Fears are growing that the Stream call centre in Derry is to close.

The call centre provides customer service and technical support for computer hardware products.

Stream was once one of the largest employers in Derry, employing up 1,000 people, but the majority of staff have been paid off in the past few years.

It is now believed the remaining 30 staff have also received redundancy notices.

Liam Gallagher of Derry Trades Council said with the type of call centre work, it’s not sustainable…

Missing 22-year-old David Colhoun

The father of missing 22-year-old David Colhoun has said he has given up all hope on finding his son alive.

David Colhoun from Lifford escaped from PSNI custody in Strabane in the early hours of Sunday morning and hasn’t been seen since.

Davids father, Joseph Colhoun, said that he didnt find out that his son escaped from custody until 5 o clock on Sunday evening.

The father said that he’s lost all hope of finding his son alive, and he made an emotional appeal for professional divers to help him in his search for his missing son on The Shaun Doherty Show…….

Gardai are appealing for information from the public on the wherebouts of missing 22-year-old David Colhoun from Lifford.

Mr Colhoun escaped from PSNI custody in Strabane in the early hours of Sunday morning and hasn’t been seen since.

Gardai confirmed that there is no evidence that the 22-year-old went into the river, but it is a possibility that he may have tried to cross it in his panic.

Superintendant Vincient O’Brien is appealing for landowners who have land adjoining the River Finn and Foyle to check there land every morning……

A 31-year-old Derry man was given a suspended sentence and fined more than £1000 when he admitted a series of charges relating to selling counterfeit DVDs and CDs at a car boot sale.

Colin Bernard Hasson of Ederowen Park in Derry faced a total of eight charges relating to the sale of the goods on October 10 last.

Limavady Magistrate’s Court was told that on that date police mounted an operation at the car boot sale in Greysteel to combat the sale of counterfeit goods.

A Donegal TD has called on anyone being charged by their GP for blood test to contact the local the HSE Consumer Services Officer.

Independent Deputy Thomas Pringle says he has been contacted by constituents informing him they have been charged for blood tests by their doctor.

He says under the General Medical Services contract G.P.’s should be providing blood tests free when it forms part of the clinical investigation and necessary treatment of patient’s symptoms.

This applies to medical card and GP visit card holders.

Deputy Pringle says if you feel you have been wrongly charged, then you should report it:

The HSE Consumer Services Officer can be contacted on 91 89016.

The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food says he wants to meet Aranmore Fishermen affected by the storms earlier this week.

150 thousand euro of Lobster and Crab fishing gear was destroyed in the storm, fishermen says this should be the catalyst for a return of what they see as their fishing rights.

Since 2006 new regulations mean that fishermen have effectively been banned from fishing 48 species with the majority now fishing lobster and crab.

They say they are prepared to begin fishing illegally to make a living, even if that means going to jail.

When the issue was raised in the Dail this afternoon, The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Simon Coveney  gave this response:

Termon sharp shooter Geraldine Mc Laughlin has been included on the Ladies Division 1 Team of the League for 2011. McLaughlin has been named at corner forward following her contribution for Donegal in their run to the semi final. The strength of Ladies’ Football in Ulster is well represented with Tyrone’s Cathy Donnelly named at half forward and two players selected from Monaghan – the McAnespie twins.

The Republic of Ireland cruised to a five-nil win against Northern Ireland in their Carling Nations Cup clash at the Aviva Stadium on Wednesday night. Shay Given returned to take his place in goals earning a record 111^th international cap. The Lifford stopper had missed the March internationals due to a shoulder injury. Seamus Coleman who was named Everton’s Player of the year last week won his second cap for the Republic. The Killybegs lad played 55 minutes before being brought off with Liam Lawerence taking his place. Ciaran Clark who has family connections in Milford was not in Dublin having pulled out on Sunday with a hamstring injury.

Giovanni Trapattoni’s men enjoyed a morale-boosting night as Robbie Keane ended his goal-drought with a brace bring his goal total to 48 while Stephen Ward and Simon Cox both celebrated their international debuts by joining him on the scoreboard. The victory moves the Republic three points clear at the top of the Nations Cup table with one game to play.

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the killing of Buncrana Councillor Eddie Fullerton by loyalist paramilitatries.

He was shot at his home in circumstances which his family continues to claim are highly suspicious, and they are repeating their calls for a full inquiry into his death.

56 year old Eddie Fullerton was a member of Donegal Council and Buncrana Town Council when he was killed nby the UDA, twenty years ago today.

At two o’clock in the morning, on the 25 May 1991, Cllr. Fullerton and his wife Diane were woken by the sound of their front door being knocked in with a sledgehammer. He was shot six times from the stairs as he left the bedroom to investigate the noise.

A month later, it was claimed an RUC intelligence file containing his photograph and details was found in the possession of the UDA in Derry. Questions have also been asked about what assistance the killers received on this side of the border.

Eddie Fullerton’s family has long campaigned for an independent public inquiry into the events surrounding his death, and that campaign is being stepped up again this week as his 20th anniversary is marked in Buncrana.

North West MEP Jim Higgins says he believes Ireland will endorse an EU proposal to implement a Europe wide system of road traffic laws and penalties.

The proposal already has the backing of parliament and the commission, and now the Transport Committee, of which Mr Higgins is a member, has also backed it.

A number of countries accepted the idea in principle in March, but Ireland was not represented at that meeting because it fell in the period between the General Election and the new government taking office.

Now the indications are that Ireland and the UK will accept the proposal, which Jim Higginsd says is particularly important for border counties such as Donegal….