Mark H. Durkan

Tony and Sabrina Edgar with a photo of their beloved son Jack.

Durkan hails ‘courage and commitment’ of Edgar family at Stormont

The Men's Action Network has been providing support in Derry for decades.

Durkan calls for urgent funding for ‘life-saving’ Men’s Action Network

Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 8th January 2022 - Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Durkan criticises a ‘lackadaisical’ response on holiday hunger

The Derry rail line.

O’Dowd: Work has started on 55,000 sleepers and recruitment for rail upgrade

Mark H. Durkan told MLAs this week that the ‘state of health’ in Derry is ‘not like Beirut: it is worse’.

Durkan says ‘state of health’ in Derry is ‘not like Beirut: it is worse’

Defective blocks at a house in Donegal

Council asks Department for Communities to consider defective blocks redress

DfI Roads are to clean up footpaths on Westway in Creggan from the Rosemount roundabout to the Ráth roundabout in the heart of Creggan following lobbying from Foyle MLA Mark H. Durkan.

DfI agrees to clean-up Westway footpaths after overgrowth raised by Durkan

Mark H. Durkan

NI Water has not identified need for Foyle Road sewer investment

Flooding at Ivy Mead in 2017.

Durkan says it is ‘unacceptable’ Drumahoe flood plans are still at design phase

Groarty Road

DfI agrees on need to reduce speed on Groarty Road after site inspection

The A5

Durkan asks if ‘strings attached’ to Dublin’s £88.5m for A5

The A6

Officials and contractor in discussions about signing off on A6 road project

Mark H. Durkan

Durkan: Derry homeless being passed on motorway by people sent from Belfast

North West Teachers’ Centre

Givan guarantees future of NW Teachers’ Centre in Derry

Robin Swann

New staff and triage improves Western Trust adult mental health position

Craigavon Bridge

DfI does not keep a record of lorries getting stuck in Craigavon Bridge

Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd says his department does not keep a record of how many times lorries get stuck in the Craigavon Bridge.

Kevin Mullan

Flags and banners on a large bonfire to mark the Catholic Feast of the Assumption in the Galliagh area in 2021. Picture date: Sunday August 15, 2021.

Over £13k spent cleaning-up after Galliagh August 15 bonfire in five years

Cars lining the street along narrow Aberfoyle Crescent South last October.

Magee residents parking may be considered once Holylands lessons appraised

A computer generated image of the Buncrana Road

Consultation on transport plan crucial to Buncrana Road to take place in May

The Newbuildings MOT test centre.

76% hike in missed Derry MOT test appointments

A mechanic examining a car.

Campsie MOT centre will help ease long waiting times for tests, says Durkan

Road markings are to be refreshed at the junction of the Whitehouse Road, Upper Galliagh Road and Buncrana Road.

Road markings at busy junction on main Derry thoroughfare to be repainted

New figures obtained by SDLP MLA Mark H. Durkan show of 389 waits for appointments with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in the Western Trust at January 31, 271 (70 per cent) were for in excess of nine weeks.

70% of children waiting for mental health assessment waited over nine weeks

Work underway on the A6 last year.

Mobuoy dump a ‘huge problem’ as DfI tries to progress last stretch of A6: O’Dowd

The number of children and adults waiting for an autism assessment in the Western Trust more than doubled over the past five years, the Health Minister Robin Swann has revealed.

Number waiting for autism assessment doubles in Western Trust in five years

At one point last month 683 people were waiting for a domiciliary care package in the Western Trust with 3.8 per cent of those waiting in a hospital.

683 waiting for domiciliary care package in Western Trust

The Meenan Square site in the heart of the Bogside.

Meenan Square development now scheduled to start in Spring 2025

Work on a £11m mixed use development at the derelict Meenan Square site in the heart of the Bogside is now scheduled to commence in the spring of 2025 subject to planning approval.

Kevin Mullan

Caw roundabout

No money for DfI upgrades to Caw roundabout to address traffic issues at present

The Culmore Wastewater Treatment Works.

NI Water boss: Culmore water treated in Donegal in cross-border collaboration

Rail minister John O'Dowd says DfI approved the business case for phase 3 of the Coleraine to Derry project in November 2022 and made available over £97 million to Translink to take the project forward.

O'Dowd says Translink given £97m for Phase 3 upgrade as Durkan slams ‘wrangling’

The All-Island Rail Review has proposed an investment of between £2.1bn and £3.3bn in rail projects to Derry and Donegal.

O’Dowd says ‘Derry Road’ rail link to Portadown will have 200km per hour speed

Gordon Lyons says he cannot make any decision on rates support for poorer councils until a budget for 2024/25 is agreed.

Gordon Lyons will consider Rates Support Grant uplift if money becomes available

A pothole on the Northland Road.

MLAs call for ‘huge potholes’ in Derry to be prioritised for share of £1m

Mark H. Durkan

Durkan: Expansion of prostate cancer drug abiraterone could save lives

Mark H. Durkan

Mark Durkan blasts denial of holiday hunger payments as ‘cruel’

Winter snow caused chaos in Derry in January

Derry Journal Review of the Year 2023: January

Aberfoyle & Duncreggan Residents' Association chair Jim Kelley

Magee College neighbours appeal for long-term solution to traffic nightmare

Derry now accounts for 41 per cent of total expenditure on temporary accommodation with more money spent here than in Belfast (£3,693,826).

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: Pop-up B&Bs a local speciality?

Mark H. Durkan

525% hike in pop-up B&B spend

Agency costs have increased substantially over the last 10 years, from £68m in 2012/13 to £320m in 2021/22.

£7.9m spike in locum spend in Western Trust during COVID-19

Pregabalin, a drug normally prescribed for anxiety, epilepsy and pain.

Addiction is visible on our streets and our sisters and brothers need support

The tree fell at Crawford Square on Thursday. Photo: Mark H. Durkan.

‘Close shave’ in Crawford Square as birch tree collapses onto car

Caw roundabout. DER2717GS006 (File picture)

Caw roundabout accident blackspot must be addressed urgently warns Derry MLA

A police car blocks Spencer Road after a road accident on Thursday.

DfI defends its gritting schedule after week of snow induced road chaos in Derry

Derry superfan Darren McClelland pictured with Mark H Durkan and James McClean.

£1,700 raised to transport Derry superfan to Cup Final

The number of people waiting for more than 13 weeks for an assessment has doubled.

Numbers waiting over 3 months for occupational therapist doubles

The Tamnaherin and Brockagh crossroads.

Roads officials exploring safety measures at what MLA brands ‘one of the worst j...

Fresh anti-pigeon measures have been introduced at Craigavon Bridge.

Anti-pigeon measures to stop people slipping or catching infections

A review of botox providers in the north has found shortcomings.

Botox ‘shortcomings’ and ‘breaches' found in probe of 200 providers, says Swann

The Tamnaherin and Brockagh crossroads.

Safety concerns over 'one of the worst junctions in Derry'

Robin Swann.

Staffing issues see children gastro service suspended

Hundreds of eating disorder referrals were accepted in WHSCT.

881 Western Trust referrals for eating disorders in five years

Hundreds of people experiencing homelessness at A&Es

1,947 homeless present at A&E with self-harm or suicidal ideation

Mark Durkan.

Only 13 respite beds across Western Trust despite 59 adults and 27 children wait...

Mark H. Durkan with his wife, father and colleagues at the count centre

Foyle Election 2022: Mark H. Durkan reacts after being elected at first stage