Listen again to a selection of the best bits from BBC Radio Foyle's output.  | | JAIL SHOCK | "Like a death in the family" - one father's reaction to his son's jail sentence for throwing a petrol bomb. |
| | EGYPT EVACUEE | A schoolteacher originally from Strabane is told to leave her home in Alexandria following unrest. |
| | NIGHT OUT - ON STREET | Will people who drink on the streets of Strabane take any notice of a new "tougher" approach? Eve Blair investigates. |
| | NICEST LITTLE WARDEN | Kate performs a song that lifted spirits during the Derry Blitz - about one particularly nice air raid warden. |
| | BATHTUB SAILOR | A pensioner decides that the Irish sea is there to be conquered - in a bath tub. |
| | MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE | A six-year-old girl finds a bottle that had drifted more than two thousand miles across the Atlantic. |
| | COOPER ON CHESNEY | Ivan Cooper says he believes Fr James Chesney had a role in the Claudy bombing. |
| | NEW WORDS | The very matchy-matchy Anita Robinson is disappointed in cheeseball, Enda McClafferty. |
| | BOMB WITNESS | Lotfi Jalloul saw the bomb blast that caused damage to his kebab shop when it exploded outside Strand Road police station in Derry. |
| | HURRICANE RESPECTS | One of Alex Higgins greatest fans makes the journey to Belfast to pay his last respects. |
| | NICE GERRY | Gerry informs Sean Coyle that he is kind, sensitive, and with a heart of corn. |
| | NO TAX PLEASE | A Derry man living in Donegal says he will go to jail before he pays the tax to import his car to the republic. |
| | VEHICLE STAND-OFF | A Donegal woman who didn't pay Vehicle Registration Tax is interviewed during her six-hour stand-off with customs officials. |
| | OUTLAWED SKUNK | The owner of a "head shop" speaks to Mark Patterson after spending the day bringing goods that had just been banned by the Irish authorities to the Gardai. |
| | TAKE CARE | As the Western Trust cuts its home care bill, one woman explains how much she values the care she receives. |
| | MOBILITY TEST | Radio Foyle's Teresa Craig takes a mobility scooter out for a test drive |
| | INDEPENDENT CLOSES | The last independent supermarket in Strabane closes, with the loss of dozens of jobs. |
| | HEART ACHY | Gerry Anderson discovers what Sean Coyle's been playing while he was away. |
| | UNHEALTHY DANCE? | Irish dancing can seriously damage your health, say researchers. |
| | KNOTTY PROBLEM | Who you gonna call if you've got an invader on your land that can grow through concrete? |
| | "POINTLESS" INQUIRY | Alliance leader, David Ford, says he stands by his view that the Bloody Sunday Inquiry is "pointless". |
| | BEAUTIFUL DUMP | Dan Stanton investigates an illegal dump on a scenic mountain-top in Donegal. |
| | RETURN TO TOWN | A former minister returns to the town he once preached in 20 years after he was forced to leave. |
| | DIAMOND DUST | Mary discovers a strange phenomenon during one of the coldest, foggiest, nights of the year. |
| | WRINKLED GERRY | Gerry Anderson takes exception to Sean Coyle's tone of voice. |
| | TAXI "AMBUSH" | A taxi driver was injured when rocks were thrown at him from a gate in Derry city. |
| | OLIVES BLEEDING | A cairn is to be erected to a young Tyrone man who died in the olive groves of Spain. |
| | FIREBALL | Joss Scott spots a spectacular space rock hurtling through the sky. |
| | GROUNDHOG DAY | An animal rights group says we should replace groundhogs with animatronics . |
| | HEAVEN'S DOOR | Paddy Quinn says she doesn't mind dying, but she doesn't want to be injured. |
| | DON'T TOUCH | Laura Doherty grew up as a mixed race child in an otherwise all-white school. |
| | SKIN | A mother says her child tried to wash her skin white after racial taunts. |
| | BRING BACK TOWNLANDS | Barry McElduff admits he comes from "the field where giddy people might congregate". |
| | VOODOO | An African man responds to claims the Haitian earthquake was sent by God to punish the practice of Voodoo. |
| | RAYTHEON | Eamon McCann says the closure of Raytheon factory in Derry is "mission accomplished". |
| | SNOWED IN | Eve Blair goes in search of Jo, who was snowed in for three weeks. |
| | ICY FLOW | Ice sheets have been spotted on the River Foyle. Jenny Witt went to investigate. |
| | WARZONE CAMERAMAN | Warzone cameraman, Mark McCauley, spoke to Mark Patterson about his life and choices. |
| | SLEDGE RIDE | Radio Foyle newsreader, Jenny Witt, took her chances on a slippery slope after a snow flurry. |
| | STAMPED OUT | It's the season of good will but, it appears, we're not saying it with as many Christmas cards this year. |
| | PERCEPTION | A Derry City Councillor, Billy Page, has been describing how illness changed his perception of his life. |
| | WELCOME TO IRELAND | Would you be offended to get a text message welcoming you to Ireland whenever you cross the border? |
| | TRAVELLER'S DIARY | An Irish traveller, keeps an audio diary for a day in her life, in Derry. |
| | BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE | Ireland fares badly when a website dating service is launched which is only available to "beautiful people". |
