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Fresh appeals for calm have been launched following sectarian clashes involving masked youths in the Waterside area of Derry.
Derry City and Strabane District Council members have praised the recent Waterside Half Marathon as a “truly special” event.
Two Waterside planning applications for 206 social homes combined have been given the green light by Derry City and Strabane ...
Footage of masked youths launching fireworks into a beer garden in bar in Derry has been shared on a loyalist social media ...
There is some support among Sinn Féin parliamentarians for the party to back Independent candidate Catherine Connolly in the presidential election, a number of its representatives have privately ...
Catherine Connolly has said she hopes to secure the support of Sinn Féin in her bid to become the next Irish president. The independent candidate, who is so far the only confirmed runner in the ...
Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh has said the next president should be “really up for the job” of reunifying the island of Ireland, adding that she was “absolutely” that kind of person. Ms Conway-Walsh, ...
Sinn Féin has not yet decided whether to field its own presidential candidate or back another, Mary Lou McDonald said. The Dublin TD said she has been thinking about things “on a personal level”, but ...
Mary Lou McDonald insisted the party was not split in its decision on whether or not they will run a candidate or if they will support another candidate from outside the party [PA Media] The Sinn Féin ...
Sinn Féin is wrestling with entwined conundrums over its environmental policy. It wants to clean up Lough Neagh but not blame farmers, industry or households for pollution. It wants to build the A5 ...
Sinn Fein has been accused of holding a “confused position” on mining which has led to a lack of trust in nationalist communities, according to campaigners. The party’s Dr Caoimhe Archibald criticised ...
Catherine Connolly has said she is “looking forward to” a Sinn Féin endorsement for her presidential campaign, despite the party not having announced a formal decision yet. Ms Connolly, an independent ...