News Archives for February, 2009
28 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún's visit to Palestine can be followed online at the new EU website. Read full article
28 February, 2009
The Executive has agreed household fuel payments of £150 which will be delivered to those most in need. Read full article
28 February, 2009
Reiterating his Ard Fhéis call for a political alliance for change in Ireland, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said today that the replacement of the current coalition by another coalition with Fine Gael as the main party would be pointless. Read full article
27 February, 2009
This coming Sunday 1st March, the Strabane Memorial Flute Band will host it's annual commemoration parade for local IRA Volunteers Charlie Breslin, and brothers David and Michael Devine Read full article
27 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Anderson has called on the DHSS to review procedures for new claimants for the Employment and Support Allowance following complaints from those trying to access the benefit that they where having to wait up to 45 minutes on the benefit helpline and there was confusion as to the proper postal address claimants had to send their forms to Read full article
27 February, 2009
There are 46 domestic violence incidents across the North every day with many more going unreported, Sinn Féin Policing board member Martina Anderson has said. Read full article
27 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has said that there needs to be full consultation with the residents affected by the proposed expansion of the Buncrana Road. Read full article
27 February, 2009
Sinn Féin health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page , has welcomed the £3.5million investment to help support child protection services. The announcement follows a series of meeting with Sinn Féin and the Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey, regarding additional funding for unallocated social services cases. Read full article
27 February, 2009
Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has welcomed the opportunity next week to debate the controversial decision by DSD MNinister, Margaret Ritchie to to review social security agency services with a view to replacing face-to face contact with an automated telephone service - which would threaten jobs and services in Derry Read full article
26 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the consultation on the proposed route of the A5 and the recognition by Minister of Regional Development Conor Murphy that there will need to be a joint up approach to how the new roads leading into Derry are interconnected.. Read full article
26 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Elisha McLaughlin has said that the community was totally opposed to the attack on the PSNI in Knockalla Park yesterday. Read full article
26 February, 2009
Reacting to the announcement on a radio show this morning by the British Secretary of State Shaun Woodward that the British Government are to abandon the recognition payment contained the in the Eames/Bradley proposals, Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney said Read full article
26 February, 2009
Sinn Fein Foyle MLA and spokesperson on Human Rights, Martina Anderson, today in the Human Rights and Professional Standards Committee at the Assembly has been involved in a round table discussion on Domestic Abuse. This was the final discussion with key stakeholders before the results of the inquiry in domestic abuse, which will be published on March 24th. Read full article
26 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has called on the owners of the land at the former Tillie and Henderson factory to ensure that the site is secured and cleaned up as matter of urgency following a number of concerns being raised from constituents. Read full article
26 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson (Foyle) has called for urgent support for the Small and Medium Enterprise sector (SME'S). This follows a debate in the Assembly on the negative impact that the current economic climate is having on the sector Read full article
26 February, 2009
Derry City Sinn Féin Councillor, Gerry MacLochlainn took part in a two day party delegation to the Welsh Assembly; the delegation was led by Sinn Féin Assembly Group Leader John O'Dowd. Read full article
25 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Spokesperson, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has called on Social Development Minister, Margaret Ritchie to state unambiguously that Civil Service jobs and services will not be removed from Derry under a review of the social security system Read full article
25 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Minister for Regional Development, Conor Murphy has met with the operators of the Lough Foyle Ferry Company to listen to concerns regarding it long term future. The meeting was organised at the request of East Derry MLA Francie Brolly and Donegal Councillor Padraig MacLochlainn Read full article
25 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has called for Equality Impact Assessments to be carried out on Derry City Council's decisions to close the civic amenity sites at Brandywell and Eglinton. Read full article
25 February, 2009
Sinn Féin's Bairbre de Brún MEP Responds to Galvin Report into MEP Expenses Read full article
25 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has called on the DRD Water Service to review their communication procedures when dealing with burst water mains that affect homes and businesses. Read full article
24 February, 2009
Spark E-Zine Re-launched @ the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis Read full article
24 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA and spokesperson on Human Rights, Martina Anderson, has welcomed the Assembly endorsing a Sinn Féin motion into the Prison Ombudsman's report following the death of Colin Bell in Maghaberry Prison in 2008 Read full article
24 February, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page , has said that there are increasing concerns about the amount of women opting for a caesarean sections during childbirth. Recent studies have shown that this method of delivery can lead to increased need for postnatal care. Read full article
24 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has called on the public to have their say about the preferred route of the A5 dual carriageway by attending any one of a number of consultation meetings being organised by DRD Roads Service at local venues this week Read full article
