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24 May, 2013
Education Minister, John O'Dowd, today officially re-opened Arvalee School and Resource Centre in Omagh, which was largely destroyed by fire last year.
Speaking during the event the Minister said: "I welcome the opportunity to be here today to meet with pupils and staff and perform the official re-opening of the school. Much hard work has gone into bringing all the pupils of the school back together on one site again Read full article
22 May, 2013
Roads Minister Danny Kennedy has agreed to appear before the DRD committee on Wednesday to answer questions on the stalled A5 dual carriageway scheme. Read full article
22 May, 2013
Local Sinn Féin councillor Marty McColgan has said a hike in electricity bills by Power NI will hit the most vulnerable in both the community and business sectors. Cllr McColgan was speaking as it was announced that bills are due to go up by 18% from July. Read full article
21 May, 2013
Sinn Féin MLA Declan McAleer has said that the moratorium on road works during the G8 summit will leave over 1000 workers in limbo. Read full article
21 May, 2013
Sinn Féin says that the car park opposite Strabane Chapel is to get a much-needed makeover following lobbying by the party. Read full article
21 May, 2013
Sinn Féin MLA and member of the Education committee Michaela Boyle, has welcomed the Minister of Education's decision to abolish the requirement for schools to carry out Computer Based Assessments. Read full article
21 May, 2013
West Tyrone MLA Declan Mc Aleer says that Agriculture Minister Michelle O Neill has committed to continuing to target the needs of hill farmers in response to a Sinn Fein motion debated in the Assembly yesterday. Read full article
21 May, 2013
Sinn Féin MLA Michaela Boyle has called on those who state that they are now opposed to Jim Allister's Special Advisors Bill to support a Petition of Concern to ensure that there is a not a legislative process for discrimination. Read full article
21 May, 2013
Sinn Féin Councillor Brian Mc Mahon says that Roads Service have agreed to undertake remedial work to resurface and clean up the hazardous surface of the back alley behind homes in Garden Terrace and Park Terrace in Sion Mills. Read full article
21 May, 2013
At last week's full council meeting, Derg Sinn Féin Councillor Kieran Mc Guire asked Strabane District Council to formally convene a meeting with Donegal County Council officials, DRD Roads Service and elected councillors from the Finn Valley Electoral and Derg Electoral areas respectively to bring a focus to issues affecting communities along this Border area. Read full article
21 May, 2013
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA and Assembly Agriculture Committee Member Declan Mc Aleer has described the announcement by Minister O'Neill that an extra £1m has been secured to help farmers facing fodder shortages as a timely and much needed intervention. Read full article
21 May, 2013
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA and Assembly Education Committee member Michaela Boyle says that the announcement by Education Minister John O Dowd that 230 newly qualified teachers are being recruited will not only offer new teachers much-needed experience but will impact on numeracy and literacy levels. Read full article
14 May, 2013
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has welcomed confirmation that Strabane will be a net beneficiary of a 450 'new jobs' announcement by Allstate which currently employs 1,900 people at its premises at Orchard Rd Industrial Estate in the town as well as in Derry and Belfast. Read full article
13 May, 2013
Derg Sinn Féin Councillor Kieran Mc Guire says that NI Water is to take remedial steps to resolve the ongoing issue of low water pressure that residents of the Carnoughter Road, Castlederg have been enduring for years following on from representations he has made on the matter. Read full article
13 May, 2013
Sinn Féin MP for West Tyrone, Pat Doherty, has welcomed the confirmation the A5 road project remains an Executive priority. Read full article
10 May, 2013
Sinn Fein Councillor Ruairi McHugh has expressed his sadness at the news of a tragic death in his home town of Castlederg. Read full article
10 May, 2013
Sinn Féin councillor Sean Donnelly has called upon Roads Service to resurface the Park Road, at Dunmoyle. Read full article
8 May, 2013
West Tyrone MLA and member of the DRD committee, Declan Mc Aleer says he is frustrated at Danny Kennedy's decision not to address the issue of the stalled A5 project at Wednesdays Regional Development meeting. Read full article
8 May, 2013
Following the recent closure of Kellys shop in Clady, local Sinn Féin councillor Maolíosa Mc Hugh hopes for the service to be restored to the village as soon as possible. Read full article
8 May, 2013
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle has welcomed confirmation from Agriculture Minister Michelle O Neill that she intends to locate a DARD Direct Office in Strabane which will accommodate 40 staff offering a "one stop shop" service to the local farming community. Read full article
7 May, 2013
Education Minister, John O'Dowd, has welcomed the news that planning approval is to be recommended for a shared education campus in Omagh. Read full article
7 May, 2013
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle has welcomed to the decision by Heath Minister Edwin Poots to the reverse the proposal to close Greenfield and other care homes across the north Read full article
7 May, 2013
West Tyrone Sinn Fein MLA Michaela Boyle has described as 'extremely positive' confirmation that Invest NI is now working closely with 6 businesses to progress their expressions of interest in acquiring land at the new 40 acre Business Park at Melmount Road in Strabane. Read full article
6 May, 2013
Omagh Town Sinn Féin Councillor Sorcha McAnespy has welcomed the launch of a new photographic exhibition looking back at the history of Omagh Town Hall which was launched on Thursday at the Strule Arts Centre. Read full article
5 May, 2013
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has expressed his deepest sympathy to the family of the young man who died after being struck by a vehicle on the Beltany Road, near Newtownstewart on Friday night. Read full article
3 May, 2013
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has welcomed the establishment of a community fund totalling £18,000 per year for community groups in the Carrickmore, Sixmilecross and Beragh areas. The fund comes from the developers of the Crockagarran windfarm on the Whitebridge road, outside Carrickmore. Read full article
1 May, 2013
Sinn Féin councillor Frankie Donnelly has welcomed a statement by Martin McGuinness, reaffirming the commitment of the Executive for the A5 dual carriageway project. Read full article
1 May, 2013
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MLA Michaela Boyle said she is disappointed that the Assembly missed an opportunity to bring equality to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community on the issue of marriage. Read full article
1 May, 2013
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MP Pat Doherty says that the A5 remains top of the political agenda and this is illustrated with a cross-party delegation of MPs, TDs and MLAs representing Donegal, Derry, Tyrone and Monaghan now scheduled to meet with Peter Robinson and Martin Mc Guinness to discuss delivery of the strategic infrastructure project on Monday 13 May. Read full article
30 April, 2013
Road users and pedestrians alike in Beragh will soon be availing of new widened bridge and footpath, linking Beragh Main Street and Cooley Road.West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty, who had fought for the project, has welcomed progress on the scheme after visiting the site on Tuesday morning. Read full article
25 April, 2013
As the fallout from the judicial decision to stall the A5 continues, political pressure is mounting for the Roads Minister to address the remaining outstanding EU Habitats directive and move ahead with the project.
This was the message coming from a Sinn Féin delegation representing the west following a series of meetings with the A5 contractors and the NI Chamber of Commerce. Read full article
25 April, 2013
Derg Sinn Féin councillor Ruairí Mc Hugh has described messages posted on the Castlederg Young Loyalists Flute band's facebook page as ' sickening and a cause for serious concern '. Read full article
25 April, 2013
Sinn Féin Councillor Maolíosa Mc Hugh says that damaged sections of wooden fencing between the recreation/green area running alongside Garvan Road in the Glebe is to be repaired, and where necessary replaced, following representations he has been making to Strabane District Council's Technical Services Department on behalf of local residents. Read full article
25 April, 2013
Derg Sinn Féin Councillor Ruairí Mc Hugh has commended a Roads Service commitment to introduce 20mph speed limits throughout the Churchtown Park, Castlefin Park and Hilllview Park areas within Castlederg. Read full article
23 April, 2013
Strabane Sinn Féin Cllr Dan Kelly has called for unity of purpose on the A5 describing calls such as those from SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan in Derry for the finance allocated for the project to be now diverted to the A6 instead as ill-judged. Read full article
10 April, 2013
West Tyrone MLA, Declan Mc Aleer has urged farmers who have lost livestock as a result of the recent snowstorms to write to DARD at the earliest opportunity stating their case so that they do not lose out on their 2014 Less Favoured Area Compensatory Allowances (LFACA) claim. Read full article
10 April, 2013
West Tyrone Sinn Féin representative, Councillor Glenn Campbell, has condemned PSNI handling of the search of an elderly woman's home in Tattyreagh last week. Read full article
8 April, 2013
Sinn Féin councillor Marty McColgan has congratulated Omagh Saint Endas Gaelic Football Club upon the re-opening of Saint Patricks pitch which has undergone a refurbishment. Read full article
4 April, 2013
Sinn Féin Omagh Town Councillor Sean Begley has welcomed the council support for the OASIS project, set to rejuvenate an area of Omagh Town centre. Ambitious plans have been unveiled to transform the Drumragh Avenue car park and Old Market Place areas, with the investment of £4.5 million from the Peace 111 fund. Read full article
2 April, 2013
Tyrone Republicans converged in Carrickmore on Easter Sunday to commemorate Irelands patriot dead. The Commemoration was the centrepiece to a weekend that had seen over 40 commemorative events in honour of Irelands Patriot dead. Read full article
2 April, 2013
The annual Easter Sunday Drumboe Martyrs Commemoration witnessed its largest attendance of recent years as republicans from right across Donegal and Strabane braved biting icy winds to parade through the twin towns of Stranorlar and Ballybofey Read full article
2 April, 2013
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2 April, 2013
A crowd of several hundred people attended the annual Loughmacrory commemoration at the graveside of brothers Gerard and Martin Harte. Gerard and Martin were shot while on active service with their comrade Brian Mullin on Tuesday 30th August 1988. Read full article
2 April, 2013
This year's Easter commemoration was held at the graveside of Colm Grimes. Also remembered were local people Kevin Kearns, Benny Livingstone, Lawrence and Mary O' Hagan, Jimmy Hynes, Liam Coyle and all other Republicans from the area. Read full article
2 April, 2013
Approximately 60 people attended the Easter Commemoration at the graveside of veteran Republican, Charlie Ferris in Killyclogher graveyard on Saturday evening. West Tyrone MLA, Declan Mc Aleer chaired the proceedings. Read full article
2 April, 2013
Republicans Gathered at Tattyreagh Cross Roads on Easter Sunday evening for the Annual Easter Commemoration. Proceedings were chaired by Chairman of Patrick Carty Cumann, Dominic Darcy. Read full article
2 April, 2013
Local Republicans gathered at Strathroy Republican monument on Saturday to mark the 97th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising. Read full article
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2 April, 2013
The Easter commemoration at the graveside of Vol Gerard O'Callaghan in Tullysaran took place on Easter Sunday morning at 10.45.
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2 April, 2013
This year's annual commemoration at Altmore was held at the graveside of Vol Eugene Kelly and Vol John Quinn. Eugene was 1 of the 8 volunteers killed in an SAS ambush at Loughgall in May 1987, while John was murdered in 1991 by a pro-British death squad. Read full article
2 April, 2013
There was a large gathering at Coalisland on Saturday for the annual Sinn Fein Easter commemoration to honour Volunteers Denis Quinn, Desmond Morgan, Colm Mc Girr, Tony Doris, Sean O'Farrell and Barry O'Donnell and all those who have given their lives in the pursuit of Irish Freedom. Read full article
2 April, 2013
On Easter Sunday a crowd gathered in Brocagh graveyard to remember Volunteers William Price, Sean Campbell and Patrick McNally and to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the Easter Rising. Read full article
2 April, 2013
On the 97th anniversary of the Easter Rising a large number of people gathered in Clonoe graveyard to remember Volunteers Kevin Kilpatrick, Hugh Gerard Coney, John O'Neill, Brian Campbell and Peter Clancy. Read full article
2 April, 2013
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2 April, 2013
A large crowd of Republicans assembled along with the Gormley family at the graveside of Tony Gormley for the annual Easter commemoration in Aughnagar.
The proceedings were chaired by local Sinn Féin Councillor, Sean Mc Guigan while Tony's nieces and sister took part in the ceremony. Read full article
2 April, 2013
A large crowd attended the graveside commemoration for Vol. Seamus Woods in Pomeroy on Easter Sunday. The proceedings were chaired by local Councillor, Cathal Mallaghan and the Easter Proclamation was read by Dessie Grimes. Read full article
2 April, 2013
The Easter commemoration at the graveside of Vol Dan McAnallen in Eglish took place on Easter Sunday morning. Read full article
2 April, 2013
On Saturday evening, a graveside commemoration was held at the Republican plot in Edendork. Cllr Dominic Molloy chaired the proceedings, while Councillor, Larry Mc Lernon read the Easter Proclamation and Cllr Sean Mc Guigan read the Tyrone Roll of Honour.
