Council

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.

SDLP Councillor Shauna Cusack has called on parents and the public to help prevent youths from entering vacant units in Springtown Drive, off the Ballinaska Road, to “drink and party”.

Sinn Fein MEP, Martina Anderson, has conceded that the people of Derry have sent the party a message, after the party lost almost a third of its council seats and its status as the single largest party on Derry & Strabane Council.

The announcement today of a £105m economic package by the UK Government in the Derry City and Strabane City Region has been widely welcomed.

SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MLA has welcomed the announcement of a £105m City Deal funding package for Derry and Strabane.

The count has been completed for The Moor and Waterside wards of Derry City & Strabane District Council, with the overall picture of a new, more pluralist local authority now emerging.

Veteran civil rights campaigner Eamonn McCann has been elected to Derry City & Strabane District Council.

Derry & Strabane Council: 25 of 40 seats filled; counts ongoing in Waterside, The Moor and Sperrin.

Independent candidate Gary Donnelly has retained his seat on the council and has topped the poll for The Moor ward for the second time.

Former Mayor of Derry & Strabane Maoliósa McHugh has failed to regain his seat in the city and district while the SDLP Councillor Brian Tierney has been elected for the Ballyarnett ward.

The SDLP has returned a third candidate for Derry with Foyleside Councillor Shauna Cusack returning to represent the area.

The SDLP has claimed the first two seats in the new Derry City & Strabane District Council.

The new make up of Derry & Strabane Council will be revealed this weekend after voters headed to the polls across the city and district yesterday.

Polling stations have opened across Derry City & Strabane District with local people getting the chance today to vote for who will represent them for the next five years.

The Ballyarnett ward is recognised as one of the youngest in the north west, with over a quarter of residents urged 15 and under, well above the average for the local council area.

The Foyleside Ward takes in much of Derry’s west bank including Ballymagroarty, Hazelbank, Foyle Springs, Northland, Rosemount, Springtown and Steelstown/ Madam’s Bank.

The Derg area consists of Newtonstewart, Killeter, Sion Mills, Castlederg, Clady, Victoria Bridge and Ardstraw.

The Faughan electoral area is one the largest of in terms of geographical land mass of the seven districts that make up Derry City and Strabane District Council and includes the villages and regions of Newbuildings, Eglinton, Claudy, Enagh, Magheramason, Campsie and Bready.

The Waterside electoral area takes in Gobnascale/ Top of the Hill, Drumahoe, Victoria, the Triangle, Caw, Ebrington, Kilfennan, Lisnagelvin and Clondermot.