SDLP Councillor Shauna Cusack has congratulated and thanked NI Water for taking action to remove graffiti from their premises in Victoria Market car park.
A Day of Action calling for Welfare Reforms to be scrapped and an end to cuts will be held in Derry on the anniversary of the historic 1968 October 5 Civil Rights march.
Derry’s ‘A Stitch In time’ artwork is to be removed from its site atop Rosemount Factory and put into storage following repairs until a new site can be found.
Members of Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Governance and Strategic Planning Committee heard how the local economy is showing signs of positive growth despite the uncertainties presented by wider issues such as Brexit and the absence of a NI Assembly.
Thousands of local Housing Executive tenants with spare bedrooms are set to be hit with bedroom tax if mitigations are not extended in 2020, the Housing Executive has warned.
Derry’s plans to cope with the impact of a no-deal Brexit - including a possible backlog of bin waste, potential power cuts and a probable downturn in tourism - will be revealed by the local Council next week.
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%.