The main address was given by Michelle Gildernew MP. During her speech Michelle said:
'It is the task of this generation of Irish Republicans to make our vision of a United Ireland a reality. This is the best memorial to all of Ireland's Patriot Dead, and it is only through achieving this ultimate objective that we will have a true Irish Republic worthy of its name'. Read full article
27 March, 2013
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MLA Barry Mc Elduff has announced a Jobs and Information Evening to be held in Dromore. Read full article
26 March, 2013
Fermanagh MLA and former Republican Prisoner Sean Lynch has been confirmed as the main speaker at this year's annual commemoration at the graveside of Vols. Gerard and Martin Harte in Loughmacrory on Easter Sunday. Read full article
26 March, 2013
The story of Grace Gifford who married her fiancé, Joseph Mary Plunkett on the eve of his execution will be re-enacted in a powerful street theatre in Carrickmore on Easter Sunday afternoon. Read full article
25 March, 2013
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has issued a stinging rebuke to comments made by Assembly Finance Minister Sammy Wilson that the £330m allocated by the Executive for the construction A5 dual carriageway project should be allocated elsewhere. Read full article
20 March, 2013
Sinn Féin Omagh District councillor Marty McColgan has hit out at the SDLP after they supported a motion aimed at blocking ex prisoners from becoming special advisors to ministers in the Executive in Belfast. Read full article
18 March, 2013
The Chairman of Omagh District Council's St Patricks organising committee, Cllr Sean Begley has criticised Unionist representatives for a lack of leadership following their failure to have union flags removed from the route of today's St Patrick's parade in the town. Read full article
14 March, 2013
ONE of the top universities in the world is currently in talks to form links with the Shared Lisanelly Education Campus in Omagh.
As part of their international outreach programme, the Boston based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has expressed an interest in forming a 'partnership arrangement' with the School of Making facility which will be based at the campus Read full article
12 March, 2013
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA and member of the Assembly's DRD committee, Declan Mc Aleer will be seeking for an urgent meeting with the Minister Danny Kennedy to ensure that the A5 road proceeds as planned Read full article
11 March, 2013
Following the postponement of road and footpath improvement works to Clady Main Street which were scheduled to be completed before the end of February, local Sinn Féin councillor Maolíosa Mc Hugh has been pressing Roads Service to ensure that vital works are rescheduled as quickly as possible. Read full article
6 March, 2013
The Omagh District Roads budget has been boosted recently by an additional £2million allocated through the Executives quarterly spending reviews. Read full article
6 March, 2013
A Sinn Féin delegation, led by Pat Doherty MP and Michaela Boyle MLA, held an hour-long meeting with Invest NI Chief Executive Alastair Hamilton at Strabane District Council Offices on Friday to press the body on what efforts it was making to maximize the investment potential of the new Business Park at Melmount Road and to discuss what other additional support the government development agency can provide to assist business and job creation/expansion in the district. Read full article
6 March, 2013
Strabane Sinn Féin Cllr Maolíosa Mc Hugh has described Education Minister John O Dowd's announcement of a £92m injection into the north's education system over the next two years as a pro-active measure to help alleviate the budgetary pressures schools within all sectors have been under. Read full article
6 March, 2013
At a recent meeting of the Environment Committee of Strabane District Council, Derg Sinn Féin Councillor Ruairí Mc Hugh appealed for committee support in his request for the erection of a bus shelter at the new bus stop situated near the junction of the Erganagh Road and Strabane Road outside Castlederg. Read full article
27 February, 2013
Sinn Fein Omagh town Councillor Sorcha McAnespy has said the local council is seeking guidance from the Equality commission regarding Disabled passenger's being charged at a rate of time and a half for taxi journeys. Read full article
26 February, 2013
Glenelly Sinn Féin Councillor Dan Kelly says that the increasing problem of scrap metal theft is amply illustrated by the theft of 4 manhole covers on a stretch of the Plumbridge Road which had been raised and moved aside the evening previously in preparation for resurfacing work the next day. Read full article
26 February, 2013
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Karina Carlin says that two blue wheelie bins stolen from the front of homes of residents in O' Nolan Park were amongst a large volume of material burnt on the adjoining service lane to the NI Water Sewage Pumping Station by those engaged in a drinking session on Sunday Night. Read full article
26 February, 2013
West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle has met with officials from the Housing Executive and Roads Service along with community representatives and residents of the Dublin Road area to discuss a serious on-going concern in relation to access to parking at the front of a number of homes in the Dublin Road, Melmount area. Read full article
25 February, 2013
On Thursday evening over 1000 people took part in a candle lit commemoration at the spot where Aidan Mc Anespie was shot dead by a British soldier 25 years ago. Read full article
25 February, 2013
A large scale protest scheduled for Omagh Town centre on Friday evening has been called off following a series of meetings between Sinn Féin, the PSNI and the Parades Commission. Read full article
25 February, 2013
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MLA Michaela Boyle has welcomed the announcement by Education Minister John O Dowd that an additional £9.9million is to be made available to Post Primary Schools to help them meet the extra costs involved in planning and delivering the Entitlement Framework of subjects for all pupils. Read full article
21 February, 2013
Omagh District Councils Agricultural committee has been reconvened in the aftermath of the horsemeat scandal. Chairman of the Agriculture committee, Sinn Féin Councillor Sean Donnelly said he called the meeting to allay the fears of local farmers and consumers after news broke that traces of horsemeat were found in some beef products. Read full article
20 February, 2013
In recent weeks a fairly substantial pothole had developed outside of St Patrick's Primary School in Castlederg. Local Sinn Féin Cllr Ruairí Mc Hugh contacted Road's service to have it repaired as a matter of urgency. Read full article
20 February, 2013
As part of its Access to Finance Strategy, Invest NI has appointed Ulster Community Investment plc ("UCI") to manage and deliver the NI Small Business Loan Fund. The aim of the Fund is to ensure that businesses are not held back because they cannot access finance. Read full article
20 February, 2013
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone Councillor Sean Donnelly has highlighted concerns over the poor condition of the Shane Road, outside Sixmilecross. Read full article
19 February, 2013
Sinn Féin MP Pat Doherty says the vast majority of people in West Tyrone are fully behind the A5 Dual Carriageway and do not support the Judicial Review taken by Alternative A5 Alliance to block the road proceeding. Read full article
18 February, 2013
Sinn Féin MLA Michaela Boyle has welcomed the step by the Western Trust to enclose an information leaflet about the direct Translink bus service to and from Altnagelvin Area Hospital in all outpatient appointment letters it sends in Tyrone and Fermanagh. Read full article
14 February, 2013
The Vice Chairman of Strabane District Council, Sinn Féin Cllr Dan Kelly, has spoken of his delight at the news that the DCAL Minister, Carál Ni Chuilín, has approved funding for Phase I of the redevelopment of the facilities at Moorlough. Read full article
14 February, 2013
West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle has written to the Western Health and Social Care Trust requesting an update on the plans for the provision of services for people with eating disorders within the Strabane District Council Area. Read full article
14 February, 2013
Sinn Féin MLA Declan McAleer has slammed the PSNI and the Public Prosecution Service for bringing him and fellow party activist Kevin McColgan to court over the distribution of Easter Lilies Read full article
14 February, 2013
Roads Minister Danny Kennedy, pictured with Divisional Roads Manager, Pat Doherty officially opened the recently completed Shanaragh re-alignment scheme on the main A32 road between Omagh and Dromore on Wednesday morning. Read full article
13 February, 2013
Derg Sinn Fein Cllr Ruairí Mc Hugh has issued a call to all small and medium sized business in the local area to secure expert advice in developing online capacity and sales by attending a Council organised Business Support Programme Conference to be held in the Alley Theatre in Strabane (from 10am-4pm) on 22nd Feb 2013. Read full article
13 February, 2013
Clady/Glebe Sinn Féin Councillor Maolíosa Mc Hugh has welcomed the announcement by the Roads Service of their planned works to upgrade the Main Street and footways in Clady village in the near future. Read full article
13 February, 2013
Following representations and meetings over a number of months by Aghyaran Sinn Féin councillor Kieran Mc Guire, it has now been confirmed by Donegal County Council (DCC) that works will be carried out on the road from Corgary towards Donegal Town and Ballybofey, known as the Dergline. Read full article
13 February, 2013
Dromore Sinn Féin councillor Ann Quinn has welcomed the opening of the new road, at Shannaragh, just outside Dromore. The road is a main corridor route for ambulances and emergency vehicles going to the new Hospital in Enniskillen and has been under construction for a number of months. Read full article
12 February, 2013
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone councillor Sean Donnelly has asked farmers to be aware of an upcoming deadline of the 22nd February to submit any changes to the new LPIS mapping information which was issued to farmers over the past number of weeks. Read full article
8 February, 2013
West Tyrone MLA Declan Mc Aleer has raised the issue of Irish governmental funding for the A5 during a meeting between the DRD Committee and the Dail's Joint Committee on Transport and Communications. Read full article
7 February, 2013
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone Councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has asked Roads Service to carry out a traffic count survey on the Quarry road to assess whether it exceeds the quota to be included on the Winter Gritting Schedule. Read full article
5 February, 2013
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor, Glenn Campbell, has called on people to exercise vigilance in relation to bank charges. Read full article
5 February, 2013
Following yesterday's announcement by the SDLP Minisiter Alex Attword to provide funding of £1m to over-hall local 'eyesores', Sinn Féin Cllr Ruairí Mc Hugh has questioned why the Derg has been left out of this scheme in light of the fact that it is due to host the Tír Eoghain County Fleadh at the end of June Read full article
5 February, 2013
Sinn Féin Glenelly Councillor Michelle Mc Mackin has praised remedial works carried out on the Conthem Road after she made representations to Roads Service on behalf of local people who were deeply concerned that run-off water constantly cascading down the surface of the road would cause a serious accident. Read full article
5 February, 2013
Glenelly Sinn Féin Councillor Michelle Mc Mackin has welcomed a substantial carriageway resurfacing scheme to commence on the Ligford Road from this Monday. Read full article
5 February, 2013
Strabane Sinn Féin Cllr Brian Mc Mahon has expressed severe disappointment that DoE Minister Alex Atwood has by-passed Strabane District in his £1million announcement of funding to revamp derelict buildings in urban centres across the north despite the local Council having submitted a number of applications to the fund for local initiatives. Read full article
4 February, 2013
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has welcomed confirmation from the Food Standards Agency that Mc Colgan's Quality Foods Ltd has been very proactive in relation to its responsibilities and that no pork meat was found in halal products the company by supplied to Prisons in England and Wales saying that he hopes that it will re-assure costumers and consumers alike. Read full article
4 February, 2013
Castlederg Sinn Féin Councillor Ruairi Mc Hugh has described as 'living in absolute fear' a woman who had a close shave with would be robbers after her son foiled an attempted theft of heating oil from her Hillview Park home. Read full article
4 February, 2013
West Tyrone MLA Declan Mc Aleer has welcomed the ongoing progress made by DARD in updating their mapping database.
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31 January, 2013
West Tyrone MLA Declan Mc Aleer has called on businesses who wish to bid for NI Water contracts to register for the 'Water Suppliers Day', which will be held in NIW's Training Centre, Antrim on 14th March.
According to the Mr. Mc Aleer, who sits on the Assembly's Regional Development committee: 'This is an excellent opportunity for large and small firms to make contact with NI Water and see what tendering opportunities may be available to them. Read full article
30 January, 2013
Local Sinn Féin Councillor Glenn Campbell has reminded people that the deadline for applications for Irish Language Bursaries is fast approaching and will close on Friday 15th February. Read full article
29 January, 2013
Sinn Féin Councillor Sean Begley is hopeful the sustainability of many small local businesses will be helped with the extension of the Small Business Rates Relief Scheme in April. Read full article
26 January, 2013
West Tyrone MLA Declan Mc Aleer says he is deeply concerned following a shooting incident in Omagh on Friday night and the subsequent discovery of a suspicious object.
Mr Mc Aleer was speaking after he visited the scene in Coolnagard housing development on the outskirts of Omagh where he spoke to residents and the PSNI. Read full article
25 January, 2013
Derg Sinn Féin Cllr Maolíosa Mc Hugh has urged people living in the throughout the border area to be vigilant after a major spate of aggravated burglaries and thefts on the Donegal side of the border. Read full article
22 January, 2013
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle has described as a 'fantastic news day for Strabane' today's announcement by Education Minister John O Dowd that Strabane Academy and Gaelscoil Uí Dhochartaigh in the town have been given the green light for new builds. Read full article
22 January, 2013
Sinn Féin, in a written submission to the Parades Commission, has raised a number of serious concerns about a Union Flag Parade and Protest, that has been filed for in Castlederg this Friday evening. Read full article
22 January, 2013
Sinn Féin Councillor Dan Kelly says employees of Strabane based painting and decorating firm Johnston & Mc Crory have been left devastated upon being told they have lost their jobs with immediate effect with the firm being put into liquidation. Read full article
21 January, 2013
Sinn Fein councillor Peter Kelly has welcomed the confirmation that the Moorfield road in Trillick will be resurfaced in the coming days. Councillor Kelly said he had lobbied for this particular road to be resurfaced after representations made to him by local people. Read full article
21 January, 2013
Sinn Féin Councillor Jay Mc Cauley is hopeful the sustainability of many small local businesses will be helped with the extension of the Small Business Rates Relief Scheme in April. Read full article
18 January, 2013
West Tyrone MLA Declan Mc Aleer and Cllr Marty Mc Colgan have voiced their concerns at the grounds of Tyrone County Hospital being used as a gathering point for illegal protests resulting in staff and visitors being intimidated. Read full article
16 January, 2013
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Brian Mc Mahon has called upon the local community, and particularly residents in the Ballycolman Estate, to be highly vigilant after the theft of home heating oil from at least 3 homes in the Estate. Read full article
16 January, 2013
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Karina Carlin is lobbying within the local Council for play/recreation provision in what she describes as the area of the town most densely populated with children and teenagers yet totally bereft of such facilities. Read full article
16 January, 2013
West Tyrone councillor Ann Quinn has voiced her surprise at the closure of the Dromore branch of Ulster Bank, which was announced by the group on Wednesday as one of 22 closures across Ireland. Read full article
15 January, 2013
Sinn Fein representatives joined a protest at the Housing Executive sub office at Holmview Terrace in Omagh on Tuesday to show support for the local staff and to recognise the positive role played by Housing Executive staff in transforming social housing across the North over the past 40 years. Read full article
15 January, 2013
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has hit out at whoever was behind the hoax incident which caused major disruption and traffic chaos in Strabane from yesterday afternoon well into last night as having the same lack of concern for the wider community as those who continue to block roads with so-called flag protests. Read full article
13 January, 2013
West Tyrone MLA Declan Mc Aleer has said that people are completely sickened with the on-going protests in Omagh that have brought the town to a standstill over the past 2 months.