24 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson , commenting on the The Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland (ERINI) report Mitigating the Recession Read full article
23 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA's Raymond McCartney and Martina Anderson will present a motion at today's sitting of the Assembly calling for the full implementations of the recommendations of the report made by the Prison Ombudsman into the death of Colin Bell in Maghaberry Prison. Read full article
23 February, 2009
Derry Raise Awareness on Euskal Herria Read full article
23 February, 2009
Initial legislation to establish a rates relief scheme here will be brought to the Executive next month, Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has revealed. Read full article
23 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has welcomed work by the DRD Road service that has been carried out on pathways and street lighting in the greater Brandywell area in the past week Read full article
22 February, 2009
Gerry Adams interview on the Politics Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD-X6Y-TG98&eurl=http: Read full article
22 February, 2009
Bairbre de Brún Ard Fheis Speech -EU Affairs - Motion 99 Read full article
22 February, 2009
Gerry Adams Presidential Address Ard Fheis 2009 Read full article
20 February, 2009
Mac Lochlainn welcomes reinstatement of Project Kelvin 'Telehouse' to Derry City
"Important victory for North West region Read full article
20 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson welcoming the decision by Arlene Foster, Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) to reinstate the original terms of the Kelvin Project highlights the accountability of the Assembly and the ability of local people to make change. Read full article
20 February, 2009
Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness MP, MLA has welcomed the confirmation from Arlene Foster, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) and Hibernia Atlantic, the contractor, that the location of the Project Kelvin 'Telehouse' will be located in Derry City as originally intended. Read full article
20 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has said that the Magilligan-Greencastle ferry should be maintained as an access point into the North West and developed as part of the tourist strategy for the region Read full article
20 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson Councillor Tony Hassan has said that the Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie needs to inform people of what practical plans she has in place to assist those citizens languishing on the social housing waiting list. Read full article
20 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the recognition from the Assembly that STEM will play an integral role in benefiting the economy in the North. Read full article
19 February, 2009
The Sinn Féin Ard Fheis 2009 is taking place Friday and Saturday February 20-21 at the RDS in Dublin. Read full article
19 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Party Political Broadcast for the Ard Fheis 2009 Read full article
19 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún will travel to Gaza next week as part of a cross-party group of European MPs to see firsthand the humanitarian needs on the ground. Read full article
19 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has welcomed work by the DRD Road service that has been carried out on pathways and street lighting in the greater Brandywell area in the past week Read full article
19 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has said that the workers in Arntz Belting Company need to be told straight as to the long term future of the plant. Read full article
19 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Equality and Human rights spokesperson Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has encouraged everyone in Derry to "get into the Fairtrade habit". Read full article
18 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún today met with Dublin Communications Minister Eamon Ryan in Brussels today and raised the issue of Project Kelvin with him. Read full article
18 February, 2009
Commenting on reports carried in the media that the number of children learning Irish or through Irish at school comes as no surprise according to Derry Sinn Fein Councillor Kevin Campbell Read full article
18 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Spokesperson, Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle) has called on the previously unheard of group styling itself Bogside Republican Action Group (Brag) to publicly withdraw a threat contained in a letter delivered to a priest in Derry today (Tuesday 17th February). Read full article
18 February, 2009
To mark the 100th anniversary of Na Fianna Éireann, Ógra Shinn Féin has taken it upon themselves to trace the history of republican youth in the struggle, from the establishment of Na Fianna Éireann in 1909, to Ógra Shinn Féin's role in the struggle today. Read full article
18 February, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the significant progress which it is hoped will lead to a resolution of the Project Kelvin controversy. Read full article
18 February, 2009
Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness speaking today after meeting with DETI Minister, Arlene Foster, said that he was hopeful that a resolution could be found to the issue of the location of the telehouse for Project Kelvin. Read full article
18 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the publishing of the report on the Inquiry into the Role and Potential of Credit unions in the north of Ireland. Speaking ahead of a motion calling on the Assembly to approve the report Martina Anderson said: Read full article
18 February, 2009
Derry Sinn Fin Education spokesperson Councillor Paul Fleming has accused the DUP of directly blocking 25m of funding to Special Needs children. Councillor Fleming comments come after the DUP once again blocked the paper which will release this funding going before last weeks Executive Read full article
17 February, 2009
Raymond McCartney Foyle MLA has criticised DUP MLA Edwin Poots for referring to the non Grammar school sector as 'bog standard Comprehensives' in an Assembly question to Education Minister Caitríona Ruane. Read full article
17 February, 2009
