An all-party climate emergency working group is to be established in Derry and Strabane to look at further measures that can be taken locally to mitigate against the global climate crisis.
Commenting on the news of the discovery of two bodies in a house in Derry on Sunday morning Sinn Féin Foyleside Councillor Mickey Cooper said the local community was shocked and saddened.
The chair of Derry & Strabane’s Business & Culture Committee Shauna Cusack has said she is delighted that the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race fleet will be returning to Derry during next year’s Maritime Festival.
Derry & Strabane Councillors have vowed to add their weight to “trailblazing” Into The West’s campaign to see first class rail links re-established in the North West.
Derry & Strabane Council have voted by majority to back Belfast City Council’s plans to take legal action if government officials refuse to remove offensive flags and banners from public property.
Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Leisure Centres are offering young people an extra incentive to get out and active during the school holidays with the return of its popular £1 Summer initiative.
Absence rate levels for Derry & Strabane Council staff have decreased to 5.5 per cent for the period April 2018 to March 2019, and representing a significant reduction of almost 30 over cent when compared to the first year of the new Council when the rate was 7.8%.
The Housing Executive (HE) should not face restrictions which prevent it borrowing so it can build thousands more social homes and create job opportunities, local Councillors have said.
Homelessness and a lack of social housing in Derry are impacting severely on the mental health of many of those on the waiting list, local Councillors have warned.
DUP representatives said they could no longer back their own motion condemning the scrapping of free TV licences for over 75s due to an amendment supporting pensioners who refuse to pay it in protest.
Derry City and Strabane District Council has announced the extension of their mixed garden and food waste scheme to a number of new locations in rural areas.
A land owner in Creggan is “at his wits end” due to youths repeatedly cutting fences which has resulted in panicked horses running through the estate, a local councillor has warned.
People Before Profit Councillor Eamonn McCann has said that a future delegations from the Appalachian Trail should include representation of Cherokee Native Americans.
The chair of the council’s new Business & Culture Committee, Shauna Cusack, said that she plans to make sure pressure is kept on to deliver the long-awaited Factory Girls sculpture during her time in the office.