Mr Mc Aleer was speaking following disturbances in the town on Friday evening when roads were blocked and a crowd of protestors entered the grounds of the Tyrone County Hospital. Read full article
11 January, 2013
West Tyrone MLA Declan Mc Aleer has welcomed the decision by Minister Michelle O Neill to invest £1.9 million to develop a new Rivers Agency regional office in Omagh. Enabling works to prepare the site on St Julian's Road will start this month with a completion date of September 2014. Read full article
9 January, 2013
Strabane Sinn Fein Councillor Brian Mc Mahon has said that the decision by the British Tory government to cap all benefit increases to 1% will only force more families into the poverty trap and will have a disproportionately negative impact in areas of high multi-deprivation like Strabane District. Read full article
9 January, 2013
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle says that Sinn Féin has secured the agreement of the Assembly's Enterprise Committee to contact the Oireachtas Joint Committee for Communications & Transport seeking its support in working to eradicate roaming charges across Ireland. Read full article
7 January, 2013
Glenelly Sinn Féin Councillor Michelle Mc Mackin has welcomed the instalment of a 'grit box' in the Breenvale residential development in Victoria Bridge following representations she made to Road's Service seeking the measure. Read full article
7 January, 2013
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Jay Mc Cauley has called on people to be alert to the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning after the daughter of a pensioner found her mother passed out in her St John's Place home at the weekend with it subsequently being established that her condition was caused by the inhalation of the CO gases being omitted from her open fire. Read full article
4 January, 2013
Omagh Town Sinn Féin Councillor Sorcha McAnespy announced that after a successful application about £10,000 had been secured from the Department of Justice to set up the volunteer or 'street angels' programme in the town .She was speaking after an emergency PCSP meeting in the town, which was called in the aftermath of the tragic incident where 19 Year old Jason Mc Govern lost his life. Read full article
1 January, 2013
West Tyrone MLA Declan Mc Aleer has expressed sympathy with the family of the young man from Monaghan who lost his life following an assault in Omagh. Read full article
21 December, 2012
Sinn Féin has accused Strabane DUP Councillor John Donnell of bare faced hypocrisy after he declared his support for those engaged in loyalist flag protests locally while at the same time seeking to have Donegal football team flags removed from the Tinnies sculptures in the town. Read full article
21 December, 2012
West Tyrone MLA Declan Mc Aleer has welcomed a commitment to ring fence £50 million of the A5 budget while a delay caused by the legal challenge is being dealt with. The assurance was given to the Finance Minister by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Read full article
18 December, 2012
West Tyrone MLA, Declan Mc Aleer has expressed astonishment at the PSNI's decision to deem last week's controversial flag protest in Omagh as 'non contentious' and for failing to stop Monday nights protest which was not filed for. He was speaking after raising his concern with the Parades Commission. Read full article
17 December, 2012
Sinn Féin members of the Omagh Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) met with the PSNI last Thursday following concerns reported to the party's office regarding the different approach adopted by PSNI when dealing with two recent incidents in the town. One involved a group of young people in John Street and the other an illegal loyalist parade and demonstration which took place in the town. Read full article
14 December, 2012
Declan McAleer MLA visited Omagh Delivery Office today to pass on best Christmas wishes and encouragement to the postmen and women at their busiest time of year. Read full article
13 December, 2012
West Tyrone MLA Declan Mc Aleer has welcomed a commitment from Roads Service to address safety concerns relating to the Abercorn Bridge in Newtownstewart. Read full article
12 December, 2012
West Tyrone MLA Declan Mc Aleer has welcomed a renewed commitment from Education Minister John O Dowd to advance the Arvalee school replacement as a standalone project on the Lisanelly site.
The Minister was responding to an oral question from Mr Mc Aleer during question time on Monday. Read full article
11 December, 2012
Sinn Fein MLA Michaela Boyle, Councillors Ruairí McHugh and Maolíosa McHugh met with Maureen McKeague Manager of Derg Valley Care, on 30th November 2012, to discuss the imminent introduction of a "rota system" to home care provision in the Derg area. It has been argued by Derg Valley Care that the rota system is a necessary requirement to recontracting of caring services and must be implemented by the 14th Dec 2012. Read full article
11 December, 2012
Following recent 'light upgrading' works in the Castlefin Park area of Castlederg, Sinn Féin Cllr Ruairi Mc Hugh subsequently contacted by residents in a section of the estate complaining that the quality of lighting had actually deteriorated following the upgrade. Read full article
11 December, 2012
Sinn Féin Cllr Kieran Mc Guire has urged local farmers to scrutinise in detail their new farm maps which will soon be released by the Department of Agriculture. In order to meet the criteria set down by the EU Commission every new map must state the Maximum Eligible Area on which the Single Farm Payment for 2013 will be based. Read full article
11 December, 2012
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Brian Mc Mahon says that the back alleyways in the Ballycolman Estate have been undergoing a major clean-up and de-weeding since last week and has commended Roads Service scheduling in the remedial actions in its programme of works as he says it is has been an ongoing issue of complaint for residents of the estate. Read full article
11 December, 2012
Strabane Councillor Karina Carlin says Sinn Féin has been making representations to various statutory agencies in relation to problems with the state of the 'Plot Pad'. Read full article
11 December, 2012
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Jay Mc Cauley has slammed the targeting of a woman's car in a vandalism attack at the top of Kennedy's Row in the early hours of Thursday morning. Read full article
10 December, 2012
Local Sinn Féin Councillor Sean Clarke has supported the call for the release of Gerry McGeough, who is currently imprisoned in Maghaberry jail. Councillor Clarkes comments come as Mr McGeough's family launched a campaign seeking his release for Christmas. Read full article
10 December, 2012
Sinn Féin Omagh Town councillor Sorcha McAnespy has called upon local people to have their input into the 'Transforming Your Care' proposals which were put forward under the Compton review into Helath and Social Care, commissioned by DUP minister Edwin Poots. Read full article
8 December, 2012
Sinn Féin representatives Declan Mc Aleer, Cathal Mallaghan and Ann Marie Fitzgerald have expressed sympathy with the families of the 2 young people who lost their lives in a road accident between Carrickmore and Pomeroy on Saturday afternoon. Read full article
7 December, 2012
Sinn Féin Omagh District Councillor Marty McColgan has condemned those behind the blocking of traffic at the swinging bars roundabout on Thursday evening. Read full article
6 December, 2012
Omagh District Council has supported the release of Gerry McGeough, Martin Corey and Marian Price. A Sinn Féin motion was presented to, and passed, at the monthly meeting of Omagh District Council on Tuesday night. Read full article
29 November, 2012
With temperatures dropping below zero, Roads Service is busy planning for the icy conditions as we enter into the final weeks of the year and the beginning of 2013. This was the view of West Tyrone MLA Declan Mc Aleer following a DRD committee meeting with senior officials to discuss their winter readiness programme. Read full article
23 November, 2012
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MLA Declan Mc Aleer has said that the Single Farm Payment / Less Favoured Areas Compensation Allowance dual use claims must continue for at least another year until CAP reform measures post 2013 are in place.
Mr. Mc Aleer, who is a member of the Assembly's Agriculture committee, was speaking after the committee met with officials from DARD following the conclusion of a public consultation on the issue. Read full article
21 November, 2012
Sinn Féin MLA Barry McElduff has said today that the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) must be maintained if we are to encourage people to stay on in education. Read full article
20 November, 2012
West Tyrone MLA Declan McAleer has questioned the Minister for Regional Development on what actions he intends to take as a matter of urgency to address the safety issues on the Abercorn Bridge, Newtownstewart. Read full article
20 November, 2012
West Tyrone MLA and member of the Assembly's Agriculture committee, Declan Mc Aleer is not convinced that the proposed Groceries Adjudicator will have sufficient powers to defend the rights of small suppliers. Read full article
20 November, 2012
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MLA Michaela Boyle has questioned the Health Minister on what support is given to parents of new born children with a cleft palate. Read full article
20 November, 2012
West Tyrone MLA Barry McElduff has called for an immediate end to hostilities between Israel and Palestine, and a peace deal to be negotiated immediately. Read full article
20 November, 2012
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle has welcomed an initiative being undertaken by Strabane Community Project to establish a "Fuel Saving Stamps Scheme" within Strabane town. Read full article
19 November, 2012
Sinn Féin councillor Marty McColgan has raised his objection to benefit appeals sessions being held in Omagh courthouse. He described the setting of the appeals as being 'totally inappropriate'. Read full article
13 November, 2012
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone Councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has criticised the inflexibility of DUP Minister Nelson McCasland in ruling out a six month delay in the implementation of the so called 'bedroom tax', which is due to be introduced next April. Read full article
12 November, 2012
MLAs gathered on the steps of Stormont last week to help warm up winter for older people by donating their much-loved winter coats to Age NI. Donated coats will go on sale at selected Age NI shops and on Age NI's eBay store later in the month. Read full article
12 November, 2012
West Tyrone MLA Declan Mc Aleer has said that the construction of the A5 Western Transport Corridor is an essential economic lifeline for the west.
He was speaking after the DRD Minister revealed that the financial benefits of implementing the entire A5 project would be in the region of £1.072 billion over the standard 60-year assessment period. Read full article
7 November, 2012
Sinn Fein forced the adjournment of last night's monthly meeting of Omagh District Council in protest at what they describe as an 'abuse of power' by DUP Chair Errol Thompson's over his refusal to allow debate on motions the party has submitted for consideration in the Council Chamber last night. Read full article
6 November, 2012
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Declan McAleer has welcomed the release of Pádraic Wilson on bail. Read full article
2 November, 2012
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone Councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has slammed those behind the smashing of a number of windows in the canteen of the Dean Maguirc College in Carrickmore. Read full article
1 November, 2012
West Tyrone Sinn Féin councillor Peter Kelly has urged farmers to take precautions to prevent thief of farm machinery and equipment after he claimed such incidents seemed to be on the increase. Read full article
25 October, 2012
Sinn Féin west Tyrone councillor Frankie Donnelly has accused the PSNI of adopting a minimalist approach following the first public meeting of the Policing Committee of the Omagh PCSP held on Wednesday night Read full article
23 October, 2012
Sinn Féin councillor Sean Begley has endorsed a new campaign by NI Water which urges householders to take simple measures to protect water pipes over the winter months. Read full article
22 October, 2012
Sinn Fein councillor Glenn Campbell has said pupils of local schools in the Omagh District remain enthused by the Lisanelly Educational Campus, but are keen to see more progress made. He was speaking after hosting a workshop on the issue as a part of the Local Democracy Week, held in Omagh College last week. Read full article
15 October, 2012
Sinn Fein Omagh Town councillor Sorcha McAnespy has questioned the usefulness of the hospital liaison committee, a partnership between the Western Trust and Omagh District Council. Read full article
9 October, 2012
West Tyrone MLA's Michaela Boyle and Declan Mc Aleer walked a mile in the shoes of blind people at the Assembly on Tuesday when they took part in an event to raise awareness of the obstacles faced by blind and visually impaired people in society. Read full article
9 October, 2012
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone Councillor Sean Donnelly has welcomed the decision to allocate a road name to a road linking Altamuskin and Aghnagar roads in Mid Tyrone. Read full article
9 October, 2012
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Jay Mc Cauley says that those unscrupulous individuals profiting from the sale of illegal fire-works/bangers to local young people will bear ultimate responsibility if any injuries result from their reckless misuse. Read full article
9 October, 2012
A Sinn Féin motion was passed last night at Strabane District Council making it the latest council in Ireland to support the introduction of same-sex marriages. Read full article
8 October, 2012
West Tyrone MLA and member of Stormont's DARD committee, Declan Mc Aleer, has welcomed the announcement by Minister Michelle O Neill that she intends to allocate an additional 19 million euros to the farming community by reducing the amount of modulation money taken from Single Farm Payment in 2013. Read full article
8 October, 2012
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP, Pat Doherty will address a fringe meeting at the British Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. Read full article
5 October, 2012
West Tyrone MLA and Chairman of Loughmacrory Community Development Association, Declan Mc Aleer has welcomed confirmation from Roads Service that a consultation on traffic calming for the village will be carried out before the end of the year. Read full article
5 October, 2012
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle has described remarks by the DUP Chair of Strabane District Council Thomas Kerrigan in which he stated that "God made man and he made woman as a helper' as not only grossly offensive but totally inappropriate given his position as first citizen of the District with a responsibility to represent all its people equally. Read full article
4 October, 2012
Derg Sinn Féin Councillor Kieran Mc Guire has warmly welcomed the decision by Environment Minister Alex Atwood to extend the spreading of slurry past the 15th of October when there is a reasonable excuse to do so given the condition of their land. Read full article
4 October, 2012
West Tyrone MLA Declan Mc Aleer has urged farmers applying for the current tranche of the Farm Modernisation Programme to consider their applications carefully to ensure that they are awarded the maximum possible points across each of the four criteria. Read full article
4 October, 2012
Large numbers attended commemorative events held in Strabane this weekend in memory of local republicans listed on the West Tyrone Roll of Honour and Remembrance. Read full article
4 October, 2012
Sinn Féin has submitted a motion to Strabane District Council calling for the immediate release of Marion Price and Martin Corey and Gerry McGeough. Read full article
3 October, 2012
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone councillor Sean Donnelly has said he has serious concerns about safety issues on the Altamuskin road outside Sixmilecross. He was speaking after hosting senior Roads Service officials on the road. Read full article
28 September, 2012
Sinn Féin has selected former Omagh Town councillor Martin McColgan to replace Declan McAleer MLA who will step down as a Councillor in the coming weeks. The move is a part of a Sinn Féin commitment to end so-called double jobbing. Read full article
28 September, 2012
Sinn Fein West Tyrone Councillor Peter Kelly has welcomed the decision by the Environment Minister to extend the spreading of slurry beyond the 15th of October as a 'practical decision which will aid farmers to spread slurry before the onset of winter'. Read full article
27 September, 2012
West Tyrone MLA Declan Mc Aleer has expressed his frustration that approximately £10 million each month is set to be taken from the pot earmarked for the A5 dualling project and re-profiled into other schemes.