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness MP, MLA (Mid-Ulster) told a republican commemoration in Lavey, Co. Derry marking the 20th anniversary of the murder of Sinn Féin councillor, John Davey, that he was "firmly off the opinion that while John Davey's murder was claimed by the UVF, I have no doubt that John was executed by British military personnel authourised at the highest level in the British government Read full article
17 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Greater Shantallow, Tony Hassan, has commended the Galliagh Development Trust for work carried out in the area over the last year Read full article
17 February, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Councillor Maeve Mc Laughlin and Donegal Sinn Féin Councillor Padraig MacLochlainn have joined forces to push for an increased focus by the Irish government on tourism development and promotion of the Inishowen peninsula and the wider county of Donegal as an integral part of the North West Region with Derry City as its hub Read full article
17 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Policing Board member Martina Anderson today has said that the massive increase in the use of stop and search anti-terrorism powers by the PSNI was unacceptable. Ms Anderson's remarks came after a PSNI report to Policing Board members revealed a massive 245% increase in the use of Section 44 stop and search powers. Read full article
17 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has congratulted all those involved in the making of the film "Hunger" about the last days in the life of Bobby Sands after it swept the boards at the Irish Film & Television Awards [IFTA] held in in Dublin at the weekend Read full article
17 February, 2009
Speaking after Margaret Ritchie's desperate attempts at shirking her Ministerial responsibilities in relation to the social house building programme, Sinn Féin Housing spokesperson Councillor Tony Hassan has called on the Minister to tell us what measures she is putting in place to meet her targets. Read full article
17 February, 2009
The Sinn Féin Ard Fheis this coming weekend (20 - 21 February) will see hundreds of young republicans from across Ireland flock to Dublin to engage in developing and shaping the parties political outlook and strategy for the coming year. Read full article
17 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has said that it is essential to address the ever growing problem of dog fouling in Derry City .Her call comes following a high number of complaints from residents in various parts of the city regarding the issue Read full article
17 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Anderson has appealed to motorists to respect traffic restrictions put in place due to roadwork's in the greater Bogside area. Read full article
16 February, 2009
Speaking on RTE's Morning Ireland programme today on the Irish Times Lisbon Treaty poll Sinn Féin Lisbon Campaign Director and North West EU Candidate Cllr. Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has described the poll 'as meaning little in the poll as it has been taken place in the absence of the government showing the people the colour of it's money on the proposed Lisbon re-run 'guarantees." Mr. Mac Lochlainn called on the government to publish the guarantee text so that a national debate can begin. Read full article
16 February, 2009
SENIOR republicans are determined to 'lift the lid' on groups whose criminal activities are discrediting republicanism and creating a climate of fear and intimidation within communities. Read full article
16 February, 2009
SINN FÉIN'S engagement with the PSNI is about challenging bad policing and supporting good policing, Bronwyn McGahan has told a Six-County-wide weekend seminar on policing. Read full article
16 February, 2009
Irish Basque Solidarity Vigil Free Derry Corner Read full article
15 February, 2009
Video of ISM volunteers' at work trying to protect Palestinian farmers who are trying to harvest their parsley crops in Abassan, Gaza on 12th February 2009, as Israeli Army shoot at them. Read full article
14 February, 2009
Ógra Shinn Féin Waterford will host a Republican youth weekend from March 20th - 22nd. The primary focus of the weekend will revolve around the future of Republicanism in modern day Ireland. Read full article
14 February, 2009
Ógra Shinn Féin are planning to 'fittingly commemorate and pay tribute' to Vol. Martin Doherty on his 15th Anniversary by hosting a Republican Youth Weekend in the Capital from the 22 - 24 May. Read full article
13 February, 2009
Speaking at a public meeting in Limerick on 'Why Irish Unity makes Economic Sense' Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams noted "it is now time to end the nonsense of two competing economies on this island with two administrations, two health services, two education systems, two investment bodies with separate strategies and two different tax regimes. Irish Unity is not just a dearly held republican aspiration. It is an economic imperative." Read full article
13 February, 2009
Speaking today Sinn Féin MP Martin McGuinness said that it was clear that the people who had to fear most from so called dissident republican groups were the people of Derry. Mr McGuinness comments come after the murder of Jim McConnell in the city yesterday. Read full article
12 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MP for Mid-Ulster, Martin McGuinness will this weekend address republicans from throughout counties Derry and Antrim at a commemoration to be held at St. Mary's Churchyard, Lavey (Co. Derry) on Sunday 15th February at 2.30pm in honour of murdered Sinn Féin councillor, John Davey (20th anniversary) Read full article
12 February, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA and Policing Board member Martina Anderson has slammed the cost to the public purse of paying police officers suspended on full pay. Read full article
12 February, 2009
The international organisation of the Basque pro-independence movement have called for a weekend of solidarity and protest around the world, at the undemocratic nature of the Spanish state, and to call for self-determination for the Basque Country (Euskal Herria). Read full article
12 February, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has called on the Land & Property services to be sensitive to the financial difficulties of low income families when collecting rate arrears. Read full article
12 February, 2009
Sinn Fein Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has called on local banks to do more to help small and medium sized businesses in the north. Read full article
