Politics

With the mayoralty and vice-mayoralty safely allocated to Sinn Féin’s Michaela Boyle and the SDLP’s Cara Hunter members of Derry City and Strabane District Council agreed on which parties would nominate mayor over the remaining three years of the new mandate.

Dalradian has withdrawn as sponsor of the North West Business Awards following protests over its involvement in the gala event.

The new mayor of Derry City and Strabane, Councillor Michaela Boyle, said two pointless deaths - the loss of a loved one to domestic violence and the recent killing of Lyra McKee in Creggan - would motivate her mayoralty over the year ahead.

The new Deputy Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Cara Hunter, said the memory of her late friend Zachary Geddis, had inspired her to run for politics and to put her self forward for the role.

Outgoing Mayor, Colr. John Boyle, said meeting school children and hearing his late mother’s choir sing at the October 1968 commemorations in the Guildhall were highlights of his year in office.

An emotional and tearful Theresa May has confirmed she intends to step down as leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party on June 7, 2019.

Northern Ireland people have been reacting to the news that Theresa May intends to resign as leader of the Conservatives on June 7.

Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has said she welcomes the introducing of ‘Keep Clear’ markings at the junctions of Marlborough Terrace, Beechwood Avenue to try and keep the free flow of traffic at peak times of the day.

Over 83 per cent of householders in Derry & Strabane Council area are happy with how the council has asked them to recycle - 9 per cent higher than the NI average

Derry City and Strabane District Council welcomed a team of new recruits recently who had the opportunity to shadow staff and pick up some new skills as part of Job Shadow Day.

Independent candidate in this week’s Local Elections for Donegal County Council, Tracy Cullen, has outlined her reasons for running for council for the first time.

People Before Profit Councillor Eamonn McCann has called for support for the “Extinction Rebellion” (XR) demonstration organised by school students in Derry tomorrow.

A leading Derry trade union has said the loss of one of the last quality shirt factories in Derry is a blow to the 34 workers employed there and an indictment of the economic policies pursued by central and regional government over the past number of decades.

The Bishop of Derry and Raphoe. Ken Good, has said political stasis at Stormont has shifted “the needle on the dial” of the educational crisis in the North to “the red zone”.