The withdrawal of the money is caused by delays to the scheme caused by a Judicial Review lodged by objectors to the plans. Read full article
25 September, 2012
Sinn Féin councillor Peter Kelly has said he will be in contact with the Environment Minister Alex Attwood to call for an extension to the deadline of October 15th for spreading slurry. Read full article
24 September, 2012
The towns of Fintona, Carrickmore and Gortin have been successful in securing significant village renewal funding. The investment of £190,000 in each town follows an application to the rural development programme to undertake various schemes in the towns involved. Read full article
21 September, 2012
Sinn Fein West Tyrone Councillor Ann Quinn has reminded local voluntary and community groups that Friday is the deadline for applications for the Councils capital aid and Community support grant aid. Read full article
20 September, 2012
West Tyrone MLA Declan Mc Aleer has welcomed a commitment from NI water to finally address the issue of sewage leakage onto driveways and footpaths in Cannonhill. Read full article
18 September, 2012
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone councillor Sean Clarke has urged local rural community and voluntary groups to prepare now if they wish to apply for the Rural Challenges programme. Read full article
17 September, 2012
Councils from the North West have been given a commitment by the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement that it will champion the case for a Dual Carriageway connecting the North West to Dublin. Read full article
17 September, 2012
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone Councillor Sean Donnelly has welcomed the decision of DRD Roads Service to prioritise Beragh as an area for traffic calming measures. Read full article
14 September, 2012
Sinn Féin councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald said a review being carried out by the Housing Executive could see the erosion of local jobs from the Omagh Office of the executive. Read full article
11 September, 2012
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone Councillor Sean Donnelly has welcomed a commitment from DRD Roads Service to inspect the Bridge at Glenaness Road in Sixmilecross following serious concerns of the bridge structure, raised by Councillor Donnelly. Read full article
8 September, 2012
Omagh Sinn Féin representative Marty McColgan has been in contact with DRD Road Service and the PSNI regarding the failure of the traffic lights at the County Hall junction on Saturday. Read full article
5 September, 2012
Omagh Town Sinn Féin Councillor Sorcha McAnespy has welcomed a new pilot bus service servicing Altnagelvin and Enniskillen hospitals. Read full article
4 September, 2012
West Tyrone MLA Declan Mc Aleer has welcomed a commitment by Education Minister John O Dowd to fast track a new build for Arvalee School on a section of the Lisanelly Educational campus site. Read full article
4 September, 2012
Peter Kelly has reminded Farmers that Tuesday seen the re-opening of the Farm Modernisation Programme (FMP). Read full article
4 September, 2012
Sinn Fein councillor Ann Quinn has welcomed confirmation from DRD Roads Service that Grass cutting will commence on the Verges of rural roads after the programme was initially delayed due to late growth. Read full article
3 September, 2012
The success of Strathroy Harps was recognised by Omagh Council when the team was hosted at a reception in the Council offices on Friday evening. Read full article
1 September, 2012
West Tyrone MLA and member of the Western Education and Library Board,
Declan Mc Aleer has expressed his solidarity and support with the
Arvalee school community as they begin the process of rebuilding their
school after a devastating fire gutted their premises. Read full article
27 August, 2012
West Tyrone Ógra Shinn Féin raised £510 for PIPS (Public Initiative for the Prevention of Suicide) with a Paintballing and BBQ extravaganza on Saturday past (25th August) in AWOL, County Monaghan.
Proceeds from the fundraiser will aid the awareness and support work delivered by PIPS. Read full article
21 August, 2012
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Kelly has called on the local farming community to prepare now for the opening of the latest Farm Modernisation Programme after the Agriculture Minister Michelle O'Neill announced it will open on the 4th September. Read full article
15 August, 2012
Councillor Ann Quinn has congratulated the local Dromore branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Éireann (CCE) after they were successful in their bid to host the Ulster Finals of the Fleadh Cheoil in 2013. Read full article
14 August, 2012
Sinn Féin councillor Sorcha McAnespy has welcomed the announcement that free Wi-Fi will soon become available on key Translink services in the north and including Bus and rail services to the capital, Dublin. The Company announced earlier this week that the service will go 'live' in the coming weeks. Read full article
31 July, 2012
West Tyrone Sinn Fein Councillor Glenn Campbell has urged motorists to be aware of the risks posed by livestock on rural roads. Read full article
31 July, 2012
Omagh District council have passed a motion calling for the 'same rights and entitlements to civil marriage for all citizens regardless of race, religion or sexuality'. Read full article
27 July, 2012
Sinn Fein Omagh town representative Martin McColgan has said that it is vital that services offered by the Post office are maintained in Strathroy. Read full article
27 July, 2012
West Tyrone Sinn Féin councillor Ann Quinn has said she will asking First Trust bank to reconsider their decision to close the bank in Dromore. Read full article
26 July, 2012
Councillor Ann Quinn has welcomed confirmation that Tummery Road in Dromore is due to undergo remedial works after the Department of Regional Development was successful in bidding for additional funding. Read full article
17 July, 2012
Sinn Féin has said there is an inadequate response from DRD Roads Service to a major safety issue on the Drumnakilly Road, just outside Carrickmore in Mid Tyrone. Read full article
16 July, 2012
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone Councillor Sean Donnelly has welcomed work improvements due to begin on Sixmilecross Main Street as long overdue. Read full article
4 July, 2012
A 60-year-old man has been taken to hospital after an articulated lorry crashed off a bridge and into a river in Fintona.. Read full article
3 July, 2012
West Tyrone Sinn Fein Councillor has called on DRD Roads Service to take immediate action to improve safety at Tattyreagh cross roads. Read full article
2 July, 2012
Derg Sinn Féin Councillor Kieran Mc Guire has welcomed confirmation that Housing Executive homes at Gamble Park in Spamount are now scheduled to undergo a kitchen refurbishment and complete house rewiring scheme this November. Read full article
2 July, 2012
Following a meeting with D.O.E. roads service officials last week Derg Sinn Féin councillor Ruairí Mc Hugh has given a cautious welcome to a commitment given to him by roads service to replace the remaining flagged foot paths in the park with tarred footpaths. Read full article
29 June, 2012
The Mayor of Dungannon and South Tyrone, Phelim Gildernew hosted the launch of Tyrone Volunteers Day in the Council office on Friday evening. The programme of commemorative events takes place on 13th July coinciding with the 31st anniversary of hunger striker Martin Hurson. Read full article
29 June, 2012
Sinn Féin Omagh town councillor and West Trust Local Commissioning Group member Sorcha McAnespy has welcomed confirmation that Omagh is going to have an enhanced bus service to the new hospital in Enniskillen Read full article
27 June, 2012
Sinn Féin councillor Peter Kelly has hit out at the PSNI after they detained a local Trillick man on Tuesday. Read full article
25 June, 2012
Omagh Sinn Fein councillor Sean Begley has welcomed the announcement that work to repair a collapsed sewer in Scarf's Entry car park is imminent. Read full article
19 June, 2012
Sinn Féin councillor Sorcha McAnespy has become the new chairperson of the Arts and Culture committee on Omagh District Council. Read full article
18 June, 2012
Sinn Féin councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has criticises the proposal to implement hospital car parking charges on the new hospital in Enniskillen. Read full article
12 June, 2012
The hills of Trillick will come alive to the sound of music next weekend as the Tyrone fleadh kicks off on in the town on Fri 22nd June. Local Sinn Féin councillor Peter Kelly said the event will be great boost for the village and has proved to be very popular in the area over previous years when the village hosted the Tyrone fleadh. Read full article
11 June, 2012
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams TD today announced that Sinn Féin would be bringing an end to dual mandates in the coming weeks. Read full article
8 June, 2012
Omagh District council has given its backing to a Sinn Féin motion calling for Environment Minister Alex Attwood to seek funds to aid councils implement the Review of Public Administration. Read full article
8 June, 2012
The newly elected DUP Chairman of Omagh District Council, Errol Thompson refused to shake the hand of Sinn Fein's Council group leader, Glenn Campbell at the Annual General Meeting on Thursday evening. Read full article
1 June, 2012
Sinn Féin councillor Declan McAleer has welcomed the re-opening of the Boiler Replacement scheme. The scheme aims to replace old, inefficient boilers and will be open in the autumn. Owner occupiers earning less than £40,000 who have a boiler at least 15 years old can apply to have it replaced. Up to £1,000 can be granted towards the replacement. Read full article
29 May, 2012
Sinn Fein councillor Glenn Campbell has said he hopes that new measures being brought in to improve driver safety will bring down the price of car insurance premiums, particularly for young drivers. Read full article
29 May, 2012
Former Belfast City Councillor Joe Austin will be the main speaker at a talk which recalls events in March 1988 when three IRA Volunteers were killed without warning, by the British Army in Gibraltar. Read full article
22 May, 2012
Sinn Féin councillor Sean Donnelly has written to the Agricultural Minister Michelle O'Neill after he claimed some farmers in the area are still awaiting their single farm payments from 2011. Read full article
15 May, 2012
Councillor Ann Quinn has extended her best wishes to a lorry driver who was hospitalised as a result of a road traffic collision just outside Dromore on Tuesday afternoon. She also said her thoughts are with the local farmer who was also involved in the accident on the A32 Dromore to Irvinestown road. Read full article
14 May, 2012
A delegation from Sinn Féin met with senior PSNI commanders on Monday afternoon to highlight concerns relating to a number of search and arrest operations carried out at the weekend. Read full article
9 May, 2012
There are fears that a 'review' within the Housing Executive will lead to Job losses in the Omagh area for the Housing Executive. Read full article
9 May, 2012
A troupe of 150 hikers braved the elements on Saturday to climb the Sperrin Mountains in a 'Walk of Freedom' to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Loughgall Martyrs. Read full article
9 May, 2012
Republicans assembled at the monument on Cappagh's Main Street on Tuesday evening to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Loughgall ambush. The commemoration was timed to coincide with the actual date and time of the ambush 25 years ago. Read full article
9 May, 2012
Over 250 people assembled in the Ryandale, Moy on Monday evening for the Loughgall 25th anniversary memorial lecture. Read full article
8 May, 2012
Sinn Feins Anne Marie Fitzgerald has described plans to introduce car parking fees at the new hospital in Enniskillen as 'scandalous'. Read full article
7 May, 2012
Republican from across Tyrone gathered in Dromore on the 31st Anniversary of the death of Bobby Sands (Saturday 5th May) to commemorate the ten men who died on hunger strike in 1981. Read full article
7 May, 2012
Sinn Féin Omagh Town councillor Sorcha McAnespy has reminded revellers that the rules around what is an acceptable form of identification has changed. Read full article
2 May, 2012
Sinn Féin Councillor Sorcha McAnespy has welcomed the publication of a new survey on attitudes towards the Irish language. The survey was carried out by the Department of Culture arts and Leisure, with respondents from across the north. Read full article
1 May, 2012
Bobby Sands and the 1981 Hunger Strikers are set to be commemorated in Dromore on Saturday. The local Sinn Féin Cumann unveiled the plans for the annual parade earlier this week. Read full article
27 April, 2012
Members of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement will visit Omagh and Strabane on Thursday. Read full article
26 April, 2012
Sinn Fein Mid Tyrone Councillor Sean Donnelly has said local people, particularly those involved in farming need to be aware that DARD's telephone numbers are changing. Read full article
