No bid for address

DERRY City Council have ruled out entering an online bidding war for an internet address linked to the City of Culture title.

An online entrepreneur has listed the domain name www.CityofCulture.co on internet auction site eBay, complete with a cool asking price of 1,995.

But the Council said it has no intention of making a bid.

"We already have a domain name that is specific to the celebration year www.cityofculture2013.com and will not be establishing any additional domains," a council spokeswoman said.

The .co domain is a new one and reflects a shortage of .com addresses.