News Archives for June, 2008
30 June, 2008
Derry Commemoration 2008 - Martin McGuinness
We have gathered here in great numbers today in the first instance to pay tribute to the fallen IRA Volunteers and Sinn Féin activists who paid the ultimate price in pursuit of freedom and democracy on this island in the course of the past 35 years and more, and to offer our ongoing support and solidarity to their families who have joined with us here today. Read full article
30 June, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has called for 'social contracts' to be included in an £8million scheme to redevelop Derry city centre. Read full article
30 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Regional Development Spokesperson Raymond McCartney has questioned why the SDLP are now raising the issue of churches paying for the water and sewerage when SDLP members of the Regional Development Committee sat through the evidence session on the Water Panel Report and even enthusiastically said that the 'review backs the central plank of SDLP water policy' Read full article
30 June, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the Audit Office report on the Warm Homes: Tackling Fuel Poverty Read full article
30 June, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has expressed his disappointment after the Health Minister insisted he could not intervene in a dispute over pay and conditions for frontline ambulance staff at Altnagelvin Hospital Read full article
26 June, 2008
Martin McGuinness MP, MLA will speak at the Derry Annual Volunteers Commemoration this Sunday Read full article
24 June, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney condemned last night's fatal shooting of a young man in the Creggan area of Derry. Read full article
24 June, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the Audit Office report on the Warm Homes: Tackling Fuel Poverty. Read full article
24 June, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said that Stormont must be a welcoming place to everyone regardless of sexual orientation. She was speaking ahead of a Long gallery event tomorrow, organised on behalf of the Rainbow project. Read full article
23 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Spokesperson, Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle) is to lead a delegation to Meet PSNI Chief Constable, Hugh Orde this afternoon to lobby for the establishment of a Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) in the North West. Mr. McCartney will be accompanied by his PA, Joanne McDaid and Marie Browne from Derry Women's Centre. Read full article
23 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has called for clothing retailers who use sweat shops to be heavily fined and a compulsory refund for customers who want to return items made by this means. Read full article
23 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has written to DRD Road Service to ask them to erect a pelican crossing on Eastway Road close to the entrance of the Rath Mór centre. Read full article
23 June, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the news that the industrial dispute between lecturers and management at the North West College of Further and Higher Education has been postponed. Read full article
23 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has congratulated Foyle Search and Rescue on having received the 2007 Ireland Medal in Waterford on Saturday. Read full article
23 June, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson is calling on local communities, businesses and the Executive to support a number of measures to help alleviate the fuel poverty crisis. Read full article
23 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor for The Bogside and Brandywell area Patricia Logue has appealed for parents to ensure that their children do not get caught up in anti community activity in the area after a number of incidents over the weekend Read full article
23 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor and local DPP member Elisha McLaughlin has said there needs to more education amongst young people to steer them away from the increasing knife culture and from either carrying or using a knife in confrontations on the street. Read full article
23 June, 2008
Sinn Féin spokesperson on International affairs Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the decision by the EU that it will lift sanctions it imposed on Cuba in 2003. Read full article
23 June, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has dismissed claims in the Irish Mirror that the party is considering a ministerial reshuffle as 'nonsense'. Read full article
22 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Greater Shantallow Area, Cllr Tony Hassan, has called on all the statutory agencies with a vested interest in the Galliagh area to get together and finalise plans which could pave the way for major capital investment in the area. Read full article
21 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA and former Hunger Striker Raymond Mc Cartney has congratulated Steve Mc Queen, Michael Fassbender and all those involved in the making of "Hunger" following it scooping its second major film award at the Sydney Film Festival ,this follows on from it recently winning the Camera d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival Read full article
21 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has questioned the value for money after it was disclosed that the recent added security measures around Parliament Buildings cost an estimated £650,000. Read full article
21 June, 2008
Sinn Féin spokesperson on International Affairs Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney speaking following an event to mark 24th anniversary of the beginning of the anti-apartheid boycott by Dunnes Stores workers in 1984. The event included the unveiling of a plaque Read full article
