Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Children and Young People, Catherine Kelly MLA, has marked International Youth Day on Sunday August 12 by reiterating the call for no borders and barriers in Ireland.
A local councillor has spoken of how nervous holidamakers have witnessed ash clouds descend over popular holiday destination, Albufeira, as wildfires continue to rage through Portugal this week.
A consultant who is scrawling a continent-wide 'Stop Brexit' slogan across Europe using only his Volkswagen van and a GPS tracker has admitted hardly noticing the border when crossing from Derry into Donegal.
SDLP Councillor Angela Dobbins said she is delighted that the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs have allocated £250,000 towards the refurbishment of Victoria Hall in the Culmore area of the city.
Young people being educated in Irish gathered with local politicians and Irish language activists yesterday in protest after DUP leader, Arlene Foster, ruled out agreeing to a stand alone Irish Language Act for the North.
A varied programme of discussion and debate is being scheduled for Féile 18 examining everything from the Civil Rights Movement and Irish Language Rights to women’s suffrage and abortion.
The PSNI has confirmed it is investigating reports of an altercation in the city centre after members of the controversial far right party, Britain First, paid a visit to Derry at the weekend.
Concerns that young people are giving vulnerable street drinkers ‘Xanax’ type drugs have been highlighted by Sinn Féin Health spokesperson, Councillor Patricia Logue.
The area around Cregganburn Park is being “systematically destroyed” by youths lighting fires in the area over recent nights a local councillor has warned.
Derry’s business community is backing a City Deal “focused on innovation”, local Chamber of Commerce President Jennifer McKeever has told Northern Ireland Secretary of State Karen Bradley.
Any City Deal for Derry must be ambitious and of such a scale that it makes a significant impact on redressing disadvantage and inequality across the North West, Foyle Sinn Féin MP Elisha McCallion has said.
Local political representatives in Derry have welcomed the release of Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi following eight months imprisonment in an Israeli prison.
Sinn Fein Councillor Caoimhe McKnight has called on the Department of Communities to come up with a proposal that will “help rather than harm” homeless people in temporary accommodation.
