Last weekend’s car bomb outside Derry’s courthouse raises questions about dissident republicanism and the threat it still poses, writes David Young.

THERE’S something in the air in Derry. The great city of St Columcille is the first UK City of Culture, a cultural extravaganza that began in January and will extend all year.

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Ambitious plans to increase tourist visitors to Derry by 8% in each of the next three years were unveiled today.