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The Business End: Cost of living crisis . . . the reasons

There is not one business or family in the North which isn't affected by the cost of living crisis. Before we consider potential remedies to resolve this it's worth remembering why we are here. Brexit: Prices began to rocket in shops for clothes, ...

19 Mar 2022 at 15:52

Local News

Let's not go back to the old normal because let's face it, things were not so great

Who would have known on the 9th of January 2020 when all the parties in the Assembly signed up for The New Decade New Approach (NDNA) that Covid-19 would strike and dominate all of our lives for 18 months. There was a lot of great stuff in the ...

18 May 2021 at 08:15

Home

‘Unity planning should include northern voting rights’ - McGowan

If the Irish Government is serious about planning for Irish Unity, then it should begin by extending Presidential voting rights to citizens in the North, local Sinn Féin Councillor John McGowan has said. Cllr. McGowan was speaking ahead of a ...

22 Nov 2022 at 09:27

Features

John McGowan: Another lockdown is a failure by us to take responsibility

The UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak was back in the news on Thursday when he announced the Job Support Scheme which will kick in after the furlough scheme ends. In my first article on Covid in March 2020, I drew attention to the economic ...

30 Sept 2020 at 00:04

Features

Get out and support our local businesses coming out of lockdown

A few weeks ago, I wrote about how now was a good time to start a business. This week I want to highlight the plight of many small businesses across the city and tell you what you can do to help them survive. For the past 15 weeks ...

07 Jul 2020 at 23:31

Business

The Business End: The Protocol is a process not an event

Last week Craigavon based Almac announced 1,000 new jobs in the North across 120 roles and across their sites in Derry, Belfast and Craigavon. Written on their website in plain English was the following: "Post-Brexit: The Almac ...

16 Nov 2021 at 12:43

Local News

‘Derry must not pay the price of Brexit destruction'

Organisations in Derry which play a vital role in supporting communities should not have to pay the price of the ‘damaging and destructive Tory/DUP Brexit’, Sinn Féin Councillor John McGowan has said. Councillor McGowan was ...

27 Jul 2022 at 16:20

Home

Council urged to back end of ‘divisive and damaging’ transfer tests

Derry City and Strabane District Council is being urged urged to back end of "divisive and damaging" school transfer tests. Cllr John McGowan (Sinn Féin) is bringing a motion on the issue to March's plenary Council meeting....

28 Mar 2023 at 15:15

Home

"We need an Economy Minister that represents the best economic interests of this place and doesn't put politics before economic reality"

I was interviewed last week by the Belfast Telegraph because my frustration with the DUP and how they are managing the economy came out in a few tweets. For the last few weeks, unless you’re living in a cave in Tibet, the ...

23 Feb 2021 at 12:00

Home

Trouble is not good for business

The flare up of trouble across the North is a real kick in the teeth for business. Covid has been a disaster for business but the optimist in us saw light at the end of a very long tunnel. With one eye on daily case ...

13 Apr 2021 at 07:49

Features

Spare a thought for the business owners in Derry coping with impact of the pandemic

What a difficult 10 months it's been for the whole of the world. Very few have escaped the impact of Covid and we now seem to be in the eye of the storm for the third time. But hope is on the way with the roll out ...

21 Jan 2021 at 11:00

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Anti-social behaviour shuts library

Anti-social behaviour is being blamed for the closure of Shantallow library. The library will no longer open late on Tuesday evenings. In a requested statement to Derry News, a Libraries NI spokesperson said: “In ...

07 Nov 2022 at 09:00

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