Mark H. Durkan

John Kelly, whose 17-year-old brother, Michael, was shot dead on Bloody Sunday, pictured at the Bloody Sunday Memorial in the Bogside.

John Kelly was a ‘giant of justice’ who embodied Derry’s ‘spirit of resistance’

A computer generated image of how the new Buncrana Road might look.

Transport plan needed before Buncrana Rd can progress expected in early 2027

Liz Kimmins on Lawrence Hill.

Householders around Magee College to be leafletted on residents’ parking.

‘I’ve buried my daughter, I should never have had to’

The late Shaun Gallagher

Shaun Gallagher was ‘true stalwart’ who would have ‘given shirt off his back’

Tributes to ‘passionate’ public servant Shaun Gallagher – ‘I will miss him'

The number of licensed of Houses of Multiple Occupation in Derry and Strabane has increased by 33 per cent to 250 over the past two years.

Derry licensed HMOs up by 33 per cent to 250 in two years

Mark Durkan

‘Scandalous’ 56 households waiting over a decade for social house transfer

The Housing Executive spent £3,000 on taxi provision for temporary and emergency housing applicants in Derry and Strabane in 2024/25.

£3,000 spent on taxis for emergency housing applicants in Derry/Strabane

A Programme Strategic Outline Case (SOC) is due to be developed for Phase 3 of the Derry to Coleraine rail upgrade, transport minister Liz Kimmins has said.

Strategic Outline Case for Phase 3 rail upgrade due this year

Education Minister Paul Givan

Consultancy team for work at Derry bunscoil ‘as soon as is practicable’

A CGI-generated image of how Ulster University’s €44.5m Teaching and Student Centre at Magee will look.

Magee teaching blocks and Coshquin pumping station among projects fast-tracked

Advanced junction warning signs erected to slow traffic approaching Coshquin on the Buncrana Road were recently storm damaged and will be replaced.

Coshquin junction warning signs damaged in storms to be replaced

Gordon Lyons

Eight cases of defective blocks suggest issue 'not systemic' - Gordon Lyons

A one-way system is being considered for Creggan Heights but roads minister Liz Kimmins says an extension of the evaluation to Central Drive would require widespread local support.

Extension of one-way Creggan Heights probe to Central Drive would need support

The expenditure of millions of pounds on emergency temporary accommodation set against the continued depletion of social housing stock in Derry has been branded ‘irreconcilable and fiscally irresponsible’.

Call for ‘robust rent controls’ and moratorium on sale of social housing stock
The expenditure of millions of pounds on emergency temporary accommodation set against the continued depletion of social housing stock in Derry has been branded ‘irreconcilable and fiscally irresponsible’.
Kevin Mullan

DAVENTRY, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 16: A worker wears a Santa hat as some of the millions of items pass though the Royal Mail Midlands 'Super Hub' and the automated centre sorts and sifts parcels and packages for Christmas delivery on December 16, 2024 in Daventry, England. The Royal Mail's 'super hub' in Daventry spans 53 acres, and can process up to 90,000 items of mail per hour, with each parcel taking only seven minutes to be run through the system. On the site's busiest day of the year, December 18, the organisation expects to deliver over 35 million letters and over nine million parcels to addresses around the UK. Today it was announced that the sale of the Royal Mail's parent company to a Czech billionaire, Daniel Kretinsky, was approved by the government. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Concerns raised over Derry letter and package delays

MLA Mark H. Durkan. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

‘Trauma shared online by strangers’

Nazareth House Primary School

Derry MLAs raise plight of Nazareth House and St. Eugene’s due to roof problems

The Derry-Donegal border at Bridgend/Coshquin and Culmore/Muff.

Donegal roads once the ‘butt of jokes’ in Derry but now ‘shoe is on other foot’

The Desmond Motors showroom in Derry.

Desmond Motors bid to provide accommodation for 897 students

Mark Durkan

‘Stark and sobering’ suicide figures show 47% increase in deaths in ten years

SDLP MLA Mark H. Durkan, who proposed the motion, said: “Suicide prevention and saving lives should unite us all, however, and it does. It united us five years ago, when we all stood here making the same argument to fund the critical CCIS in Derry, an area with a shamefully high suicide rate.

Cross-partisan support as Derry MLAs slam CCIS closure

Breast cancer referral waiting times for the Western Trust have not been included in the latest quarterly data published by the Department for Health.

Breast cancer referral statistics not yet available for period after new model

The Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has described a psychiatrist shortage in the Western Trust as a ‘massive postcode lottery'.

Psychiatric shortage in Western Trust a 'massive postcode lottery’ says Nesbitt

Mike Nesbitt

DoH declines WHSCT pleas as demand for autism services far outstrips capacity

Mansefield Grove in Derry.

Durkan calls for ‘Swiss cheese’ road resurfacing after 164 pothole repairs
Foyle MLA Mark H. Durkan has urged the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) to include two Ballyarnett thoroughfares in its resurfacing programme after 164 defects were repaired in the area in five years.
Kevin Mullan

No dental practices in Derry have signed up to a scheme to deliver urgent dental care to unregistered patients, it’s been revealed.

