SDLP Foyle MP Mark Durkan.
The “strong and resilient” response by people in Derry to the recent firebomb attack on the Everglades in the Hotel in the city has been raised in the British House of Commons by SDLP Foyle MP Mark Durkan.
Addressing the Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Mr Durkan said: “Does the Secretary of State recognise that the recent attack in the name of the IRA on a hotel in my constituency was an attack not just on that business, but on the city?
“Does she support the city in having a strong, resilient response that says, ‘We are not going to be a place of cold security; we are going to be a place of warmth, welcome and safety’?”
In response, Ms Villiers replied: “I can wholeheartedly agree with that statement.”
Tags: