Garbhán Downey
@Garbhan_D
Director @ColmcillePress, spokesperson @derry_group. Ag athfhoghlaim Gaeilge.
Isn’t it time we added ‘Doire’ here? (Gan focal amháin Gaeilge le feiceáil taobh istigh nó amuigh.)
Exactly. More than 90% of Higher Education capital spending is in Belfast. Government must intervene to stop Stormont’s overspending in the ‘capital’. Derry needs roads, rail, its own university and purpose-built student housing. The HE sector needs regulation and oversight.
"The bulk of public money is spent in greater Belfast area, leading to serious variations in economical and social outcomes. Surely the purpose of government is to improve the wellbeing of the population as a whole, not just a part" belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/news-a…
"The bulk of public money is spent in greater Belfast area, leading to serious variations in economical and social outcomes. Surely the purpose of government is to improve the wellbeing of the population as a whole, not just a part" belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/news-a…
You know what else needs a scrutiny committee…?
Emma Little Pengelly to face Stormont committee scrutiny for cost of Wimbledon trip irishnews.com/news/northern-…
Universities, at their very core, are institutions that value and protect freedom of expression. They are bastions of new ideas and discourse that will better society - not censorship and whitewashing. At what stage will UU stop acting like a branch of the 1960s' Unionist state?
Ulster University has been accused of “censorship” after footage of a student raising a Palestinian flag during a graduation ceremony was removed from its website. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-…
UU will be absolutely raging they missed out.
Taxpayers served bill for deputy first minister and husband’s Wimbledon trip irishnews.com/news/northern-…
UU lecturers set to refuse pay deal because of top table expense accounts.
Vice Chancellors claim there is no money for your pay to keep up with inflation, but are spending unabated at the top of the uni Time to vote to REJECT another paycut & YES to say enough is enough + indicate your willingness to take industrial action m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education…
Unfortunately all of our local politicians are beholden to their Belfast-based, and Belfast-biased, HQs. Combined with the Assembly's Belfast First policy what chance have we got.
Today Chris Byrne reads Cathais from Paul Laughlin's poetry collection Dorn San Aer. Proceeds from sales to Palestine Medical Relief Society. Tá muid ag dul go Meiriceá an tseacthain seo chun éisteacht le Chris Byrne ag léamh Cathais. Posters, cards and badges now availalble from…
Really good video from @HolywellT on its new programme examining the constitutional questions for Ireland, North and South. holywelltrust.com/forward-thinki…
This plan - be it good, bad or indifferent towards us - will have a profound impact on Derry in the run up to - and after - a reunification referendum. Dublin has repeatedly said the North West is its priority. How will Derry feature in the 2040 plan? rte.ie/news/ireland/2…
It will require significant CPOs across Donegal, and we already know that the IFA will not support CPOs for cycling infrastructure, so I would envisage a major issue here too, unfortunately.
Let's hope there is funding to complete the Inishowen Greenway, which we always envisaged beginning and finishing in Derry. Why hasn't @dcsdcouncil delivered the Derry-Bridgend section? This delay already reflects badly on the councillors.
In terms of the NW, the Letterkenny-Derry railway line would be a real positive move. It does not seem like it would be an overly complicated infrastructure project.
UU clearly haven’t the capacity to manage this site, which they’ve had for eight years now and consistently failed to develop. It shows, yet again, that UU don’t have the resources or capacity to manage campuses in Derry and Belfast. It is time to hand Magee over to a new NWU.
42 firefighters and aerial water towers were involved in tackling the blaze at the former home of William Tillie of Tillie & Hendersons which later became the senior Foyle College school campus. derryjournal.com/news/emergency…
Laugh, I nearly paid my TV licence…
Savage stuff from comedian @mrmarksteel about the decision to award Coleraine NI’s second university. ‘Rather than giving it to Derry, the second largest city in the country, it was given to a town whose major landmark is a Poundland….’ c16.30mins bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
Savage stuff from comedian @mrmarksteel about the decision to award Coleraine NI’s second university. ‘Rather than giving it to Derry, the second largest city in the country, it was given to a town whose major landmark is a Poundland….’ c16.30mins bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…