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Meet Maghera s newest young reporter
Connor has been conducting interviews for his local newsletter.
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A young reporter who has taken a County Derry town by storm through his contribution to a series of community newsletters says he has the best job in the world .
Connor Dorrity, a P3 pupil at St Mary s PS, Maghera, first got involved when Maghera Cross Community Link, where he attends an after-school club, launched a community newsletter last year.
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Maghera Hustle was met with approval throughout the community, with Connor s interviews with local business owners catching the eye.
“I was excited to interview them,” he told the County Derry Post.
INTERVIEW: Green-orange narrative is frustrating
Mid Ulster Sinn Féin MLA Emma Sheerin speaks to Liam Tunney.
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Liam Tunney speaks to Mid Ulster MLA Emma Sheerin about being characterised as the green DUP , facing the electorate for the first time and how she is making gender equality a priority.
Liam Tunney: How did you first get involved in politics?
Emma Sheerin: One of our councillors, Brian McGuigan, is from Ballinascreen, would have been active in our area. I got chatting to him and that s how I got involved with Sinn Féin in our area.
Learning about British influence in Ireland and all the damage that had done, and the hurt and pain that had been caused through the generations as a result, I could see Irish unity as the solution.
INTERVIEW: Patsy McGlone: the next election will be interesting
The Mid Ulster MLA says local politics is beginning to realign along socio-economic lines.
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Liam Tunney speaks to Mid Ulster SDLP MLA Patsy McGlone about almost becoming Speaker in 2020, the push for climate change legislation and the tragedy of losing a child during his first Assembly election campaign back in 1998.
Liam Tunney: How did you first get into politics?
Patsy McGlone: I had a conversation with two people in the Ballymaguigan/Newbridge area. The first was Henry Walls, or Big Henry as he was called in Ballymaguigan, and Roddy Gribbin.
INTERVIEW: Minister role ended in frustration: Claire Sugden
The East Derry MLA feels an opportunity was lost through Stormont s 2017 collapse.
Claire Sugden says the Executive formed by the late Martin McGuinness and Arlene Foster was an opportunity for progress.Foster
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Liam Tunney speaks to East Derry MLA
Claire Sugden about succeeding her mentor in the constituency, the recent violence and missed opportunities before the Assembly s collapse in January 2017.
Liam Tunney: Could you tell us why you got into politics?
Claire Sugden: I went to Queen s University and got my undergraduate in politics, and then when I completed that, I contacted my local MLA, who at that point was David McClarty.