24 April, 2012
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone Councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has said there is considerable concern amongst local people living on the Mullinmore road in Carrickmore at the poor state of disrepair that the road has fallen into. Read full article
23 April, 2012
All Ireland Presidential Elections Call
Sinn Féin Omagh District Councillor Peter Kelly has said the Irish Government should revisit the issue of votes for the Irish diaspora and those from the north who wish to cast a vote in future presidential elections. He was speaking after the French Presidential elections began on Monday. French citizens in Ireland are entitled to vote in the poll. Read full article
21 April, 2012
Republicans are preparing to scale the highest peaks of Counties Derry and Tyrone in a 12 mile trek over the Sperrin Mountains on Saturday 5th May to mark the 25th anniversary of the Loughgall ambush. On 8th May 1987, 8 IRA men and a civilian were killed in an SAS ambush in the Co. Armagh village. Read full article
17 April, 2012
Sinn Féin MLA Barry McElduff has called on Irish rail service Iarnród Éireann to open up a competition they are holding for tickets to the European soccer championships to Irish people from all of Ireland. Read full article
17 April, 2012
Sinn Féin MLA Michaela Boyle has welcomed the announcement by Agriculture Minister Michelle O'Neill that she intends to speed up Single Farm Payments. Read full article
13 April, 2012
Members of Sinn Féin along with representatives of the families of the Loughgall Martyrs gathered at the Republican monument in Cappagh on Thursday evening to launch a programme of events to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Loughgall ambush. Read full article
11 April, 2012
In Moy, the Easter Wreath laying cermony took place on Saturday evening. Read full article
9 April, 2012
A strong crowd of local Republicans from the Aghyaran and Castlederg area assembled in Spring sunshine at 11am in Aghyaran graveyard on Easter Sunday for the annual commemoration of the 1916 Rising. Read full article
9 April, 2012
Approximately 60 people attended the Easter Commemoration at the graveside of veteran Republican, Charlie Ferris in Killyclogher graveyard on Saturday evening. Read full article
9 April, 2012
On Saturday, Republicans assembled at the graveside of poet, playwright and Republican, Alice Milligan. The commemoration was convened by the Milligan/Harte Sinn Féin Cumann and was attended by Republicans from throughout the Omagh area. Read full article
9 April, 2012
Several hundred people attended the annual Loughmacrory commemoration at the graveside of brothers Gerard and Martin Harte. Gerard and Martin were shot while on active service with their comrade Brian Mullin on Tuesday 30th August 1988. Read full article
9 April, 2012
The Easter Wreath Laying ceremony in Strathroy on Holy Saturday was the first event held at the republican monument since it underwent upgrading and maintenance recently. Read full article
9 April, 2012
On Easter Sunday Republicans from the Dromore and Trillick area gathered at the gravesides of Vol. Cathal Quinn and Cllr Patsy Kelly to commemorate Ireland's Patriot Dead on Easter Sunday. Read full article
9 April, 2012
Report from the Carrickmore Graveside Commemoration on Easter Sunday Read full article
3 April, 2012
Ógra Shinn Féin teamed up with PIPS (Public Initiative for the Prevention of Suicide) to deliver three suicide prevention training events across Tyrone in the past month. The most recent 'Mind Your Mate' training was organised in Omagh Sinn Féin Office last Friday (30th March). Read full article
2 April, 2012
Sinn Féins Glenn Campbell has welcomed cuts in mobile phone roaming charges which are set to be introduced before the summer. Read full article
31 March, 2012
The MLA for North Belfast and Long Kesh escapee, Gerry Kelly will be the main speaker at this year's Tyrone County commemoration in Carrickmore on Easter Sunday.
The county commemoration, along with over 40 local mobilisations are being organised by the Tyrone SF Commemoration committee. Read full article
23 March, 2012
Sinn Féin councillor Sean Donnelly has welcomed the decision to close the PSNI station in Fintona. The decision was revealed by PSNI district commander Pauline Shields at the last meeting of the Omagh DPP on Thursday. Read full article
23 March, 2012
The former Assembly member for Mid Ulster Danny Morrison will make a return journey to Greencastle on Friday evening as the guest speaker at a local launch of the book 'Tyrone's Struggle'.
Morrison, who coined the phrase 'the Armalite and Ballot Box' Read full article
19 March, 2012
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Glenn Campbell has condemned the arson attack on Augharonan Orange Hall on Garvallagh Road, Seskinore. Read full article
14 March, 2012
Sinn Féin councillor Glenn Campbell has raised concerns over the 'centralisation' of postal services to larger post offices throughout the Omagh District. Read full article
12 March, 2012
Sinn Féin councillor Sean Donnelly has called upon Roads Service to carry out essential road works on the Drumlister road, between Carrickmore and Sixmilecross. The local councillor said he has been contacted by local residents about the poor state of the road. Read full article
12 March, 2012
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle says that she believes that many people are losing their entitlement to Employment Support Allowance (ESA) because of the failure of Departmental decision makers to secure key GP medical evidence before making decisions.
The local MLA has now written to DSD Minister Nelson Mc Causland calling upon him to investigate and address what she describes as 'a major flaw' in an ESA decision making process which is already flawed in so many other areas. Read full article
6 March, 2012
Omagh Town Sinn Féin councillor Sean Begley has said there is widespread shock after a pedestrian was knocked down on Sedan Avenue on Tuesday afternoon. Read full article
6 March, 2012
Strabane Sinn Féin Council Chair Brian Mc Mahon has described the placing of an elaborate hoax device outside the local shop at the top of the Ballycolman Lane in the town earlier today as a 'moronic act' which led to widespread displacement and hardship to local residents, loss of business and wider disruption to community life in the area. Read full article
5 March, 2012
Sinn Féin West Tyrone councillor Ann Quinn has welcomed the commencement of road Improvements on the Omagh to Enniskillen road. The roadworks, which began on Monday, are expected to take up to a year before their completion. Read full article
1 March, 2012
West Tyrone Sinn Fein councillor Peter Kelly has urged farmers to be on alert for a new disease that can ravage sheep flocks. Read full article
29 February, 2012
Sinn Fein Mid Tyrone councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has welcomed a fuel payment provided by the executive in Stromont to those in receipt of benefits. The payments, which have been released within the past week, range from £75 - £100. Read full article
28 February, 2012
Sinn Féin Councillor Brian Mc Mahon has thanked residents of the old and new Ballycolman for taking the time to respond to an 'issues survey' that local party members have been conducting on a door-to-door basis in the area over the past fortnight saying that Sinn Féin has already made written representations to Roads Service, the Housing Executive and Council seeking progress on a wide variety of issues residents in both areas want to see addressed. Read full article
27 February, 2012
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone Councillor Sean Donnelly has welcomed renewed efforts by the Post Office to establish an outreach service in the Altamuskin area. Read full article
26 February, 2012
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MP MLA Michaela Boyle has extended a massive 'comhghairdeas' to Strabane's Irish language community in securing 1st place in the national Gór na nGael awards awarded each year to the organisation that has done most to promote and advance the Irish language. Read full article
24 February, 2012
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor, Declan Mc Aleer has called on Roads Service to take a more pro-active approach in dealing with housing developments and public areas which have not been adopted.
Cllr Mc Aleer was speaking after figures released to West Tyrone MP, Pat Doherty in an Assembly question revealed that there are 60 unadopted roads in the Omagh District Read full article
22 February, 2012
DCAL Minister Carál Ní Chuilín will join Omagh District Council Chairperson Frankie Donnelly for the local launch of the Líofa 2015 campaign. The event will take place in Omagh District Council Offices at 7pm on Wednesday 29th February. Read full article
21 February, 2012
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Glenn Campbell has welcomed road improvements at the junction of Edergoole and Loughmuck Roads, but has called for greater improvements on these and other roads that approach Fintona. Read full article
20 February, 2012
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has welcomed written commitments he has received from Farrans and Graham, the appointed joint contractors for the Ballygawley to Omagh section of the A5, that it will be sourcing equipment, materials, subcontractors and construction workers locally when work is scheduled to start later this year and that the company anticipates that the vast majority of the money spent will go back into the local economy. Read full article
14 February, 2012
Councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has lambasted Health Minister Edwin Poots after he revealed, in answer to an Assembly question from Pat Doherty MP that the provision of inpatient acute mental health care and addiction services proposed for the new Omagh hospital are currently under review by the Health and Social Care Board. Read full article
14 February, 2012
Sinn Féin's Barry McElduff MLA (West Tyrone) has welcomed the announcement today of £26 million funding for a new hospital in Omagh. Read full article
14 February, 2012
Representatives of Omagh community sector met with the Planning Minister, Alex Attwood in Stormont yesterday (Monday) to push for progress on the development of the Strathroy Link Road and the £350 million Opportunity Omagh development proposal on the town's Derry Road. The site was granted outline planning approval last year, while a reserved matters application for a Tesco store on the site is currently under consideration. Read full article
14 February, 2012
Sinn Féin MLA Michaela Boyle has welcomed the launch of the Children with Disabilities Strategic Alliance manifesto. Read full article
14 February, 2012
Sinn Féin MP for West Tyrone Pat Doherty today welcomed the announcement that the A5 project is to commence. Mr Doherty said that despite many people claiming the project was never going to happen, Sinn Féin never gave up on the A5 and today's announcement is a testimony to that work, particularly over recent months since the Irish government scaled back its funding. Read full article
14 February, 2012
Sinn Féin MP for West Tyrone Pat Doherty today welcomed the announcement that the A5 project is to commence. Mr Doherty said that despite many people claiming the project was never going to happen, Sinn Féin never gave up on the A5 and today's announcement is a testimony to that work, particularly over recent months since the Irish government scaled back its funding.
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13 February, 2012
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle has asked DRD Minister Danny Kennedy to establish whether any underlying infrastructure problems contributed to the sewage overflow which flooded gardens at the bottom of the Ballycolman Estate in Strabane last Thursday and, if so, provide details of how his Department will address these problems. Read full article
9 February, 2012
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone councillor Sean Donnelly has revealed that he is liaising closely with the Technical Service department within Omagh District Council regarding the construction of two bus shelters in the Mid Tyrone area. Read full article
8 February, 2012
Ógra Shinn Féin in Tyrone have teamed up with PIPS (Public Initiative for the Prevention of Suicide) to organise three suicide prevention training programmes.
The 'Mind Your Mate' programmes are aimed at 16 - 24 year olds, and equip participants with the skills to look out for each other and to look after their own personal mental health. Read full article
7 February, 2012
The MP for West Tyrone, Pat Doherty has said that current proposals to change the way credit unions are regulated is causing a great deal of concern among its members. Read full article
7 February, 2012
Sinn Féin Councillors from the Derg Electoral Area of Strabane District Council say that the case for the closure of Castlederg PSNI station is overwhelming and have accused some unionist elected representatives, who continue to argue that it should be retained on 'security grounds,' of clutching at straws.
