Sinn Féin councillors have accused other Derry City and Strabane District Council members of “hijacking” a council motion.

Councillor Brian Tierney has apologised to fellow elected members for the “huge, huge mistake” of providing a reference for a former soldier who was later convicted of rape.

Having failed in her second bid to become taoiseach, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald is going back to the drawing board to rethink how her party approaches another five years on the opposition ...