Aontú have announced Emmet Doyle will be the party’s candidate in Foyle and the Ballyarnett DEA in the Stormont and Council elections in May.

Mr. Doyle was announced at the party’s Think-In at the Maldron Hotel on Saturday.

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín said: “Emmet is an extremely hard worker on the ground across Derry and has real ambition for his beloved city. He narrowly lost his seat in Ballyarnett at the last Council election, which we believe we can now recover as a result of his steadfast work on the cost of living, housing and his common-sense approach to serving people in the community every day of the week.”

Mr Doyle said: “I am delighted to have been selected to contest both Foyle and Ballyarnett in the upcoming elections. I am more exercised than ever about how Stormont has failed our city and how the same parties that run both our Council and the Assembly have squandered the opportunity to lead and deliver in Derry.”