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Work gets underway on major new housing and community development project in Creggan
Radius Housing is building 119 new homes in the area
Stephen McGeehan, Ulster GAA, Lynsay Magill, Radius Housing, and Danny Cassidy, Sean Dolan s GAC, are joined by Sean Dolan youth players Ben Clifford and Tierna McLaughlin to launch the new project.
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Radius Housing is building 119 new homes in the Creggan area.
The project will also bring major improvements to the facilities at Sean Dolan’s GAA club and the construction of a new multi-use community facility on the site.
The project will transform the lands to the west of the current Sean Dolan GAC grounds at Bligh’s Lane and represents an investment in excess of £20million in the Creggan area.
Residents growing fears about use of bail accommodation in Derry
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People living close to accommodation in Derry where alleged offenders are being housed say they want assurances they are safe in their homes.
Problems have surfaced in different parts of the city over the past year, during which time local residents have voiced their concerns to local politicians and all organisations involved.
The Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) acknowledges that demand for emergency housing has increased significantly during the pandemic, resulting in the use of ‘non-standard accommodation’.
Defendants regularly appear at Derry Magistrates Court with addresses at the local emergency accommodation.
Plans submitted for City Cemetery expansion
The £1m expansion would create around 1,000 new plots at Derry s biggest graveyard and extend its lifespan by up to seven years
Land next to Kildrum Gardens at the top of Southway will be used.
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Plans have been submitted for a £1m expansion of the City Cemetery in Derry, it can be revealed today.
If approved an additional 980 plots will be created at the local graveyard.
For many years concerns have been raised that the City Cemetery has been running out of burial space.
Derry City and Strabane District Council, which manages the cemetery, have lodged a planning application in recent days for the extension proposals.
How Northern Ireland’s paramilitaries exploit the social housing system Residential segregation and the influence it gives paramilitaries in poor urban neighbourhoods continues to fuel violence. By Kaitlin M. Ball The ongoing unrest in Belfast has drawn attention to Northern Ireland’s unique security infrastructure, as rioters clash across – and even attack – so-called “peace lines”. These “peace lines” are towering walls of brick, iron, and steel, often with gates that close at night to separate communities along largely sectarian lines. A fortnight ago, crowds of young rioters – likely whipped up by loyalist paramilitary organisations – hijacked and rammed burned-out cars against one such “security barrier” in West Belfast.