21 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has appealed for those involved in a petrol bomb attack on a home in the Fountain Estate on Thursday night(19th June ) just after 10.00pm to desist from their actions and said it was only local people who were suffering and lives being put at serious risk by such attacks Read full article
20 June, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has called for ministerial intervention after lecturers at the North West Regional College were threatened with suspension today Read full article
19 June, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA and Policing Board member Martina Anderson said that the since Sinn Féin joined the Policing Board there is now a much greater focus on ensuring police officers who break the law are dealt with properly. Read full article
19 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has said there needs to be a better way of dealing with anti-community behaviour than expelling people from their homes under the threat of death. Read full article
19 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Minister for Regional Development last week visited Galliagh Development Trust to view its plans for the development plans for the area. Read full article
19 June, 2008
A report carried out by the Criminal Justice Inspectorate highlighting the unacceptable death toll on our roads gives no real answers to the causes or prevention of road traffic accidents states Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson. Read full article
19 June, 2008
Our children are sent too formal education much too early in life, Foyle Sinn F閕n MLA Martina Anderson has told a major conference in the city this week. Read full article
19 June, 2008
Derry Sinn Féin Education Spokesperson, Councillor Paul Fleming has dismissed the Association for Quality Education plans for their own version of the 11+ test as more about maintaining the status of their own schools than responding to the need for change across the entire education system Read full article
19 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has welcomed the launch of a new £4 Million series of anti-binge drinking advertisements which are designed to show the consequences of drinking too much. The new campaign is aimed at 18-to 24-year-olds and also features online adverts depicting the aftermath of a drunken binge, such as a woman getting into a car with a stranger and a young man smashing up a takeaway shop. Read full article
18 June, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has hit out after it emerged that low-income families are forced to pay to use government helplines. Read full article
18 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney welcoming the raising of the "undocumented Irish" issue by his colleague, deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness with US President George Bush, has said that there is a now a great opportunity to galvanise political support in the campaign for comprehensive immigration reform in the United States. Read full article
18 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said that is very worrying that soaring fuel and food prices pushed inflation above 3% last month to its highest level since records began more than 11 years ago. Read full article
18 June, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has warned the new Environment Minster Sammy Wilson that Sinn Fein will not support rural planning proposals that fall short of delivering a sustainable future for our rural communities or resembles the failed PPS14 policy of British Direct Rule Ministers. Read full article
18 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Shantallow area, Cllr Tony Hassan, has voiced his concern at the serious cut backs in the Housing Executives ECM / Heating and kitchens schemes. Read full article
18 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Party spokesperson on Transport and Regional Development, Raymond McCartney has welcomed the announcement by Ryanair of new services from the City of Derry Airport to Birmingham International and London Luton Airports Read full article
17 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said that the SDLP should apologise for their labelling of those who voted No against the Lisbon Treaty Referendum as 'head bangers' Read full article
17 June, 2008
Member of the Assembly Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee, Raymond McCartney MLA has revealed that following intense representations by Sinn Féin to the British government that the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has committed to ensuring that 'new finance will be available to continue funding of the Irish Language Broadcast Fund when it expires in March 2009." Read full article
17 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the launch of Foyle Fashion Week by local modelling agency Converse Communications | Converse Models Read full article
17 June, 2008
Speaking prior to a vote on a report on waste management today Tuesday (17th June) in Strasbourg, Sinn Féin MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún has said, Read full article
16 June, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson speaking ahead of the publication of a major report into child poverty has said that the report findings have the potential to eradicate the 'scandal' of child poverty here Read full article
16 June, 2008
Sinn Féin's Health spokesperson Billy Page has expressed 'great concern' at what he sees as an increasing trend by GPs and medical centres to charge DLA claimants who need their medical notes for DLA appeal hearings Read full article