| | CARING SISTERS | Two sisters were so worried about their mother, who has dementia, they cared for her in hospital. |
| | CHILD MIGRANT | A Brandywell woman who was sent to Australia as a child waited more than fifty years to hear an apology. |
| | WATCH OUT | Peggy calls for a neighbourhood watch for her beloved Elmwood Street in Derry City. |
| | FLOODED FARM | Robin Walsh stood in his flooded farmyard with Joe Doran. |
| | MAKING A MUCKLE | If you're starving, would you have a poke of ice cream, or just put on a ganzie? |
| | ON FIRE | Rodney didn't believe he'd caught fire when someone decided it would be fun to put a firework down his vest. |
| | BUZZARD SOCKED | Marlene wonders whether she was right to put a sock on the head of an injured buzzard. |
| | SHOOTING | A Derry woman says she'll leave home after shots were fired through the living room window. |
| | ATTACKS ON CARS | Some drivers are avoiding parts of Derry city after a number of cars were attacked with mud balls and rocks. |
| | WASTE OF MONEY | Ratepayers in Derry and Strabane paid nearly £5m in three years to dump their household rubbish. |
| | BOXED IN? | Can boxing help your state of mind? |
| | GREEN DYING | More and more people are considering getting buried in a "green" coffin. |
| | LIVING FORGERY | Kate Smurthwaite passed herself off as a genuine Goretti Horgan. |
| | SEARCHING FOR LIMBO | Mary contacted the Sarah Brett show to ask if anyone knew where her baby was buried. |
| | FIGHTING FIRE | How do you fight a fire when it's got a hold in half a million tyres? |
| | ALL IN A NAME | Should GAA clubs have funding cut if they adopt the name of dead IRA members? |
| | COMING OF AGE | Maureen retired reluctantly. Tim leapt at the chance. But should you have to retire at 65? |
| | ON QUEUE | Billy was surprised at where he was asked to queue when he arrived at City of Derry airport. |
| | PEDESTRIAN SCARE | A blind pedestrian tried to cross a pedestrian crossing in Derry - to find that drivers were also passing through. |
| | MICKEY O'HANLON | Tributes are paid on the death of one of the last members of the Clipper Carltons, Mickey O' Hanlon. |
| | GATES | A gang of people forcibly removed gates in the Bogside that had been put up to curb antisocial behaviour. |
| | EPILEPSY | The mother of an epileptic man beaten with sledgehammers and iron bars in Strabane says her son's lucky to be alive. |
| | COMPENSATION | Mary Hamilton, who was injured in the Claudy bombing, says she was treated like a commodity when she received compensation. |
| | BRIEDGE'S STORY | Briedge doesn't blame children for their antisocial behaviour directed at her. She blames their parents. |
| | MUSIC FESTIVAL | Ireland's largest festival of music, song and dance could be making its way to Derry, for the first time. |
| | ELECTRICITY SHOCK | A pensioner is told it'll cost him £70,000 to have electricity installed in his home. |
| | EDDIE IZZARD | Michael O'Donnell discovered the "primal" side of comedian, and marathon runner, Eddie Izzard. |
| | COMMUNITY HERO | A man who contracted polio as a toddler, and cannot use his legs, is named an “active community hero” |
| | SUPERGLUE | Who would superglue the used clothing bins of a local charity? |
| | CLAMPED | Tina on the woes of being clamped outside her own house. |
| | WEATHER LORE | It seems only one man got the weather forecast for the summer right. Amateur weatherman, Michael Gallagher. |
| | CLOCK WATCHING | Eric White joined Derry's players in training for their Europa League clash with CSKA Sofia. |
| | WOLF WHISTLING | Freya McClements investigates the phenomenon of wolf whistling in Irvinestown. |
| | GIVING UP BABY | Monica tells how she gave up her baby, and never was able to hold her. |
| | RATS | A Creggan woman says she's so worried about rats she won't let her children out. |
| | SWINE FLU | Enda gets caught up in a swine flu scare following a family holiday. |
| | POSTCARD | Gerry Anderson bemoans the lack of postcards in his correspondence. |
| | VICTIM | The victim of a "sectarian" attack in the Fountain speaks to Sarah Brett. |
| | SHIPS THAT PASS | Teresa Craig investigates Derry's disappearing cruise ships. |
| | WHITE SNAKE | Sharon tried to trap a snake with a feather duster and a plastic bag. |
| | HONEY TRAP | Richard Martinez denies that hiring a private investigator to spy on your partner is immoral. |
| | CHARITY DODGERS | Charity collector, Peter Jack, says he's practically given up street collecting. |
| | BOG SNORKEL | Conor explains how to become a champion bog snorkeller. |
| | WANDERER | A centenary celebration sparked memories of wartime - and the GIs - for Teresa. |
| | TERRORISE | How do you hold young people accountable if they terrorise their own community? |
| | HOVER | An unusual British invention celebrates its fiftieth birthday. |
| | SUMMER DRINK | In the summertime thoughts turn to drinking in a park. |
| | TAXI DRIVER | Terry keeps an audio diary of one weekend driving a taxi. |
| | BUS STOPS | John wonders when is a bus stop not a bus stop. |
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