VIDEO: DUP withdraw from Derry delegation for Irish City of Culture bid

The DUP has said it will not take part in a delegation from Derry City Council aimed at putting Derry forward as the next Irish City of Culture despite initially supporting council's bid for the title.

Both the DUP and the UUP backed a motion put forward by Sinn Fein in November, after an amendmnet that  politics played no part in the bid.

However, at Tuesday afternoon's monthly meeting of Derry City Council, the city's unionist parties said they will not be putting anyone forward for a council delegation which is now set to meet with the culture ministers on both sides of the border to discuss the bid.

The DUP's Maurice Devenney said that his party had taken the decision having learned that the title is limited to cities within the '26 councties'.

Sinn Fein's Barney O'Hagan, who tabled the original motion in November, expressed his surprise at the move, but said he remained hopeful of future involvement in the bid from unionist politicians - see video.

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