Sinn Féin councillors Ruairí Mc Hugh, Kieran Mc Guire and Maolíosa Mc Hugh have issued a joint statement fully backing the PSNI station closure prior to the issue being discussed at a public consultation meeting in the Derg Valley Leisure Centre at 8pm next Wednesday Night. Read full article
6 February, 2012
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says that the Assembly's Committee for Regional Development has initiated an inquiry into the issue of 'Un-adopted Roads' and trusts that the findings and recommendations of this inquiry will be taken on board and auctioned by the Minister especially given the continuing situation whereby many homeowners are forced to wait an unsatisfactorily long number of years before the private developments which they moved into are finally officially adopted. Read full article
3 February, 2012
A public consultation was held in Beragh on Thursday evening regarding the future of Beragh police station. Read full article
3 February, 2012
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin councillor Sean Donnelly has welcomed a Roads Service commitment to erect new directional signage to the village of Sixmilecross. Read full article
31 January, 2012
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has said there is anger at apparent proposals to strip Mental Health services from the new Hospital in Omagh. She made the claims after meeting with Unison representatives during the week. Read full article
31 January, 2012
Local Sinn Féin councillor Glenn Campbell has urged the public to be cautious of money lenders offering 'Pay Day Loans'. Read full article
30 January, 2012
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle has asked Translink to examine the case for establishing a direct bus service between Strabane and Altnagelvin hospital during a meeting held with senior company officials at its Bradley Way facility in the town last Friday. Read full article
30 January, 2012
Sinn Féin West Tyrone councillor Ann Quinn has welcomed imminent remedial work to be carried out on Dromores Main Street. Read full article
30 January, 2012
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle is questioning why Minister Nelson Mc Causland's DSD Department is continuing to withhold details of the number of people who have been disallowed Employment Support Allowance since the controversial private company Atos Orgin began carrying the 'Work Capability Assessment' contract on behalf of the Department as and from in June 2011. Read full article
24 January, 2012
Councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald calls on the British Government for a suspension of the 'Fit for Work' assessment following huge inaccuracies were detailed in a recent report by the Citizens advice bureau. Read full article
20 January, 2012
Strabane Sinn Fein Councillor for the Glenelly area Michelle Mc Mackin has moved to highlight what the switchover from analogue to digital television scheduled for October 2012 will entail for local householders following a meeting with the body tasked with preparing for the switchover. Read full article
18 January, 2012
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone councillor Sean Clarke has said local families in Gortin and Greencastle are being put under serious pressure with water problems in the local area. Read full article
18 January, 2012
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty says that the issue of 'Uniting Ireland' will be centre stage at a major conference being organised by the party in Derry next week at which speakers will include Pearse Doherty TD, Ulster Unionist MLA Basil Mc Crea MLA, former Ulster Bank Chair George Quigley, former Donegal County Council Manager Michael Mc Loone, Martin Mc Guinness MP, and Human Rights and Equality campaigner Inez Mc Cormack and many more from public, community and civic society. Read full article
18 January, 2012
Sinn Féin Councillors Dan Kelly and Michelle Mc Mackin are encouraging all interested parties to attend a meeting in the Community Hall in Aughabrack at 7pm on Wednesday 25th January to appraise members of the public of investment plans to extend 10Mb wireless broadband connectivity across the Glenelly Electoral Area. Read full article
17 January, 2012
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Jay Mc Cauley says that local councillors expressed strong concern to Roads Service at a site meeting on Friday called to discuss the 'knock on impact' of the re-designation of 53 car parking spaces at the Health Centre Car Park at Upper Main Street as Pay and Display from April 1st. Read full article
16 January, 2012
28 people took part in a one day training programme on Saturday (14th January) in Omagh Sinn Féin Office that empowered participants with the skills to tackle suicide in the community.
The course was provided by PIPS (Public Initiative for the Prevention of Suicide) and hosted by Ógra Shinn Féin. Read full article
12 January, 2012
Sinn Féin Omagh Town councillor Sorcha McAnespy has welcomed the creation of 21 new jobs in Omagh. Read full article
11 January, 2012
Sin Fein West Tyrone MLA Michaela and Assembly Education Committee member Michaela Boyle has welcomed the confirmation given by Education Minister, John O Dowd that he has successfully negotiated substantial additional funding for the Education Budget. Read full article
3 January, 2012
Sinn Féin Councillor Jay Mc Cauley has welcomed action taken by a local landowner, the Rivers Agency, Roads Service and Water Service to reduce the risk of flooding to homes in Springhill Park. Read full article
2 January, 2012
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Jay Mc Cauley has described a major incident of Fly
tipping at Strabane Cemetery over Christmas as a totally insensitive act which
distressed and angered people visiting the graves of loved ones. Read full article
1 January, 2012
In a New Year's message, Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says that in 2012 his primary focus will continue to be on delivering major strategic projects which have the potential to deliver thousands of jobs within the constituency despite facing into the most challenging economic conditions in generations. Read full article
22 December, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle says that following extensive lobbying Translink have now confirmed that it will extend the opening hours of Strabane Bus Depot as and from 3rd January. Read full article
21 December, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle has welcomed the decision by the High Court to reverse the cut to the North's Community Pharmacy budget.
Her comments came after the Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland (CPNI) won a judicial review against the cut of £38m. Read full article
19 December, 2011
Sinn Féin Councillor Karina Carlin says that the potential for homeless crisis in the District has been further highlighted following information obtained by the party that locally 61 single people in the 25-35 age bracket will be adversely affected by a 50% reduction in their Housing Benefit Rates as and from 1st January 2012. Read full article
19 December, 2011
West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says that a major Sinn Féin conference themed 'Towards a New Republic', is to be held in Derry in the New Year and will provide an opportunity for people from a diverse range of backgrounds to voice their ideas, proposals or opposition to a United Ireland and to building a new national democracy based on equality and justice on the island of Ireland. Read full article
16 December, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has welcomed the decision by the Stormont Executive to levy 76 multinational retail outlets across the north an additional 15% in rates in order to subsidize lower rate bills for smaller businesses saying, Read full article
16 December, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle says that the mugging and robbing of a young woman in Strabane yesterday afternoon has sent shockwaves through the local community. Read full article
14 December, 2011
Sinn Féin activists are distributing thousands of leaflets throughout urban and rural areas of Strabane District highlighting contacts for relevant agencies that people may need to contact in the event of problems associated with severe weather over the Xmas and New Year holiday period as well as emergency contact numbers for local SF Elected Reps who can also be contacted to provide assistance over the period. Read full article
12 December, 2011
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Jay Mc Cauley has called for the public to be vigilant and look out for their elderly neighbours following an incident which has now come to light whereby a male caller tried to trick his way into the home of an 81 year old pensioner in the Head of the Town area of the town on the fraudulent pretext of needing to read her meter. Read full article
12 December, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle has described the range of Winter Fuel Payments announced by the Executive as a timely and welcome measure which hopefully will alleviate some of the hardship resulting from spiralling energy and home heating costs among the most vulnerable sections of our community including cancer sufferers. Read full article
12 December, 2011
In spite of wet and bitterly cold weather a large crowd attended the annual Jim Mc Ginn Commemoration at Clady Bridge yesterday (Sunday 11 December) Led by the Strabane Memorial Flute Band, the Commemoration was addressed by local Sinn Féin MLA Michaela Boyle. content of speech below: Read full article
9 December, 2011
Omagh District Councillor Declan McAleer has welcomed a one-off winter fuel allowance payment funded by the executive, which is set to benefit 250,000 people throughout the north. Read full article
6 December, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has welcomed cross party support for a Sinn Féin motion to the Assembly yesterday calling on the retention of transport in rural areas for people attending hospital appointments. Read full article
2 December, 2011
Ógra Shinn Féin is hosting a training programme 'Preventing Suicides in the Community.' It will take place in Omagh Sinn Féin Office from 10am - 4pm on Saturday 14th January and will be delivered by PIPS. Read full article
2 December, 2011
Sinn Féin representatives have welcomed confirmation that Castlederg PSNI station is one of the 34 across the north that has been earmarked for closure as part of a plan to save £3.5 million per year from the Policing budget. Read full article
1 December, 2011
The annual commemoration in memory of IRA Staff Captain Jim Mc Ginn will be held on Clady Bridge at 3pm on Sunday 11th of December with local Sinn Féin Michaela Boyle MLA delivering the main address at the spot where Jim was killed in a premature explosion on the 15th December 1973. Read full article
30 November, 2011
Sinn Féin came out in support of the Trade Union's Day of action (Wednesday 30th November). Elected representatives and activists were out on the picket lines and attended the main local rally at Omagh Courthouse. Read full article
24 November, 2011
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Jay Mc Cauley says that the Roads Service Traffic Management Section have agreed to carry out a traffic calming assessment on the Glen Road in the town following representations he has made on behalf of local residents increasingly concerned about motorist and pedestrian safety Read full article
24 November, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has described the revised outline planning application submitted by Riverside Building & Development Limited to substantially increase the scale of the initial mixed-use development application between Strabane and Lifford with a projected investment of over £50 million as not only a major vote of confidence in the people of this area but representing the biggest opportunity for investment in this area for generations. Read full article
22 November, 2011
Strabane District Council Chairperson Brian Mc Mahon says that Mayors and Chairs of Councils along the A5 route met on Friday last to devise a lobby strategy to demand that the A5 project goes ahead as planned. Read full article
22 November, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle says that she has been assured that Oasis Dental Care in Strabane has been permitted to open its books for an additional 300 patients. This follows last week's reports that additional 257 patients were now on a waiting list for treatment as the local Oasis providers indicated that it already reached the 3,000 registered patient capacity awarded in the initial contract in its first 18 months of operation in the town. Read full article
22 November, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA and Assembly Education Committee member Michaela Boyle has praised the efforts of pupils and staff from 650 schools across the north who undertook a wide variety of activities as part of anti-bullying week which this year had a particular focus on the scourge of 'cyber bullying.' Read full article
18 November, 2011
Omagh District Council Chairman Frankie. Donnelly has covened a joint grouping involving Chairs/ Mayors of Councils along the A5 route including Monaghan,Omagh, Strabane, Derry, letterkenny and Donegal Councils. Read full article
17 November, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone councillor and chairman of Omagh District Council, Frankie Donnelly has revealed that there is to be a special meeting of the Planning committee of the council on Monday evening. The meeting will assess, and hear an update on, the progress being made by the various agencies and the practical support offered to date for those affected by the flooding. Read full article
16 November, 2011
Sinn Fein Mid Tyrone councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has welcomed the recent completion of a right turning lane to Carrickmore at Creggan Cross roads by DRD Roads Service. Read full article
9 November, 2011
In a joint statement following media reports that the Irish government has withdrawn funding for the A5 Aughnacloy/Derry dual carriageway, Pat Doherty MP, MLA (West Tyrone) and Sinn Féin Donegal TDs, Pearse Doherty and Padraig MacLochlainn and Cavan-Monaghan TD, Caomhghín ÓCaolain have demanded a meeting with an Taoiseach to discuss the ramifications of such a decision. Read full article
8 November, 2011
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has called for an urgent investigation by Planning Service following serious flooding to a local family's street after a pool at a local sand pit burst its banks. Read full article
8 November, 2011
Sinn Féin councillor and Strabane Council Chair Brian Mc Mahon is warning of a homeless crisis in Strabane and other urban areas across the north in the new year unless DSD Minister Nelson Mc Causland acts now to introduce practical measures to counter a British government directive to implement swinging cuts to housing benefit. Read full article
8 November, 2011
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Jay Mc Cauley says that the debris left following weekend drinking sessions on the approach lane from O' Nolan Park to the Sewage Pumping Station in the town is frustrating the ability of NI water workers to carrying out required regular maintenance checks without incurring damage to vehicles and could even jeopardise their ability access the facility in cases of emergency. Read full article
7 November, 2011
Sinn Féin has welcomed proposals to develop on the former site of the PSNI site in Omagh. The proposals brought forward could see the location 150 public sector jobs on the site. Read full article
7 November, 2011
Sinn Féin MLA Michaela Boyle in West Tyrone has expressed her full support for strike action to be taken by medical secretaries in the Western HSC Trust area on Tuesday 8th November stating that it is fully justified as it is being undertaken as a last resort in their long running effort to secure parity of grading with other medical secretaries with comparable duties both within the Trust area and between this Trust area and other trust areas where the issue has been long addressed. Read full article
2 November, 2011
At the November meeting of Omagh District Council, West Tyrone Sinn Fein Councillor Glenn Campbell proposed a Sinn Fein motion calling on Police Ombudsman Al Hutchinson to immediately resign following the latest critical report of the Ombudsman's office. Read full article
1 November, 2011
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has condemned an arson attack on bins belonging to the Dean Maguirc College in Carrickmore. Read full article
1 November, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone Sinn Fein MLA Michaela Boyle is warning people to be alert to a major scam that could leave you with a telephone bill of £315. Read full article
1 November, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle has called upon the community to demonstrate their support for the retention of existing level of services provided at Strabane Library by responding to an Opening Hours Review Consultation being currently undertaken by Libraries NI which is recommending the reduction of opening hours at the local facility from 52 down to 40 hours per week. Read full article
26 October, 2011
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Sean Donnelly has welcomed a £1 million package from the Department of Agriculture to help those affected by floods throughout the north within the past number of days. The local councillor was speaking after visiting residents and the local GAA Club who were affected by the flood in Beragh. Read full article
21 October, 2011
Fintona Sinn Féin Councillor Glenn Campbell has welcomed Libraries NI's decision on Thursday (20th October) to retain Fintona Library. Read full article
18 October, 2011
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor, Glenn Campbell has called for erection of flood barriers along the riverbank in Fintona following flooding on Monday. Read full article
18 October, 2011
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor, Glenn Campbell has said that the Dromore community is in a state of shock following the tragic death of Kevan Hughes. Read full article
17 October, 2011
Dromore Sinn Féin councillor Anne Quinn has said lives are being put at risk with the flooding of a number of rural roads following large scale rainfall. Read full article
17 October, 2011
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11 October, 2011
Sinn Féin councillor Peter Kelly has said action must be taken to minimise flooding on the Galbally road; the main Dromore to Trillick road. He was speaking after extensive flooding on the road following heavy rain during the early part of this week. Read full article
11 October, 2011
Strabane Sinn Fein Councillor Karina Carlin has welcomed the launch of Translink's Student Discount Card. Read full article
11 October, 2011
Derg Sinn Féin Councillor Kieran Mc Guire has welcomed the move by Agriculture Minister Michelle O'Neill to support a temporary change to the dates for spreading slurry until 31st October. Read full article
10 October, 2011
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Jay Mc Cauley has accused a small number of young people of showing contempt for the local community following weekend incidents in which stones, eggs and other missiles were thrown at homes in the Chesnut Park, Bridge Street and Ballycolman Lane areas and after a number of tyres were set alight at the Plot Pad up against trees bordering Mourneside Health Centre. Read full article
5 October, 2011
Sinn Fein Omagh town councillor Sorcha McAnespy has urged groups and companies to apply for the Urban Development grant which has just been unveiled by the Department of Social development. Read full article
4 October, 2011
County Tyrone came out in force tonight as the Peoples President tour hit the town of Omagh. Over 500 people packed into the Strule Arts Centre with another 300 unable to fit into the town centre venue. Read full article
4 October, 2011
Statement from Sinn Fein grouping on Strabane District Council Read full article
3 October, 2011
Local Sinn Féin Omagh town councillor Sorcha McAnespy attended a 'Women in Local Councils' event hosted in Stormont by the Local Government Staff Commission on Tuesday 27th September. Read full article
1 October, 2011
Local Sinn Féin councillor Sorcha McAnespy has joined the Western trusts Local Commissioning Group, which covers the areas of Derry City Council; Fermanagh District Council; Limavady Borough Council; Omagh District Council; and Strabane District Council. Read full article
27 September, 2011
West Tyrone Sinn Féin councillor Ann Quinn has said that broken steps in Fairview Gardens in Dromore, Co Tyrone 'constitute a serious risk to the health and safety of the residents' of the housing estate. Read full article
21 September, 2011
Sinn Féin MLA Barry McElduff has called for the extension of voting rights in Irish Presidential Elections to all the people of Ireland. Mr McElduff was joined by an MLA from each other county in the North to call for this right.
