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âYou are invited to link arms, walk around the City & look up at the plaques & iconic buildings, remembering the women & workers that came before us, on whose shoulders we now stand.â #factorygirls#derrygirls#shirtfactories
#Otd 2012: Titanic Memorial Garden, #Belfast City Hall opened. Centrepiece=1912 female personification of Death/Fate, holding laurel wreath over head of drowned sailor raised above waves by pair of mermaids. New 9 metre Plinth has names of 1,512 victims. https://t.co/qnVWRjVjRg
I've worked on a long-read piece about a cultivated crisis in Derry's education systemâprimary to higher.
Timing is coincidental on the back of UU job losses, yet makes it more pertinent.
It's an ugly picture of neglect.
I hope some people will read it:
https://t.co/OC3x3kZx7N
Sinn FĂŠin (@DerrySinnFein) councillor claims Rosemount Factory Community Wealth Building Model âseriously in doubtâ
âFoyleside Developments did not engage appropriately with Rosemount residentsâ - Cllr Brian Tierney (@BrianTierney09)
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Amy Doherty: Guildhall vigil in memory of murdered woman
'All we want is justice for Amy' - Sharon Doherty, Amy's mother
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Have YOUR say on exciting new proposals to revitalise Derryâs Central Riverfront area.
The ÂŁ45million project will be delivered as part of the Derry and Strabane Region City Deal.
You can find out more information and give your views via the website at: https://t.co/woQ77TGLbQ
Public Meeting on 100 Student Accomodation units proposed for Rosemount Factory - Derry News (@DerryNow) digital report.
More than 100 residents from the Rosemount area of the city attended a public meeting in Brooke Park Leisure Centre organised by Derry City and Strabane District councillor Shaun Harkin (People Before Profit).
The meeting, held to discuss the 100 student accommodation units proposed for Rosemount Factory, took place on Tuesday evening.
The plan for the student accommodation forms part of the overall redevelopment of the Factory brought forward by Glen Development Initiative, The Village Hub and Ballymagroarty Hazelbank Community Partnership, and Foyleside Developments.
During the meeting speakers raised concerns about what they described as the lack of consultation around the proposal; traffic congestion; and public money totalling ÂŁ1.5 million being paid to a private developer to purchase the Factory.
Those at the meeting also voiced opposition to 100 student accommodation units being included in the plans for the Factory and urged developers, Ulster University and the Magee Expansion Taskforce to consider non-residential areas such as the Fort George site in the Pennyburn area of the city.
View from The Derry News (@DerryNow) office tonight, at the CRAM (Concerned Residents Around Magee) campaign's public meeting in Brooke Park to discuss the proposal for the refurbished Rosemount Factory to contain 100-bed student accomodation.
@MervynMerrifiel@GAHargan Great memories - the Rosemount Factory is a listed building & its heritage & place in the Cities history should be protected. đ
Plans to transform one of the most recognisable buildings on the city's skyline - right in the heart of a residential area already struggling with the impacts of studentification and the spread of HMOs - is reported as causing further distress for those living nearby.
#heritage
Residents have reported low awareness of the full proposals, a lack of meaningful community support and engagement, and unclear information about the partnerships and agents involved. @dcsdcouncil@HeritageNI@HeritageHubIRE@ArchHFund@ulsterahs
Ambitious plans unveiled for Derryâs Rosemount Factory
Further discussion called for 100-bed student accommodation sticking point
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https://t.co/vdQPKXqJLg
The @dcsdcouncil is set to discuss a proposal to turn the iconic Rosemount Factory into one of the worst examples of âstudentificationâ this Wednesday.
On radio today, a local group spoke of redeveloping the Rosemount factory.
Part would accommodate students.
Cost: ÂŁ5m to purchase/renovate.
The group said UU told them it couldn't afford to contribute.
REMINDER: UU pays back ÂŁ6.3m yearly for a loan needed to build UU Belfast.
Derry HMO cap to be reduced from 30% to 10%
@dcsdcouncil) to engage with Infrastructure Department on HMOs as soon as âpractically possibleâ
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CRAM opposes Rosemount Factory 100-bed student accomodation
Proposal to be discussed at Full @dcsdcouncil Council on Wednesday, March 25, 2026
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https://t.co/ZNW5iXz01u
The history of Jacobâs biscuits is baked into the very fabric of Dublin. What began as a modest Quaker enterprise in Waterford soon became one of the capitalâs most recognisable industrial and cultural landmarks. The company was founded in 1851 by brothers William and Robert Jacob, and within two years they had uprooted to Dublin, setting up shop in a former coach house on Peterâs Row in the Liberties.
The move was a gamble, but by the 1880s, Jacobâs had grown into a sprawling red-brick factory complex dominating the Bishop Street skyline. It was here in 1885 that their most famous creation was born, the Cream Cracker.
The Jacobâs biscuit factory was like a mini city unto itself. At its height it employed thousands, many of them women, who found in its gates not only work but community. The company provided a swimming pool, recreation rooms, and free medical and dental care long before such welfare schemes were more common. For generations, Jacobâs became part of Dublin family life, its clock tower visible from the south city, its baking aroma drifting across the Liberties.
In 1913, the site was one of the flashpoints of Larkins great Dublin Lockout. Workers protesting there included the young Rosie Hackett, who would eventually lend her name to one of the cityâs bridges. Three years later, in the turmoil of the 1916 Rising, the Jacobâs factory took on an altogether different role. With its fortress-like walls and commanding height, it was occupied by the Irish Volunteers.
Fifty years later in 1966, the company merged with its old rival Bolandâs, forming Irish Biscuits Ltd. Of course Boland's Mills also served as the hq for the 3rd Battalion of the Irish Volunteers during the Easter Rising, commanded by Dev in 16. Anyway a decade later in 1976, the Jacobâs Bishop Street works fell silent, as production shifted to a new purpose-built factory in Tallaght. The departure marked the end of an era. The Liberties lost one of its great employers, and the city lost one of its most distinctive industrial landmarks.
Yet Jacobâs endured as biscuits continued to roll off Irish production lines a while longer until 2009, when operations finally ceased after 156 years. The Tallaght factory closed, and the brand passed into new ownership, eventually becoming part of the Valeo Foods empire.
A section of the Bishop Street factory still stands, its brickwork incorporated into the National Archives and the Dublin Institute of Technology. Behind those walls are the archives of the company itself. Theres pay slips, photographs, and the faint record of a little city of women within a city.
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Iconic Factory Girls at work:
âNot factory women, factory girls.
Everyone here is a factory girl.
Factory girls never grow old and they donât fade awayâ
Frank McGuinness, The Factory Girls, 1982
@AbbeyTheatre#FactoryGirlsForever#stitchintime
An honour to have tea & buns with the inspirational team @StageBeyond
Presenting a donation from the proceeds raised from our 2025 Shirt Factory Calendar - which shares the legacy of this important #herstory and heritage from the City.
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We then arrived at our accommodation in Derry and had a wander whilst looking for a restaurant. We crossed the Peace Bridge, saw the Guildhall, the cathedral and theâStitch In Timeâ artwork on the old Rosemount Shirt Factory which looked amazing at dusk!