she would love to star in a spin-off for her goody two-shoes character.

Some familiar faces immortalised as figurines made by local artist Brian Tipping.

Belfast dad’s Wee Peeps action figures are bringing NI celebs down to size

Fancy having figures of some of Northern Ireland’s best-known faces on your mantelpiece?

Ian McElhinney pictured at his home in Belfast (Stephen Hamilton)

The BelTel: 'Now’s not the time for Derry Girls spin-off', insists star Ian McElhinney

Derry Girls star Ian McElhinney has said now is not the right time for a spin-off or film version of the hit Channel 4 sitcom, saying the series has reached its ‘natural conclusion’.

The cast of Derry Girls. Credit: Jack Barnes

Former Secretary of State Julian Smith references Derry Girls finale during Troubles legacy debate

A powerful intervention in the debate over the Government’s Troubles legacy proposals by former Secretary of State Julian Smith has been described as “mind blowing” by the creator of TV comedy Derry Girls after he referenced the show.

NI student at University of York writes dissertation on Derry Girls

A Northern Irish university student who wrote her dissertation on Derry Girls has said she’s still a huge fan of the hit TV show, despite having to watch it many times for her research.

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Viewpoint Opinion Thank you for the ’90s memories, Derry Girls

It’s hard to imagine that the start of the 1990s is now more than three decades in the past.

Hope: Derry Girls has taken us back to a time to the run up to the Good Friday Agreement. Credit: Margaret McLaughlin Pictures

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Allison Morris Opinion Good Friday Agreement needs to be nurtured... it’s a process not an ending

I’m probably in a group of one at this stage in that I still haven’t watched the final series of Derry Girls, although I feel I have as there has been so much social media commentary.

Clockwise from bottom left, the Backstreet Boys, Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford, Sony Discman, a young Ant and Dec, Sega computer, Neighbours with Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue and the Spice Girls

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Derry Girls: The people, places, songs and haircuts that defined the ’90s for Northern Ireland teenagers

It was the decade of Byker Grove and the Spice Girls, ‘curtain’ haircuts and Nasa jackets.

Donna Traynor with Jamie-Lee O'Donnell and Louisa Harland on the set of Derry Girls

Derry Girls cameo ‘made Donna Traynor smile again’

The husband of ex-BBC presenter Donna Traynor has thanked Derry Girls writer Lisa McGee for helping his wife to “smile again”.

Lisa McGee at the Derry Girls mural in Derry

Derry Girls spin-off: I’d love to get Jamie Dornan, says creator Lisa McGee

Those mourning the end of Derry Girls might be in luck as writer Lisa McGee has begun brainstorming ideas for a spin-off.

Tribute: Series creator Lisa McGee in front of the Derry Girls mural in her home town

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Gail Walker Opinion When Derry Girls’ lens gets greener than normal, the comedy still wins through

What a triumph Derry Girls has been. The sitcom signed off this week with an emotional one-hour special set against the backdrop of the Good Friday Agreement referendum, and won plaudits from viewers and critics alike.

Cara Mailey with mum Tricia and Saoirse-Monica Jackson

Talented teen Cara Mailey chuffed with Derry Girls cameo appearance

Talented teenager Cara Mailey is encouraging other young disabled people to know that they “can do anything they want after her cameo in the Derry Girls finale.

The stars of Derry Girls in a scene from the sixth episode of the third and final series

The BelTel: Derry Girls, laughs, nostalgia, and a roaring success for Northern Ireland

That’s it, the final episode of Derry Girls has aired.

The cast of Derry Girls at the polling station

Derry Girls bows out on hopeful high with vote for peace and a Clinton cameo

When Lisa McGee was 13 years old, she wrote a letter to Chelsea Clinton, extending the hand of friendship.

Clare Devlin came out to her friends in season one

Derry Girls: Top 10 tearjerker moments as the series comes to an end

With the series three finale of Derry Girls ending with a sudden and heartbreaking loss for one of the gang, writer Lisa McGee has once again shown her talent for creating moving moments alongside the laughs.

Derry Girls finale: Tears amid all the laughter as famous DJ in town for the greatest gig ever

Halloween — the biggest night in Derry’s social calendar, transcending politics and religion with its cross-community appeal.

A love letter to Derry Girls: Why Lisa McGee’s series is the most truthful depiction of teenage girlhood on TV

“I’m not being an individual on me own!” moans Clare Devlin (Nicola Coughlan) in the first episode of Derry Girls, which debuted on Channel 4 at the start of 2018. After making grand plans to ditch their Catholic girls’ school’s strict dress code and swap their blazers for denim jackets, the height of Nineties cool, her friends - Erin (Saoirse-Monica Jackson), Michelle (Jamie-Lee O’Donnell) and Orla (Louisa Harland) - have all reneged on their promise after intervention from their mammies, leaving her as the lone, denim-clad figure of rebellion.

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Derry Girls

Tara-Lynne’s plea for stricken Derry Girls child battling leukaemia

Channel 4 announces new partnership with Northern Ireland Screen in bid to produce next local hit after Derry Girls success

Jamie-Lee got Derry nervous over new show

Liam Neeson: Why we’re all still Taken with unlikely action man

Hillary Clinton ‘huge fan’ of Derry Girls and can’t wait to see daughter Chelsea’s cameo

‘If a Derry Girls Jenny Joyce spin-off ever happened, people have joked she could end up a politician or working in HR’

Belfast dad’s Wee Peeps action figures are bringing NI celebs down to size

The BelTel: 'Now’s not the time for Derry Girls spin-off', insists star Ian McElhinney

Former Secretary of State Julian Smith references Derry Girls finale during Troubles legacy debate

NI student at University of York writes dissertation on Derry Girls

Viewpoint Opinion Thank you for the ’90s memories, Derry Girls

Allison Morris Opinion Good Friday Agreement needs to be nurtured... it’s a process not an ending

Derry Girls: The people, places, songs and haircuts that defined the ’90s for Northern Ireland teenagers

Derry Girls cameo ‘made Donna Traynor smile again’

Derry Girls spin-off: I’d love to get Jamie Dornan, says creator Lisa McGee

Gail Walker Opinion When Derry Girls’ lens gets greener than normal, the comedy still wins through

Talented teen Cara Mailey chuffed with Derry Girls cameo appearance

The BelTel: Derry Girls, laughs, nostalgia, and a roaring success for Northern Ireland

Derry Girls bows out on hopeful high with vote for peace and a Clinton cameo

Derry Girls: Top 10 tearjerker moments as the series comes to an end

Derry Girls finale: Tears amid all the laughter as famous DJ in town for the greatest gig ever

A love letter to Derry Girls: Why Lisa McGee’s series is the most truthful depiction of teenage girlhood on TV

Belfast actress Bronagh Taggart praises ‘genius’ of Derry Girls writer Lisa McGee ahead of show’s final episodes

Derry Girls season 3: Episode 5 takes us on trip to 1977 and Mammy's the word

Viewpoint Opinion Bellaghy star in the run for the Eurovision stage

Jon Tonge Opinion Shrewd, gaffe-free Sinn Fein campaign ensures the DUP has lost its crown

Kurtis Reid Opinion We want a functioning Stormont, whoever is in it

The 20 most hated TV finales ever, from Ozark to Killing Eve

Derry Girls season 3: Episode 4 includes a budding romance and a sign from above as show is back to its best

Met Gala: Lavish gowns, gilded glamour... the hottest looks as Derry Girls’ Nicola Coughlan hits the red carpet