A newly formed armed police support unit will be stationed closer to the Irish border in preparation for Brexit, Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris, has confirmed.
Sinn Fein M.E.P., Martina Anderson, wore a Republic of Ireland jersey once worn by Derry footballer, James McClean, in the European parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday morning.
Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, refused to take part in a joint press conference with the prime minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel, on Monday afternoon.
The DUP’s Willie Hay, has warned “daily instances of bombs being made by dissident republicans” are a portent that destructive forces are waiting to fill the Stormont vacuum in the absence of power-sharing.
The Department for the Economy has not undertaken any exploratory work on a University for Derry and continues to question the case for expanding provision at Magee.
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has called upon Ulster University to “step up and demonstrate their commitment to the graduate entry medical school project” by relocating their health sciences department to Derry.
Hundreds of experts in suicide prevention from across the world will gather in Derry next week for what will be the largest conference ever staged in the city.
One of the UK’s leading architects has said he is encouraged by news that the UK government is to explore the feasibility of a ‘Celtic Crossing’ bridge between Scotland and the North of Ireland.
