SDLP Councillor Angela Mulholland has hit out at the Department of Education for not doing enough to support working families and childcare providers. Councillor Mulholland was speaking following the launch of the 9th Annual Northern Ireland Childcare Cost Report by Employers for Childcare.

The Chairperson of Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Environment and Regeneration Committee SDLP Councillor Martin Reilly has welcomed a paper presented to Committee yesterday on the cleanliness of Mews lanes across the city and region.

SDLP Councillor Angela Dobbins welcomes the green light for the redevelopment of Thornhill College site in Derry.

SDLP Councillor Paul McCusker has said that new statistics released by NISRA that show an increase in alcohol related deaths is extremely alarming and requires immediate attention. Cllr McCusker added that more must be done to raise awareness of the negative impacts of alcohol, as well as heightening efforts to tackle the root causes that lead people to become dependent upon alcohol.

SDLP Councillor Noreen McClelland has condemned a vicious attack on a group of five Romanian men late last night after a gang of men forced their way into a property in Newtownabbey.