Politics

Sinn Fein Foyle MP Elisha McCallion will today meet with British Secretary of State, Karen Bradley, in Westminster to discuss the British government’s commitment to an Inclusive Growth Deal for Derry city and the north west of Ireland.

SDLP Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan has welcomed action by Transport NI to improve the road surface along the Maydown Dual Carriageway.

Sinn Féin MP Elisha McCallion has called for a major redevelopment of the A2 Buncrana Road in order to assist the growth of Derry’s economy.

Hundreds of school children from the across the council area will be gathering in the Guildhall on Thursday for a special event commemorating the Civil Rights movement.

Sinn Féin Councillor for Rosemount, Mickey Cooper, has welcomed news that a new traffic management scheme will be implemented at the Brooke Park Leisure centre site in the coming week.

Sinn Féin Councillor Eric McGinley has called for an assessment of car parking provision in Ballymagroarty.

Politicians and campaign groups will tomorrow come together to stage a joint public rally in solidarity with the Palestinian Great March of Return.

The PSNI are currently searching Junior McDaid house in Derry city centre as part of an investigation into an Easter commemoration parade and subsequent disorder on Monday.

Derry & Strabane Council’s decision not to attend a forthcoming Garden Party hosted by Queen Elizabeth II, has been branded “an absolute insult” by a DUP Alderman.

Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has welcomes Derry City & Strabane Council’s official backing for the introduction of an Irish Language Act as detailed in the Good Friday and St. Andrews Agreements.

Derry & Strabane District Council has voted by a majority to call for a public Inquiry into Boundary Commission’s handling of the 2018 review of Westminster Electoral Boundaries.

Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has commended Sinn Féin activists from the Creggan area who removed graffiti in and around the Central Drive area at the weekend.

A call for schools to ban British armed forces from accessing children, has been formally backed by Derry City & Strabane District Council.

SDLP Councillor Jim Mc Keever has called on the Western Trust to provide funding to re-open the Ashbrook Garden Centre at Ardmore.

A DUP Alderman has claimed it is already easier to get an Irish Passport in Derry than it is ‘to get a box of fags’ while opposing calls for an Irish Passport Office to be sited in the north west.

A new policy on the naming of council assets could be discriminating against politicians and those involved in government, a Sinn Fein councillor has claimed.

SDLP Councillor Shauna Cusack is encouraging anyone with a dog or cat to tag their contact details on their pets collar to enable quick identification.

A Sinn Féin delegation has met with the Head of the Civil Service to seek assurances that the project to deliver a medical school at Magee University remains on track.