16 June, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has congratulated The Young Fathers Project for being nominated in the National Lottery Awards and said that people across the North should vote for it. Read full article
16 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has called on the DRD Road Service to improve the lighting in Coshowen Estate. Read full article
16 June, 2008
Derry Sinn Féin Environment Spokesperson Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has called on the new Environment Minister Sammy Wilson to rule out the jobs and money to councils 'volunteering' to host radioactive waste being suggested by the British Government. Read full article
16 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Elisha McLaughlin has said that while the Chief Inspector of Prisons and the Criminal Justice Inspection report published today highlights progress made since their last inspection in November 2004, that there was still a need for progress on delivering a separate women prison and more resources to be put into women's mental health while in prison. Read full article
16 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn welcomes the decision of the Court in Belfast to acquit the Raytheon 9 of most of the charges relating to the protest at Raytheon in August 2006 Read full article
14 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Equality and Human right spokesperson MLA Martina Anderson speaking on the eve of the 3rd Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD)has said more needs to be done to stop the abuse of older people and that they should be treated with equality and respect. Read full article
14 June, 2008
Derry Ógra Shinn Féin will participate in the protests against George Bush and US lead War in Iraq when he is expected in Belfast next Monday 16th June. Read full article
13 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson speaking following the intervention by local community workers in the Bogside which prevented the placing of yet another hoax type device in the Joseph Place area . Read full article
12 June, 2008
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness will take the opportunity presented by next weeks visit by US President George Bush to raise a number of issues including the undocumented Irish. Read full article
12 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has called on the DRD Road Service to improve the lighting in Coshowen Estate. Read full article
12 June, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has said that the British government has made a monumental mistake in introducing 42 day detention. Read full article
12 June, 2008
The event is part of the National Youth Weekend,Campa Náisiúnta Óige 08, which sees a wide range of political, cultural and social events, including a youth debate on 'What the proclamation means to you?' which will include contributions from all major youth wings. Read full article
12 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Equality and Human rights spokesperson Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the new information pack produced by the Refugee Action Group Read full article
12 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Lynn Fleming has welcomed the launch of today's strategy aimed at tackling sexual violence and abuse. Read full article
12 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has stated that supermarket giants need to develop a social conscience after Tesco announced another growth in the sales of food. Read full article
12 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Greater Shantallow Elisha McLaughlin area has said that more and more Pensioners are living on the breadline.
Elisha McLaughlin said that most recent figures showing the rise in pensioner poverty was very disturbing Read full article
12 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has said that the new fire appliances delivered today will help save lives right across the North West. Read full article
12 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has welcomed the news that the Department of Health has gifted two properties to Derry Women's Aid. Read full article
12 June, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA's Martina Anderson and Raymond McCartney will meet the Social Development Minister next month to urge her to extend Neighbourhood Renewal funding for a year. Read full article
12 June, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson is calling for the Health Minister to take action over serious delays in diagnosing children with autism. Read full article
11 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has accused SDLP Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie of deliberately attempting to misinform people about Sinn Féin's position on the Child maintenance Bill. Read full article
11 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said that those behind leaving a hoax device in the car park at Pilots Row in Derry on Tuesday night have only succeeded in causing disruption and upset to the local Bogside community Read full article
11 June, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the Department of Health announcement that funding for all Health and Social Care projects supported by the Children and Young People's package will continue for another year and particularly the u-turn on funding for Play Board which will allow it to fund a number of after schools clubs across the north. Read full article
11 June, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said that Minster Reg Empey must take on board recommendations to address the serious failures of the Training for Success scheme. Read full article
11 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor and DPP member Elisha McLaughlin has said that the PSNI must do more to tackle sectarian hate crime.
