Councillor calls for 'big chunk' of money from Tory-DUP deal to go towards City of Derry Airport to remove risk from ratepayers

A local councillor has called for a 'big chunk' of the money from the Tory-DUP deal to go towards City of Derry Airport.

Independent councillor Paul Gallagher said a large portion of the money should go to the airport to reduce the financial risk it poses to the council and local ratepayers.

The comments came during a meeting of Derry City and Strabane District Council's Audit Assurance and Risk Committee at the Guildhall today.

Cllr Gallagher added that five million was being put into the airport each year and that the issues with it were 'well identified by this committee'.

The Conservative Party and the DUP agreed a confidence and supply agreement earlier this week with over £1bn in funding set to come to Northern Ireland as part of the deal.