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21 September, 2011
The chairman of Omagh District Council's Development committee, Declan Mc Aleer has made a final call for local community and voluntary groups to apply for the Councils Community Support and Capital Grant aid.
This Friday (23rd Sept) is the closing date for applications for Community Support Aid, while Capital grant applications will close at 5pm on Friday 30th September. Read full article
20 September, 2011
A new book 'Tyrones Struggle for Irish Freedom' is due to be officially launched in Omagh on Friday evening. Read full article
19 September, 2011
Sinn Fein councillor Ann Quinn has welcomed Martin McGuinness' entry into the presidential race in elections due to be held in October. Read full article
19 September, 2011
West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has welcomed news that Tesco has agreed to take the new superstore on the Opportunity Omagh development on the town's Derry Road. Read full article
16 September, 2011
A decade of painstaking research by former POW, Gerard Magee has culminated in the production of 'Tyrone's Struggle for Irish Freedom', a monumental labour of love that has materialised in a full-colour, 230mm x 297mm hard back with 688 pages. Read full article
15 September, 2011
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Kelly said that the proposed British Army 'homecoming' parade in Belfast is not needed. He said any such parade by the British Army would cause grave offense to the relatives of those killed by British Army actions, whether it was in Afghanistan, Iraq or Ireland. Read full article
14 September, 2011
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor, Glenn Campbell, has called on the Minister for Finance and Personnel Sammy Wilson to take urgent action to support small to medium sized businesses who are struggling to survive in the current harsh economic climate. Read full article
13 September, 2011
As the Presidential Election draws near Michaela Boyle MLA sets her views on the nature of the office and the demand for the extension of voting rights to be extended to Irish citizens in the 6 counties and the Irish diaspora wordwide. Read full article
12 September, 2011
Strabane Council's eight strong Sinn Féin grouping has put forward a motion for discussion at tomorrow evening's meeting of full Council (Tuesday 13 September) seeking support from the Council to recognise the important contribution that former political prisoners have made to the peace process and to assist in the creation of a society of equals by ensuring that former political prisoners are allowed to compete for employment on exactly the same terms as every other citizen. Read full article
12 September, 2011
Sinn Féin Strabane Council Chair Brian Mc Mahon says that a 'united community response' and not vigilantism is needed to address the ongoing anti-social behaviour problem plaguing communities in the Ballycolman and Bridge Street areas of the town. Read full article
12 September, 2011
Strabane Sinn Féin Council Chair Brian Mc Mahon has described the arson of the taxi belonging to recovering stroke victim Jim Mc Daid at his Mount Sion home in the Ballycolman as a heartless and cowardly act. Read full article
9 September, 2011
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle and party councillors from Strabane and Omagh are to scheduled to meet with WELB Chief Executive Barry Mulholland at 2pm today to discuss and seek progress on a range of school transport issues affecting children in different rural parts of the constituency. Read full article
7 September, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has welcomed confirmation that the Irish government has already committed £19 million towards the A5 dual carriageway project and that it remains firmly committed to honouring its financial contribution to the overall project Read full article
7 September, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has welcomed confirmation that the Irish government has already committed £19 million towards the A5 dual carriageway project and that it remains firmly committed to honouring its financial contribution to the overall project. Read full article
6 September, 2011
West Tyrone Sinn Fein MLA Michaela Boyle says that NIE plans to hike its prices by 30% and similar price hikes announced by Firmus Energy and Phoenix Gas will have serious impact on household budgets and will particularly affect the most vulnerable people in our society. Calling for the introduction of social tariffs to offset the spiralling costs of energy for hard pressed families she said, Read full article
5 September, 2011
Sinn Fein Omagh town councillor Sorcha McAnespy has called for an end to fly tipping in Drumannon Rise in the Town. Read full article
31 August, 2011
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Jay Mc Cauley has accused the PSNI of 'cynical policing' after the head of the town constantly saturated with jeeps from Tuesday until Saturday of last week. Read full article
30 August, 2011
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MP Pat Doherty has said the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster must intervene to save over 200 Jobs at Omagh Meats. Mr. Doherty made the call following claims that 200 jobs were under threat at the Omagh Meats plant. The revelations came as a third of the workforce, numbering 70 people were involved in a strike over restructuring. Read full article
30 August, 2011
Strabane Sinn Féin Council Chair Brian Mc Mahon says the local community remains in a state of shock following the vicious and frenzied assault in Carlton Drive at the weekend which has left a local man with serious head injuries. Read full article
24 August, 2011
Sinn Fein Omagh town councillor Sorcha McAnespy has called for local families to apply for the uniform grant scheme. Additionally the scheme also includes Free School Meals. Read full article
23 August, 2011
Sinn Féin is seeking concrete assurances from the Western Health & Social Care Trust that it will not use a review of adult learning disability respite services as a mechanism to close, or reduce further, its residential respite facilities at either Beltany House in Omagh or the Shepards Way Cottages at Dungiven Road in Derry. Read full article
19 August, 2011
Omagh District Councillor Declan Mc Aleer has said that any increase in electricity prices would affect the most vulnerable in society. Read full article
19 August, 2011
Mid Tyrone Councillor Sean Clarke has called on the British Government to increase their level of funding for broadband provision in the north of Ireland, placing priority and focussing particularly on rural areas with little to no coverage. Read full article
16 August, 2011
Thousands of teenagers across the North will, on Thursday receive their summer exam results. On Thursday A Level results will be revealed whilst the GCSE results are expected a week later. Read full article
15 August, 2011
Over 20,000 people marched in Camlough on Sunday to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1981 Hunger Strike. Read full article
12 August, 2011
On Friday evening, Republicans from Tyrone and Donegal assembled at the Aghyaran graveside of Sinn Féin member, Patrick Shanaghan who was ambushed and murdered by Unionist paramilitaries on 12th August 1991. Read full article
12 August, 2011
Sinn Fein west Tyrone Councillor Ann Quinn has written to Roads Service about the bad condition of a number of Roads in Dromore. Read full article
9 August, 2011
Local Sinn Fein councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has give a guarded welcome to the announcement of £75 million of funding which will be made available for the first phase of construction on a new local hospital in Omagh. Read full article
9 August, 2011
I welcome today's announcement by Health Minister Edwin Poots MLA on the new Local Enhanced Hospital for Omagh. I would like to see further clarification around the completion of the £190million project and crucially a commitment from Minister Poots about the range and profile of services which will be provided in the new hospital. Read full article
9 August, 2011
Strabane Sinn Fein Councillor Jay Mc Cauley has welcomed steps to be taken by Roads Service to introduce traffic and pedestrian warning signage and road markings on the Ligford Road and Spout Road following representations he made about safety concerns on stretches of both roads Read full article
2 August, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle has called upon republicans from throughout West Tyrone to attend the National Hunger Strike Commemoration being held in Camlough, South Armagh this Sunday 14 August.
She said, Read full article
2 August, 2011
In what was a one of the most glaring cases of collusion between loyalist death squads and the British Crown Forces, Sinn Féin member Paddy Shanaghan was shot dead on the 12th August 1991 a short distance from his home near Killen, outside Castlederg. So much so in fact that in May 2001, the European court indicted the British government for its role in his killing. Read full article
1 August, 2011
Local Sinn Fein councillor Anne Marie has called upon those staying on at school to post 16 level to apply for the Educational Maintenance Allowance. Read full article
31 July, 2011
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Glenn Campbell has expressed his condolences to the family of Tattyreagh man Aidan Mullan who died tragically in Dublin yesterday. Read full article
30 July, 2011
Sinn Féin Councillor and Chair of Strabane District Council Brian Mc Mahon says that there is a palpable sense of loss in the local community at the devastation caused to Herdman's Mill in Sion Mills in what is suspected to have been an arson attack early this morning. Read full article
29 July, 2011
Sinn Féin Councillor Declan Mc Aleer has criticised the PSNI arrest and detention of a young woman in Mullaghmore housing estate, Killyclogher on Wednesday morning. Read full article
29 July, 2011
Sinn Fein mid Tyrone councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has welcomed the installation of new safety measures around the Dean Maguirc College. Read full article
26 July, 2011
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Karina Carlin has called for the immediate release of seriously ill prisoner Brendan Lillis, currently being held in Maghaberry Prison. Read full article
26 July, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle says that her party is continuing to prioritize the lobby for a new build for the Strabane Campus of the North West Institute of Further and Higher Education (NWIFHE) as an expanded and vibrant FE sector is an essential building block in the regeneration of the local economy. Read full article
26 July, 2011
Mid Tyrone Sinn Fein councillor Sean Donnelly is calling upon the local community in Sixmilecross to assist him in locating a site for a bottle bank in the village. Read full article
25 July, 2011
Omagh Town Sinn Féin councillor Sorcha McAnespy has welcomed the D.R.D.'s proposal to implement 20mph speed limit for the Drumannon and Lambrook area. Read full article
19 July, 2011
Sinn Féin councillor Glenn Campbell has welcomed the freeze on tuition freezes announced by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Stephen Farry. Councillor Campbell reiterated his party's call for the scrapping of tuition fess but said he nonetheless welcomed the freeze on current tuition fees. Read full article
14 July, 2011
Castlederg Sinn Fein Councillor Ruairí Mc Hugh has hit out at Ulster Unionist party Councillor Derek Hussey for engaging in 'selective condemnation' of certain incidents in the area over the 12th period while ignoring others emanating from within the community he represents. Read full article
12 July, 2011
Sinn Fein mid Tyrone councillor Sean Clarke has said the BBC should be more balanced in its coverage of commemoration events in the north. Read full article
12 July, 2011
Sinn Fein Omagh Town councillor Sorcha McAnespy has called upon members of the public to be cautious when using bank machines. Her call comes after it was revealed a cash machine in Omaghs market street had been fitted with a skimming device. Read full article
6 July, 2011
Sinn Fein Omagh Town councillor Sorcha McAnespy has described Omagh Station centre as a hub of the community. She was speaking following a visit to the centre earlier this week when Sinn Féin Education minister John O'Dowd visited the centre on Wednesday. Read full article
6 July, 2011
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Sean Donnelly has welcomed the announcement that DRD Roads Service will provide a disabled parking bay in Main Street Sixmilecross. Read full article
5 July, 2011
Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Michelle O'Neill was present in Omagh on Saturday to attend the Omagh Show. Read full article
4 July, 2011
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has welcomed the 'agreement in principle' by the Planning Service to change the designation of the Adria site in Strabane from industrial use only to enable mixed use development Read full article
4 July, 2011
Sinn Féin Councillor Brian Mc Mahon says that for the second week running the owners of Childrens bicycles are being sought this time after two girls bikes were found abandoned and taken in for safe keeping by a resident in Sion Read full article
29 June, 2011
Councillor Sorcha McAnespy has congratulated the Mangement and Staff of the Strule Arts Centre following the announcement that they had lifted their first ever charter from The Arts and Disability Forum. Read full article
28 June, 2011
Republicans from Tyrone and neighbouring counties are expected to converge in Galbally on Wednesday 13th July to mark the 30th anniversary of the death on hunger strike of Martin Hurson. Read full article
28 June, 2011
Glenelly Sinn Féin Councillor Dan Kelly says that the in the long awaited review of Rural Planning Policy PPS 21 the 'unfinished business' of non-farming rural dwellers must be addressed.