Speaking as targets were set for the PSNI by the Policing Board for 2007/08 Read full article
11 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Environmental spokesperson Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has said that the DUP decision to appoint Sammy Wilson as Environment Minister as 'grossly irresponsible' and that the Environment would suffer because of it. Read full article
11 June, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the decision by the Children's Commissioner Patricia Lewsley to raise the issue of the retention of children's DNA by the PSNI at the United Nations. Read full article
11 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Regional development Spokesperson, Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle) has called on the Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey to intervene in a dispute over wages and conditions for ambulance staff in Derry. Read full article
11 June, 2008
Sinn Fein MLA Martina Anderson has said that it is unacceptable that the figures released by the British Government shows an increase in the numbers of children living in child poverty. Read full article
11 June, 2008
Sinn Fein MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed Gregory Campbell, Minister of Culture Arts and Leisure commitment to look at the development of the Brandywell in a positive way. Read full article
10 June, 2008
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún last night spoke at a debate on the Lisbon Treaty in Belfast Read full article
10 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Billy Page has raised concerns about PSNI response times to reported crimes after a number of incidents in the Ballymagroarty area over the weekend Read full article
10 June, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA and Policing Board member Martina Anderson said that the Policing Board's Human Rights Committee will meet on Wednesday to consider what can only be described as a catalogue of serious allegations against a number of police officers. Read full article
10 June, 2008
Speaking following the announcement of Gregory Campbell as the new Six County Culture Minister, Derry Sinn Féin Culture spokesperson Councillor Kevin Campbell has said Read full article
10 June, 2008
The Assembly must take tangible steps to end the tax credit 'nightmare', Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said. Read full article
10 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Elisha McLaughlin has expressed concern about the recent findings contained in a new survey which claim that women today feel less safe than they did during the conflict years. Read full article
10 June, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has called on the Executive to work together with energy companies (including NIE and Phoenix Gas) to introduce a social tariff scheme to help alleviate fuel poverty Read full article
10 June, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has reiterated her demand for a full public inquiry into Invest NI after uncovering startling new evidence about the investment body's conduct towards the North West Read full article
10 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty today set out six key issues which the Irish government could deliver in a renegotiated Treaty. He said that the reason the government is falling back on scare tactics is because it has proved impossible for them to sell a bad deal to the Irish people, just as it was impossible to sell the same deal to the French and Dutch in 2005." Read full article
10 June, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has appealed for the parents of young people gathering at Fahan Street and Joseph Place to come to the area and see the fear their children are causing to local people through burning cars and fighting every weekend. Read full article
9 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson commenting on today's announced job losses at Glenaden Shirts Limited on Trench Road Derry Read full article
9 June, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has said that the meeting held in the Holy Child School on Thursday night to discuss post primary education reforms was a positive experience. Read full article
9 June, 2008
An allocation of funding for rural development in Derry has been more than doubled following the intervention of North West Sinn Féin MLA's Martina Anderson, Francie Brolly and Pat Doherty. Read full article
9 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Housing spokesperson on Derry City Council, Cllr Tony Hassan, has called on the Housing Executive and the Department of Social Development, to state once and for all: " What is going to be done about the terrible housing and Homeless crisis in the city and throughout the north of Ireland?" Read full article
9 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Regional Development Spokesperson, Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle) has said that no-one should be fooled by the lies being peddled by various SDLP spokespersons in recent press statements. Read full article
9 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue commenting on a car fire in Fahan Street late on Saturday night. Read full article
9 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Equality and Human Rights, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has described comments by DUP, MLA Iris Robinson as 'outrageous'. Read full article
8 June, 2008
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams speaking following a meeting of the party's leadership in Dublin this morning said 'In this country there is vast experience when it comes to negotiations. The Irish people know that it is possible to secure a better deal but it will only happen if the electorate vote no on June 12th and giving the government a strong mandate." Read full article
6 June, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has called on the Minister of Social Development to tell the truth about her commitment to the long term delivery of the Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy as the department's main weapon in dealing with social deprivation. Read full article
6 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Billy Page has said that action must be taken to ensure that the air quality at Creggan Road -Infirmary Road junction is improved. Read full article
6 June, 2008
Sinn Fein Councillor Tony Hassan has welcomed Eat Well, Keep Well scheme to be rolled out in the Shantallow area. Read full article
