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Eastwood: Derry disorder threatens young people’s future

written by cassoscoop June 18, 2025
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Former SDLP Leader and Foyle MP Colum Eastwood

Colum Eastwood MP has said that a second night of disorder in the Nailors Row area of Derry put local people in danger, caused unnecessary stress for elderly residents and now threatens to haunt the future of young people who were sucked into violence.

Mr Eastwood said that it is important that parents in the city sit down with their children and talk about what has happened in Derry over the last two nights and across the North over the last week to explain how getting caught up in disorder can have a lasting impact on their prospects as well as inflicting harm on the community.

Said the Foyle MP: “For the second night in a row young people put themselves and others in danger around Nailors Row.

“It’s the last thing that anyone in the city wants or needs and it needs to stop before someone is seriously hurt or worse.

“Elderly people living in nearby Alexander House were left worried and distressed about what was happening around their homes.

“They don’t want or deserve that.

“The last thing that any of us wants is for young people in Derry to throw away their futures for a moment of madness.

“I’m urging parents to sit down with their kids today, talk to them about this and about the violence across the North over the last week.

“Explain to them the impact that it has on our community, the danger they’re putting themselves in and the serious risk that a criminal conviction will follow and have a lasting impact on their lives.

“There is a lot of good community work going on to minimise disorder.

“I know there are first class outreach and engagement workers that are trying to give young people an alternative to this.

“It’s really important that we invest in those projects and provide people in the city with the tools to divert young people from this kind of future,” added Mr Eastwood.

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