After 12 bountiful years of the 'Bloody Sunday' enquiry, lawyers are packing up their wigs and heading for the next 'bulge bracket' trial probably in Strasbourg - leaving Derry the poorer for it.
The hoteliers association said "Its been a great few years for us. Some of the star lawyers were booking whole floors 'Mike Tyson' style to accomodate their anterage of proof readers, wives, speed typists and document 'haulers'.
Whilst many in the town are pleased and relieved by the verdict, local councillors are wondering how the town will fair after more than a decade of rich migrant income moves elsewhere.
Whilst building work is taking place to store the paperwork for the case, a retrial of the people involved looks like the only ways to bring in the serious money on which the town has come to depend.
One lawyer said "They are looking at a retrial but it's not clear if any of the defendants will be alive by the end of it."
