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Pat Finucane Centre praise Derry families' 'dignity and courage' in fight for justice over 1971 killings
Sara Duddy, Advocacy Support Worker with Pat Finucane Centre in a brief press conference held alongside the relatives of Annette McGavigan and Billy McGreanery immediately after the decisions were confirmed late on Monday afternoon, said that they had been waiting on news all day as to whether or not the prosecutions for murder would go ahead. Annette McGavigan was 14 years old when she was shot dead by a member of the Royal Green Jackets Regiment in the Bogside on September 6, 1971, as she...
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'Heartbreaking': Autism diagnosis delays forcing families to find money for private assessments warn Derry & Strabane reps
Elected representatives have now backed a motion proposing that the Council write to the Minister for Health Robin Swann, Minister for Education Paul Givan, and Minister for Finance Caoimhe Archibald, to “urgently develop and present a business case” with clear reduction targets for assessment wait times. The motion was tabled by SDLP councillor Lilian Seenoi-Barr at the Full Council Meeting on Wednesday, and Derry & Strabane Council will seek collaboration from all other Councils across the...
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Derry & Strabane reps brand Taoiseach Simon Harris 'out of touch' over comments on Belfast, Derry v Paris, Berlin
It follows recent Mr Harris’ recent comments that people of his generation were more familiar with Berlin and Paris than they were with places like Derry and Belfast. At the April Full Council meeting this week, Sinn Féin councillor Paul Boggs proposed that the council writes to Mr Harris, asking that he establish a citizens’ assembly on unity “as a matter of urgency”. “Young people on this island are leaving in droves to seek better opportunities elsewhere,” Councillor Boggs said. “And the...