Derry & Strabane District Council

Free School Meals Is Common-Sense That Stormont Refuses to Implement Cllr Shaun Harkin

Free School Meals Is Common-Sense That Stormont Refuses to Implement Cllr Shaun Harkin

"It is shameful MLAs receive subsidised food in Stormont, but many working-class households have been priced out of school dinners."

2 Oct 2026

Access to Public Transport Threatened if Attacks in Derry Don't Stop

Access to Public Transport Threatened if Attacks in Derry Don't Stop

Cllr Shaun Harkin: "Access to it can be endangered if the safety of drivers and passengers is threatened. The response to the bus attack should send a clear message to those responsible for the attack."

28 Sep 2026

Shaun Harkin with a poster advertising the Derry Trades Union Council poster for the rally to Stop the Public Transport Cuts. Background Foyle St Bus Depot, Derry.

Harkin: Defend Public Transport - No Service Cuts, No Fare Hikes

Vastly expanding the public transport network, both bus and rail, is critical for addressing congestion, pollution, accessibility, affordability and regional disparities. The Infrastructure Minister and Stormont Executive can't sit on their hands while damaging cuts are imposed.

22 Sep 2026

MLAs Pocket Pay Rises While Workers Wait

MLAs Pocket Pay Rises While Workers Wait

MLA Gerry Carroll and Cllr Shaun Harkin condemn proposals for a further pay rise for MLAs, just months after they were handed an increase of almost 27%. "This is a slap in the face to health workers, civil servants and every public sector worker still waiting on a pay award."

17 Sep 2026

Councillor Shaun Harkin in front of Mubuoy Superdump

DAERA Minister Concedes Mobuoy Superdump Health Impact Assessment

Cllr Shaun Harkin's intervention with Muir resulted in a concession, with the minister agreeing to a Health Impact Assessment around a notorious superdump.

5 Aug 2026

Maeve O'Neill in front of images of household bills and homes in Derry

O'Neill: Derry Families Being Hammered By Home Insurance Price-Gouging

Despite families being hammered by a cost-of-living crisis, insurance companies are engaging in what can only be described as price-gouging, says People Before Profit's Maeve O'Neill.

28 Jul 2026

Time for Stormont DFI Minister to End Derry Rail Timetable Disparity

Time for Stormont DFI Minister to End Derry Rail Timetable Disparity

"The Council backed our motion calling on the DFI Minister to provide funding to equalise train access on the Derry line. Translink estimate this will cost a mere £1m... compared to the hundreds of millions announced to upgrade rail services between Belfast and Dublin." - Cllr. Shaun Harkin

2 Jun 2026

Palantir Unlimited Access to NHS - Stormont Must Halt Health Service Privatisation

Palantir Unlimited Access to NHS - Stormont Must Halt Health Service Privatisation

Cllr Harkin: "If Stormont doesn't halt the further privatisation of the health service here, it follows logic for the likes of Palantir to ultimately be given full access to patient data here too. This is unacceptable. This is exactly why People Before Profit will challenge the Health Minister..."

14 May 2026

Black and White Shaun Harkin with microphone; Protestors in background one holds a party placard saying Build Homes Not Bombs - One World One Struggle.

Harkin: Invest in Jobs That Serve Humanity, Not War Industry That Destroys Humanity

"Instead of investing in a murder machine... we should and can be investing in jobs in health, in education, in building housing... The arms industry should be abolished, not normalised as an 'area of opportunity' and profit."

22 Apr 2026