@Derry_SDLP Ballyarnett Councillor on @dcsdcouncil
Derry City, Ireland
Joined July 2009
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Heating oil distributors should not hike prices for existing stock once there's a sniff of conflict❗
Rory Farrell retweeted
I'm an SDLP member & representative, whose family were harassed & murdered by loyalist paramilitaries, and I'm now being told that my party is aligning itself with 'extreme voices in loyalism.'
This is embarrassing nonsense which no-one believes and which should be deleted.
Derry & Strabane had lowest rate of housing allocations last year
590 homes allocated, while 6,495 people wait patiently for an offer
9.1% of applicants got housed, compared to NI average of 11.5% - Mid & East Antrim and Lisburn & Castlereagh got 17.1% and 16.9% ⁉️
A record 6,495 applicants on housing list in @dcsdcouncil, per capita we have
🔴 longest waiting list across north
🔵 highest rate of housing stress
🟢 most people with homeless status
This is a growing crisis and it is simply unacceptable that Stormont won't fund more homes 😞
Promising progress at Magee, but sustained investment needed to reach 10,000 students #Derry
Really positive investment update at @dcsdcouncil today, including:
🟢 £340m for City Deal projects
🔵 £100m for Templemore new build
🟡 £175m for community projects
🔴 £20m for heritage & regeneration
Investment of over £700m led by our Council-#Derry will be transformed✊
Good to see @SDLPlive making common sense proposals in Stormont to tackle our housing crisis
Rent controls across private rental sector will provide comfort to tens of thousands of people
While a moratorium on sale of social homes will help protect the existing housing stock
The widespread unacceptable postal delays in #Derry were discussed at @dcsdcouncil yesterday
We have requested urgent meetings with the union and @RoyalMail management
Hospital appointments missed, bills arriving after payment deadline - people deserve much, much better
Great to hear from @NIElectricity on its £250m Big Network Rebuild at @dcsdcouncil today
Replacing aging infrastructure, it will create a more robust & resilient #Derry power grid
The upgrade will unlock capacity needed for new housing, business growth & our journey to Net Zero
Still no movement with widening of Buncrana Road, but we'll keep challenging Stormont decision makers – at Gransha, Northern Ireland
Rory Farrell retweeted
The capture and detention of civilians and vessels as part of the Global Sumud flotilla breaches international law.
Israel is again placing an embargo against peaceful humanitarian missions carrying food and critical aid to Gaza.
Governments across Europe must take a stand.
Rory Farrell retweeted
Stormont is back, but the Executive is comatose.
That’s why today, the SDLP Opposition have set out six clear tests, tests that any government worth its salt should be able to meet.
If they can’t, it proves what we all know, this Executive is failing Northern Ireland.
Rory Farrell retweeted
🌱 The SDLP is today launching "The Road to Recovery", our plan to reverse decades of environmental decline.
🏞️ Through legislative action, investment and long-term planning we can revitalise our environment.
👀 You can find our proposals in full at sdlp.ie/the_road_to_recovery
Rory Farrell retweeted
55 years ago today, the SDLP was founded.
From the very start, we stood for civil rights, social justice, anti-sectarian politics and unity by consent.
Join us for the next chapter.
ALT Image of letter from 1970 written by the founding members of the SDLP.
ALT Image listing the principles and values of the SDLP. Civil rights, social justice, anti-sectarian politics and unity by consent.
Rory Farrell retweeted
The SDLP stands with bereaved families. The A5 must be delivered. Today's ruling exposes failure at the top and this delay could cost lives.
The Executive must act now. The SDLP are calling for emergency legislation to deliver the A5.
ALT Image of dual carriageway with text 'The A5 must be delivered'
Bad day for #Derry and wider north west as judge rules against development of A5 road to Dublin. We could be doing with safer & faster journeys to the capital. – at Alicante, Spain