6 June, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has accused the Irish government of snubbing Irish citizens living in the North by denying them their constitutional rights to vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum. Read full article
6 June, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney who is the Chairperson of the Assembly Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee, has said that the comments of the Culture Minister Edwin Poots highlighting resistance to the Long Kesh/Maze project from the civil service confirm what republicans have been saying for some time. Read full article
6 June, 2008
Sinn Féin deputy First Minster Martin McGuinness has spoken in the Assembly following the nomination of Peter Robinson and himself and First and deputy First Minister. Read full article
5 June, 2008
Sinn Féin's Director of the Lisbon Treaty referendum campaign Padraig MacLochlainn has said that Sinn Fein's focus in the final days of the campaign will move to what the Irish government can deliver in a re-negotiated Treaty. Mr. MacLochlainn said: Read full article
5 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has backed calls from Dr Alan McKinney A&E consultant at Altnagelvin Hospital for the removal of sale of toys and chocolate products containing small plastic pieces which could be potentially hazardous to young children. Read full article
5 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Anderson has said there needs to greater transparency in the Payment Protection Insurance market after the Competition Commission found that consumers are being overcharged by £1.4 billion each year Read full article
5 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has said that Health Minister Michael McGimpsey must do all in his power to restore public confidence in hospitals following the C-difficle outbreak. Read full article
5 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Shantallow area, Cllr Tony Hassan, has commended the Shantallow Community Residents Association for the recent clean up it has carried out within the area. Read full article
5 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Billy Page has called for additional resources to be provided for Derry City Council's Environmental Health Department. Read full article
5 June, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the news that the final hardship payment due to Lough Foyle salmon fishermen will be made in Spring 2009. Read full article
4 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has criticised the Irish Football Association Chief Executive, Howard Wells, for claiming that FIFA's latest statements over player eligibility will prevent Irish citizens living in the North from representing, the Republic of Ireland, at international level. Read full article
4 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said that the Executive, through the End of Year Flexibility and in-year monitoring rounds, needs to reprioritise the money under spent by the Executive departments to those areas most in need . Read full article
4 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has welcomed then decision by the Planning Authority to reject a request from Arntz belting company to have the site designed from industrial to residential use. Read full article
4 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Assembly spokesperson on International Affairs, Raymond McCartney, MLA, has urged people to support Trócaire's relief efforts in Burma Read full article
3 June, 2008
Sinn Féin spokesperson, Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle) has called on SDLP Leader, Mark Durkan to explain his claim that voting in support of an increase in the time a person can be held in custody without charge from 7 to 28 days was a good tactic to prevent even longer periods of detention, now stands up to the imminent introduction of 42 day detentions Read full article
3 June, 2008
As thousands of GAA fans gathered in Ballybofey for Sunday's championship clash between Derry and Donegal, they where met with a clear message, 'Don't score an own goal - vote no to Lisbon!' Read full article
3 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has welcomed the news that cigarette vending machines and packets of 10 could be outlawed under new plans aimed at preventing children and young people smoking. Read full article
3 June, 2008
Derry Sinn Féin Education spokesperson Councillor Paul Fleming has said narrow party politics should not stand in the way of the introduction of the Education and Skills Authority (ESA), the most radical and progressive shake up of how education administered in 35 years Read full article
3 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said that vulnerable home owners are being exploited by private companies offering mortgage rescue schemes. Read full article
3 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has said that consultation process on the proposed Post Office closures -was a sham Read full article
3 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has commended those involved in a vandalism attack on machinery and storage units in a car park adjacent to Celtic Park GAA grounds on the Lonemoor Road which has left a repair bill running into thousand of pounds Read full article
3 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson , speaking after it was revealed that Medical students in the North of Ireland are having a much tougher time financially than their counterparts in England, Wales and Scotland has said it is a matter of huge concern Read full article
2 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Lynn Fleming has described trouble in the Top of the Hill area over the weekend as an orgy of destruction. Read full article
2 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has voiced concern at the approach of Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie to legislation. Read full article
2 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has appealed for calm after a number of stone throwing incidents in and around the Interface at Bishop Street /Fountain Estate on Sunday afternoon. Read full article
2 June, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the first meeting of the North South Ministerial Council on Trade (Intertrade Ireland) and said that it is important that trade between the North and South is co-ordinated and promoted. Read full article
2 June, 2008
Sinn Féin Council Group Leader Maeve McLaughlin has wished Derry City Council Chief Executive Tony McGurk best wishes on his retirement Read full article
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