Posts tagged ‘North West’
North West:Co-operation across the border
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010How the North West region benefits from North/South Co-operation. Health Co-operation and Working Together (CAWT) is the main health co-operation body in the region, taking in the border counties of the South’s Health Service Executive and the Southern and Western Health and Social Care Trusts here. The body’s main purpose is to improve the health and well-being of population “with a particular emphasis on the border”. In February the body established a project to target obesity in the region. Funded through Interreg IVA programme to the tune of £788,000 the aim is to tackle...[full story]
North West:Bridge over troubled water
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010“An embrace in the centre of the river” is how the Peace Bridge has been described by its designers. agendaNi takes a look at the impact the structure is expected to have on the maiden city. With the potential it has to unite the Cityside and Waterside communities on either side of the River Foyle, the Peace Bridge will be an ‘S’ shape made from two identical curved suspension structures connected to opposing banks and overlapping in the middle. Ilex Urban Regeneration Company managed the project and construction on the £13.5 million project began in January. The contract awarded...[full story]
North West:What Derry means to me
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010The Maiden City scales the divide and means all things to all people. Rich in history, it saw the siege in 1689 but also the birth of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Three figures acutely associated with the walled city tell agendaNi what it means to them. Mark Durkan “Yes!” is the greeting in Derry. So it is a positive city. A border city Janus-like, in Brien Friel’s phrase. Looking into two states and wanting better for and from them both together. Also able to look both backward and forward and both inward and outward. For a small city, denied much, it has always had...[full story]
