Welcome to my personal councillor website. I am the SDLP elected member for the electoral ward of Shantallow - part of Derry City Council.
I will be using this site to keep you informed about my work, and to provide you with information about developments at Derry City Council.
This website has been provided to help me in my work as a councillor – to help me communicate with all residents of Derry City Council, regardless of their political persuasion. It has been provided to help improve the quality of communication between councillors and the people that they represent. As this website has been established with funding from the e-Government Fund programme, it is not appropriate for me to use it for the purposes of political campaigning.
However, there is a ‘My Politics’ link in the toolbar on the left-hand side of this website, and I may use that to link to political sites that I think are of interest.
I hope that you will feel free to use the ‘Contact Me’ button in the toolbar on the left of this site to let me know your views on any important upcoming business that the council is involved in. I’d also be interested to hear how you’d like me to use this website – and other internet tools to improve the way that important local issues are communicated to you.
With best wishes
Councillor Mary Bradley .
BRADLEY CONDEMNS FIRE SERVICE ATTACKS
SDLP Foyle MLA Mary Bradley has condemned a series of attacks of fire crews across the North last night including one in the Galliagh area of Derry.
Firefighters came under attack in Derry, on the Woodstock Road, east Belfast, the Falls Road area of west Belfast, Dixon Park in Bangor and Bawnmore in Newtownabbey.
Mrs Bradley said: “I totally condemn these attacks on fire service personnel and vehicles not only in my own constituency but across the North.
“Any right minded individual will be outraged at these attacks on our emergency services as they try to carry out their vital and often life saving duties.
“It is shameful that small groups of people can engage in such reckless and mindless activities and it is important that they are given the clear message that they have no support in the local community.
“It is important we crack down on the perpetrators of these attacks before someone is seriously hurt or even killed.”
MARY BRADLEY 'CARE FOR ELDERLY TOO COSTLY'
SDLP Spokesperson for the Elderly Mary Bradley MLA has expressed her concerns about the high cost of residential care for older people.
Mrs Bradley said, “Residential care for the elderly is an essential service to ensure older people have a good quality of life irrespective of their abilities or state of their health. However this care can be extremely costly and can prove to be a huge financial burden on families.
“Many older people resist residential care because in many incidents it forces them into selling off their lifelong homes to cover the cost of the care, and for many others they don’t want that financial burden to fall to their families. Hence many older people, who would be better cared for in a residential home, are left to fend for themselves living alone.
“Residential care offers a safe and caring environment for many older people to spend their later years but it is too costly for many. I have asked Minister McGimpsey what action he is taking to address thi