No dental practices in Derry signed up to emergency access scheme

The remains of a rat on the quayside on Friday.

Citizens urged to dispose of food responsibly amid thriving rat population

Mark H. Durkan

Durkan claims ‘overdue expansion’ of Magee creating ‘gold rush’ for HMOs

Pope Francis arriving for the closing Mass for the World meeting of families in Dublin in 2018. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Pope Francis was a champion of the poor who ‘breathed life into Catholic Church’

Northlands Centre

Northlands cuts amid crisis ‘destroying communities’ in Derry ‘shameful’

Carlisle House

Durkan expresses concern over proposed NIHE office closures

Liz Kimmins has said no budget decision has yet been taken on the long-awaited A2 Buncrana Road upgrade but the critical project must ‘tie in with the North West Transport Plan’.

Kimmins says A2 Buncrana Road must ‘tie in with the North West Transport Plan’

Claims SDLP and SF opposed wind farms in Derry & Strabane rebutted by Durkan during Stormont debate

Claims SDLP and SF opposed wind farms in Derry & Strabane rebutted

Approximately £45,000 a day has been spent on emergency temporary accommodation across the North this year whilst expenditure has grown from zero in 2015/16 to an all-time high of £16,634,403 in 2024/25.

£45k-a-day on emergency digs as expenditure grows from zero to £16.6m

Senior civil servants at the Department for Infrastructure have said it is important the people of the Bogside know what they are getting when a new residents’ parking scheme is eventually rolled out.

People need to know what they are getting with Bogside scheme, officials say

Magee College

‘Strong desire’ to ensure Magee neighbours aren't ‘overwhelmed’ by 10k students

The late Manus Martin.

Tributes paid to Derry cancer fund-raiser and campaigner Manus Martin

Plans to illuminate the Foyle Valley Greenway with fifty new six metre lighting columns have been welcomed by local political representatives.

Plans to illuminate Foyle Valley Greenway welcomed by representatives

The Crescent Link is to be resurfaced immediately outside the fire station within the next six months due to its relatively poor condition.

Crescent Link to be resurfaced outside fire station within six months

A public consultation on the North West Transport Plan 2035, which is critical to progress on the paused A2 Buncrana Road dualling scheme, is now expected to be launched next summer.

Transport plan crucial to A2 Buncrana Road widening pushed back to summer 2025

Minister Gordon Lyons marked the announcement of the Housing Supply Strategy at Stormont with co-signatories Seamus Leheny (Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Association), Nicola McCrudden (Homeless Connect), Justin Cartwright (Chartered Institute of Housing Northern Ireland), Grainia Long (The Northern Ireland Housing Executive), and Mark Spence (Construction Employers Federation).

Derry housing expert Kate McCauley calls for increased funding in 2025/26

Sinn Féin MLA Ciara Ferguson and SDLP MLA Mark H. Durkan.

Calls for homelessness action with thousands affected as Christmas approaches

Derry pensioners no longer eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) are to receive a one-off fuel support payment of £100 between now and March.

Derry pensioners hit by Winter Fuel Payment cuts to get one-off £100

Local MLAs Ciara Ferguson and Mark H. Durkan.

Unadopted sites in Derry/Strabane up from 80 to 147 (59%)

P3 pupils and staff from Holy Family Primary School pictured with Derry City’s Paul McMullan and Conor Barr during their visit to the school on Wednesday afternoon. Photo: George Sweeney

Closure of section of A5 averted with 25,000 Derry City FC fans heading south

Derry & Strabane remains the North’s temporary accommodation hotspot with spending on exceeding emergency housing in the district exceeding £6.5 million over the last financial year.

Derry/Strabane is crisis housing hotspot with £6.5m spent in 2023/24

The legendary Jobby's Sports Centre in Pennyburn

‘Jobby’ Crossan’s legendary Derry sports shop is up for sale

Depaul’s Foyle Haven service has seen user visits increase year-on-year and in 2023 saw 11,404 user visits, almost double that of the previous year.

Lyons cites limited budget when asked to secure funding for Foyle Haven

John O’Dowd has said he is unable to give timeframe for the completion of the Newbuildings to Strabane section of the A5, telling MLAs a public inquiry may be required for the northernmost section of the road.

O’Dowd unable to give completion date for Newbuildings to Strabane section of A5

The Housing Executive offices at Richmond Chambers.

NIHE focused on reducing emergency accommodation placements in Derry

The application process for large scale events at Ebrington has been adapted to allow for longer lead-in times and make it easier for promoters to book acts.

Ebrington concert application process tweaked to allow longer lead-in times

Chris Kerr, manager of Men's Action Network (MAN), which is based in Derry.

Mike Nesbitt not able to engage Executive on funding for Men’s Action Network

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt

10% suicide reduction nothing to celebrate says Nesbitt

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