12 February, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has warned the Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey that the loss of 700 nursing staff will devastate frontline health care Read full article
11 February, 2009
Foyle MLA Martina Anderson appearing on Tuesdays Stormont Live programme Read full article
11 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has said that the murder of a man in Derry today was a criminal act and cannot be dressed up as anything else. Read full article
11 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Fleming has welcomed the announcement by Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, who has announced that up to 750 classroom assistants will receive a share of £1.3million as a result of the implementation of job evaluation. Read full article
11 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Equality Spokesperson, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has called for the introduction of a rates relief scheme to assist small businesses here. Read full article
11 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has welcomed the decision to built changing rooms at the Daisy Field in the Brandywell area. Read full article
11 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has welcomed the announcement by the Roads Minister Conor Murphy on the preferred route for the proposed improvements to Buncrana Road in Derry Read full article
11 February, 2009
Speaking at Tuesday's Council meeting Development Committee Chairperson Sinn Féin Councillor Lynn Fleming has described Invest NI's track record in the region as a failure. Read full article
10 February, 2009
Sinn Féin deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP, MLA gave the opening address at Mondays VIP briefing event by the University of Ulster to announce proposals to develop its Magee campus. Read full article
10 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said the report from PricewaterhouseCoopers highlights what Sinn Fein has been saying for years; that a radical approach is required to tackle the underinvestment and lack of economic activity in the North West. Read full article
10 February, 2009
Sinn Fein MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún is to raise the Project Kelvin issue at European level. Read full article
10 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has urged people in Derry to give their support to the family of murdered human rights lawyer Pat Finucane in their continuing quest for truth and justice .This week marks the 20th anniversary of his murder in 1989 Read full article
10 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said anyone worried about family members they think may have been caught up in the current bush fires that have ravaged southern Australia should contact the Consulate General of Ireland in Sydney for the most up todate information Read full article
10 February, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Education spokesperson Councillor Paul Fleming speaking following many children receiving their 11 plus results at the weekend , has said that the primary-post primary transfer guidelines set out by Education Minister Caitríona Ruane are a crucial element in securing the delivery of a modern education system where all children can realise their full potential. Read full article
10 February, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed today's announcement of a massive investment plan which could see as much as £200 million pumped into Magee University Read full article
9 February, 2009
Basque Solidarity Night this coming Friday in Derry Read full article
9 February, 2009
550 more people signed on in Inishowen last month as unemployment approaches 4,000 in the peninsula and more than doubles in just one year Read full article
9 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has said that vigilantism will not resolve the drug problem in Derry Read full article
9 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún has participate in a debate around the concluding report of the European Parliament's Climate Change Committee of which she is a member. The report has far-reaching recommendations on steps that need to be taken in the time ahead. Read full article
9 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the announcement that the Port and Harbour Commission have acquired monies to upgrade the dredger on the river Foyle. Read full article
7 February, 2009
The Mary Nelis Column
Paradise lost' and the 11-Plus Read full article
7 February, 2009
Gemma McKenna
Uladh Gender Equality Officer
Ógra Shinn Féin
I sat down with Kerry McColgan, a 21 year old Beauty Therapist from Omagh, County Tyrone as part of the ongoing women in struggle interviews. Read full article
6 February, 2009
ERNACT, the crossborder technology partnership established by Derry City Council and Donegal County Council to jointly stimulate the development of Broadband networks and related knowledge economy investment in the North West area have expressed great concern at the decision to relocate the telehouse for Project Kelvin from Derry to Coleraine. Read full article
6 February, 2009
Elisha McLaughlin, the new Chair of the DPP has said that she wants to use her year in the position to prioritise the need to tackle the drugs problem in Derry. Read full article
5 February, 2009
Voters hold the ultimate veto by Mitchel McLaughlin MLA Read full article
5 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún has participate in a debate around the concluding report of the European Parliament's Climate Change Committee of which she is a member. The report has far-reaching recommendations on steps that need to be taken in the time ahead, and will be voted in the European Parliament today . Read full article
5 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún has welcomed the address by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to the European Parliament. Read full article
5 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Greater Shantallow Area, Tony Hassan, has welcomed the work carried out by road service at Bradley Pass to finally end the misery caused to the people of the area by the many years of flooding which occurs at this junction Read full article
5 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has urged all farmers to avail of the Farm Modernisation Scheme as the deadline for applications approaches. The £12 million scheme which was initiated by the Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew will be open to farmers until 17th February.
