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27/11/2002
Sinn Fein's Derry motion dropped by council
Sinn Fein has seen its bid to have Londonderry renamed as Derry rejected at a meeting of the city council on Tuesday evening.
The party's motion was dropped in favour of an SDLP amendment which gave equal status to both names.
Ulster Unionist MLA Dermot Nesbitt criticised the motion claiming the move was "illegal" and that it was being used as a political tool by republican's to show their dominance over unionists in the city.
However, Sinn Fein councillor Barney O'Hagan said it had been shown by various consultants' reports that in marketing the city "there is a problem with the mixed message we are sending out over identity". Mr Nesbitt dismissed this claim.
While a previous effort by nationalists to have the city officially named Derry in the 1980s failed, it did lead to a name change for the council from Londonderry City Council to Derry City Council.
Derry was formally renamed Londonderry with the granting of a new royal charter in 1613, during the British Plantation of Ulster.
(MB)
The party's motion was dropped in favour of an SDLP amendment which gave equal status to both names.
Ulster Unionist MLA Dermot Nesbitt criticised the motion claiming the move was "illegal" and that it was being used as a political tool by republican's to show their dominance over unionists in the city.
However, Sinn Fein councillor Barney O'Hagan said it had been shown by various consultants' reports that in marketing the city "there is a problem with the mixed message we are sending out over identity". Mr Nesbitt dismissed this claim.
While a previous effort by nationalists to have the city officially named Derry in the 1980s failed, it did lead to a name change for the council from Londonderry City Council to Derry City Council.
Derry was formally renamed Londonderry with the granting of a new royal charter in 1613, during the British Plantation of Ulster.
(MB)
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