Martina Anderson said: Read full article
5 February, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor for the Greater Shantallow Area, Tony Hassan, has welcomed the news from the Road Service that work that was due to be carried out in the next financial year will now be carried out in the next few weeks due to a slippage in DSD money that needs to be spent. Read full article
5 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Tourism Spokesperson Cllr Maeve McLaughlin has reiterated that the river Foyle must be a key component of the soon to be published Tourism Strategy for Derry. Her call follows a meeting recently held between Sinn Féin and the Loughs Agency which discussed a number of plans involving the development of marine tourism in the wider Derry area. Read full article
4 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún has welcomed DUP Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster's promise to try and maximise the potential of sustainable energy production to create 'green jobs'. Read full article
4 February, 2009
Sinn Fein Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed Employment Ministers statement today regarding migrant workers being employed locally. Read full article
4 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Cllr Gerry MacLochlainn will propose an emergency motion to Derry City Council Regional Services Committee today calling on the Project Kelvin 'Telehouse' to be located within the North West Gateway Councils area. Read full article
4 February, 2009
Sinn Fein MLA's Martina Anderson and Jennifer McCann have tabled a motion at the Assembly today calling for the Executive to ensure adequate funding is made available for women's organisations Read full article
3 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has called on the public to have their say about the preferred route of the A5 dual carriageway by attending any one of a number of consultation meetings being organised by DRD Roads Service at local venues throughout the month of February. Read full article
3 February, 2009
As part of an ongoing community consultation concerning the site of the former United Technologies Factory on Bligh's Lane a residents meeting hosted by the Bogside and Brandywell Initiative (BBi) Creggan Neighbourhood Centre will take place in the Ráth Mór Centre, on the upper floor of the complex this coming Wednesday (4th February) night at 6.30pm Read full article
3 February, 2009
Aoife McNaught
Chairperson
Derry Ógra Shinn Féin
Young republican delegates from as far away as Waterford travelled to Derry at the weekend (Jan 30 - 1 Feb) to take part in Ógra Shinn Féin's Youth 4 Truth weekend Read full article
3 February, 2009
Ógra Shinn Féin activists from across Ireland descended on Derry for the annual Bloody Sunday march on Sunday 1 February. Read full article
3 February, 2009
Sinn Féin MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún has welcomed DUP Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster's promise to try and maximise the potential of sustainable energy production to create 'green jobs' Read full article
3 February, 2009
Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has expressed her anger after the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) blocked a meeting that she had arranged with Hibernia Atlantic and a cross-party delegation to discuss the location of a 'Telehouse' which will service the Trans-Atlantic fibre optic cable that will come ashore at Portrush. Read full article
3 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has said that he hoped that the first phase of new house building programme on the Skeoge lands will commence shortly. Read full article
2 February, 2009
Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, has announced details of the guidance schools will use for Transfer 2010. Read full article
2 February, 2009
Bairbre de Brún Speaking at Bloody Sunday March in Derry Read full article
2 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Billy Page has called for the erection of flashing warning lights outside of St Eithnes and Holy Family primary schools. Read full article
2 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has accused government of focussing on the less well-off to carry the burden of economic recovery. Read full article
2 February, 2009
Sinn Féin Housing spokesperson Councillor Tony Hassan has said the release of figures, showing a massive increase mortgage and house repossessions in the DSD quarterly housing bulletin is an indictment on the failed policies of the Social Development Minister. Read full article
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