He said, Read full article
21 June, 2011
Sinn Féin councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has urged members of the mid Tyrone community to benefit from a Crime awareness day to be Held in Carrickmore Milestone Centre on Thursday 23rd June. Read full article
21 June, 2011
Sinn Fein Councillor Brian Mc Mahon has welcomed plans by Roads Service to install a right hand turning lane at Brookvale on the Melmount Road saying that the road safety feature is long overdue given that a number of serious accidents have occurred at the spot. Read full article
21 June, 2011
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Jay Mc Cauley says has hit out at those behind an attack on the car of a resident of Fountain Park in the town asking what can be achieved by such activity. Read full article
20 June, 2011
Sinn Féin MLA Michaela Boyle has welcomed a new 3-Year campaign launched today by Mencap campaign entitled "Stand by me" to highlight hate crime directed against people with learning disabilities. Read full article
16 June, 2011
Sinn Fein is encouraging the community to sign the Age Sector Platform's online petition against the disastrous decision by the British Government to introduce cuts to the value of Winter Fuel Payments. Read full article
15 June, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle says the wheels are now firmly in motion at the Assembly Executive to extend the Small Business Rates Relief Scheme for a further three years and to increase by over 50% the numbers of businesses eligible for such relief under the scheme. Read full article
15 June, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has announced that, as part of the events taking place to mark the 30th Anniversary of the 1981 Hunger Strikes, Sinn Fein will be hosting a major half-day conference this Saturday 18th June in London, at the city's Irish Centre in Camden. Read full article
14 June, 2011
Sinn Fein Omagh town councillor Sorcha McAnespy has welcomed work due to take place on recreational lands at Ashbourne Close in Omagh. She was speaking as Omagh District council awarded the contract for the works which will transform a piece of undeveloped ground in the Ashbourne close area. Read full article
11 June, 2011
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has welcomed the resurfacing of a section of the Drumnakilly road in Carrickmore. Read full article
10 June, 2011
Sinn Féin west Tyrone councillor Glenn Campbell has been elected as the new chair of Omagh District Councils planning committee. Speaking earlier this week following his election councillor Campbell said one of his priorities for the incoming year was ensuring the needs of the rural community are met. Read full article
7 June, 2011
Republicans from throughout Strabane and Donegal gathered on Friday evening to mark the 20th Anniversary of the death of Vol. Danny Mc Cauley, West Tyrone Command Óglaigh na hÉireann. Read full article
7 June, 2011
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Jay Mc Cauley has praised NI Water staff for their 'thorough manner' in which they responded to representations he made about long standing problems with sewers at Barrack Street and Bridge Street. Read full article
7 June, 2011
Castlederg Sinn Fein Councillor Ruairí Mc Hugh has hit out at those responsible for the destruction of equipment in the play park at Hillview Park in the town yesterday describing it as an attack against the local community. Read full article
1 June, 2011
Sinn Féin Omagh Town councillor Sorcha McAnespy has reminded Students moving back home for the summer holidays that they could be eligible for a refund on the final quarter of their annual TV Licence. Read full article
26 May, 2011
Education Minister, John O'Dowd, has visited the site for the development of the new shared educational campus in Omagh.
Speaking after his meeting with the Campus Project Board Mr O'Dowd said: "The proposed shared campus at Lisanelly is a unique project that offers the opportunity to develop a magnificent educational campus for all the children and young people of Omagh. Read full article
25 May, 2011
Sinn Fein mid Tyrone councillor Sean Donnelly has said BT must do better to respond to the needs of their customers. He was speaking after people in the Mid Tyrone area were left without a phone service when the lines were brought down by the high winds this week. Read full article
24 May, 2011
Sinn Féin councillor Frankie Donnelly has been elected as the new chairperson on Omagh District Council. He was elected at the AGM in the council on Tuesday night; it was the first meeting of the council since the elections. Read full article
24 May, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says that approval has now been given for additional mobile to be provided for St Dympna's Primary thus alleviating concerns that seven children enrolled for the Dromore School in September would have to be turned away due to insufficient accommodation. Read full article
24 May, 2011
Omagh District Councillors Glenn Campbell and Declan Mc Aleer have raised concerns about the impact of the proposed closure of Omagh's swimming pool for approximately 18 months while the Leisure Centre undergoes major refurbishment. Read full article
21 May, 2011
Sinn Féin MLA, who is also the deputy chair of the Regional Development Committee, Pat Doherty, has stated that any decision on the future of the A5 by the new Regional Development Minister must not be made on party political considerations. Read full article
18 May, 2011
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MLA Michaela Boyle has asked those responsible for a brutal attack on a man and woman in the Ballycolman Estate in Strabane last night to explain what has been achieved by their actions. Read full article
17 May, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has welcomed confirmation that Planning Permission has been granted for an 11.5 hectares site on lands at Melmount Road in Strabane for the development of a major Invest NI business park. The local MP is now looking forward to the speedy acquisition and development of the site. Read full article
16 May, 2011
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Jay Mc Cauley says a weekend attack on the car of a long-term resident of Townsend Street in the town has disgusted the local community. Read full article
16 May, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle says that the plans for the Radiotherapy Unit at Altnagelvin are now firmly back on track. Read full article
9 May, 2011
I would like to sincerely thank everyone who voted for me in the election. It is a honour and a privilege to be re-elected to the council to represent the people of Carrickmore and Creggan. It is humbling to receive such an endorsement by the electorate. Read full article
3 May, 2011
Outgoing Vice Chairperson of Omagh District Council and local councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has said gorse fires in the Tyrone locality and across the six counties are diverting the vital resources of the emergency services. Read full article
26 April, 2011
A large crowd of Tyrone republicans descended on Carrickmore on Easter Sunday to mark the 95th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising. The County commemoration was the culmination of over 40 local graveside and wreath laying ceremonies throughout the O'Neill County. Read full article
26 April, 2011
The Chairman of LAST Surestart in Omagh, Councillor Marty McColgan has said that when the Assembly is back up and running he will be lobbying the new Education Minister to roll out the Surestart project into more areas. Read full article
23 April, 2011
On Saturday afternoon, the Vice Chair of Omagh Council, Anne Marie Fitzgerald, Cllr Sharon O Brien and Omagh Town candidate, Sorcha Mc Anespy lead a team of female SF activists through Omagh Town Centre to meet and greet shoppers. Read full article
19 April, 2011
Sinn Féin Councillor for Omagh Town Martin McColgan has appealed to anyone planning to dispose of rubbish to do so in a responsible manner.
Cllr McColgan was speaking after receiving reports that sheets of asbestos had been dumped near Cappagh church, a popular local beauty spot. Read full article
13 April, 2011
Sinn Féin councillor Peter Kelly has said the decision by the Department of Foreign Affairs to re-introduce passport fees for citizens aged 65 and over from 11th April is ill thought out. He hit out at the move and has called upon Foreign Affairs Minister Eamon Gilmore to immediately reverse the decision. Read full article
13 April, 2011
Dromore Sinn Féin councillor Ann Quinn has congratulated the all Ireland winning Dromore instrumental group in their recent success at the scór All Ireland finals in Killarney in Co. Kerry at the weekend. She also extended her hearty congratulations to the Killyclogher ballad group who took the top accolade in the ballad group section at the event. Read full article
12 April, 2011
Derg Sinn Fein Councillor Kieran Mc Guire has expressed his sheer disappointment at the budget the Housing Executive has been allocated this year again to do essential maintenance work. Read full article
12 April, 2011
During the final monthly meeting of this term of Omagh District Council, the outgoing chairman, Cllr Declan Mc Aleer looked back on what he described as a 'hectic but genuinely rewarding year' Read full article
12 April, 2011
The Chairman of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer has hosted a reception in honour of all groups within the Omagh District Council area who received Community Support Grant Aid during 2010. Read full article
11 April, 2011
The newly elected T.D. for South west Donegal, Pearse Doherty will be the main speaker at this year's Tyrone County commemoration in Carrickmore on Easter Sunday. Read full article
11 April, 2011
Sinn Fin councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has called upon local republicans to wear an Easter Lily in the run up to the 95th Anniversary of the Easter Rising of 1916. Read full article
2 April, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has condemned the killing of the young PSNI officer after a bomb exploded under his car at Highfield Close off the Gortin Road in the town today Read full article
31 March, 2011
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone representative Sean Donnelly has welcomed the launch of the 'Stay Farm Safe' campaign by the Health and Safety executive. Read full article
29 March, 2011
Derg electoral area Sinn Féin Councillor Ruairí Mc Hugh has welcomed the start of works by Roads Service to extend the footway on the Castlefinn road, he said: Read full article
28 March, 2011
Sinn Féin says that the case for the closure of Castlederg PSNI station has been firmly substantiated following revelations contained in a Freedom of Information Request response. Read full article
28 March, 2011
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor, Glenn Campbell, has urged DRD Roads Service to carry out extensive repairs on the Letfern Road in Tattyreagh. According to Cllr Campbell, there is an abundance of potholes from the junction of Tattyreagh Road up to Sacred Heart Primary School. Read full article
28 March, 2011
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor, Glenn Campbell, has urged DRD Roads Service to carry out extensive repairs on the Letfern Road in Tattyreagh. According to Cllr Campbell, there is an abundance of potholes from the junction of Tattyreagh Road up to Sacred Heart Primary School. Read full article
25 March, 2011
West Tyrone Sinn Féin has launched their candidates for forthcoming Assembly and Local Government elections due to be held on May 5th. The launch took place in the Mellon Country Inn on Thursday evening and was addressed by the partys newly elected TDs in Donegal, Padraig MacLochlainn and Pearse Doherty. Read full article
25 March, 2011
Rural issues have taken centre stage earlier this week as a white paper was launched seeking the address the imbalance in provision of services in rural areas throughout the north of Ireland. Read full article
24 March, 2011
Ag labhairt inniu dúirt Cathaoirleach an Choiste Cultúir, Ealaíon agus Fóillíochta Barra Mac Giolla Dhuibh CTR;
"Tá sé go hiomlán do-ghlactha nach bhfuil an cheart ag Gaeilgeoirí anseo an fhoirm daonáirimh a líonadh isteach i dteanga s'acu féin. Read full article
23 March, 2011
Derg Sinn Féin Councillor Kieran Mc Guire has welcomed the launch by Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Michelle Gildernew MP, MLA of the Rural White paper which sets out a vision for the development of rural areas throughout the north over the next 10 years. Read full article
20 March, 2011
A troupe of 100 hikers braved the elements on Saturday to climb the Sperrin Mountains in a 'Walk of Freedom' to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strike. Read full article
16 March, 2011
The Weir café in the Strule Arts Centre, Omagh was packed to capacity on Monday evening for the Tyrone launch of the National Hunger Strike exhibition. The launch was chaired by the vice chairperson of Omagh District Council, Ann Marie Fitzgerald and addressed by former Assembly member for the constituency, Danny Morrison. Read full article
16 March, 2011
Sinn Féin will formally launch its Assembly and local government election campaign for West Tyrone at a major event to be held in the Mellon Country Hotel this Thursday 24 March (beginning at 7.30 pm). Read full article
15 March, 2011
Sinn Féin is urging everyone of eligible voting age to ensure that they are in a position to exercise their right to vote in the Assembly and Council Elections being held on Thursday 5th May and in the Referendum being held on the same day. Read full article
15 March, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has welcomed confirmation from the Office of First and Deputy First Minister that it has now agreed arrangements for the transfer of former British army military sites across the north Read full article
15 March, 2011
Sinn Féin has officially announced its full panel of candidates to contest the Mourne Electoral Area (Strabane town and Sion Mills) of Strabane District Council in the local elections to be held on Thursday 5th May. Read full article
15 March, 2011
The Chairman of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer went live on the airwaves at the weekend to transmit a message of goodwill to the people of L'Hay Le Roses. The town, which is a suburb of Paris is twinned with Omagh and held celebrations on Saturday to mark St Patrick's Day. Read full article
14 March, 2011
Sinn Fein mid Tyrone Councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has said the Rockstown road in Carrickmore is in a very poor state following a visit to the road over the weekend. Read full article
8 March, 2011
The former Assembly member for Mid Ulster and current secretary of the Bobby Sands Trust, Danny Morrison, will officially launch the National Hunger Strike exhibition in the Strule Arts Centre on Monday evening at 8pm. Speaking ahead of the launch, Mr Morrison said.... Read full article
8 March, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty believes that proposed new legislation contained in the Assembly Executive Budget which would see large out-of-town shopping developments subsidising lower rates bills for smaller businesses is a necessary measure in helping to regenerate our town centres and in helping to create a more level playing field in terms of competition. Read full article
8 March, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone Assembly Election Candidate Cllr Michaela Boyle has heralded the success of the "Promoting Accessible Rural Childminding" Project funded by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development's (DARD) Rural Childcare Programme in reaching the milestone of having created over 100 new registered childminders and up to 400 new childcare places in rural areas throughout the north since it began 15 months ago. Read full article
8 March, 2011
Sinn Féin has announced that Dan Kelly and Michelle Mc Mackin will be the party candidates contesting the Glenelly Electoral Area of Strabane District Council in the local elections to be held on Thursday 5th May. Read full article
7 March, 2011
Responding to the announcement the Britain's Queen Elizabeth has accepted an invitation from President McAleese to visit Ireland Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said: Read full article
7 March, 2011
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone Councillor Sean Clarke has called upon BT to retain a phone box currently in Greencastle. Read full article
4 March, 2011
Speaking after a public consultation meeting on the future of Fintona Library at Fintona Golf Club on Thursday night (03/03/11), West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Glenn Campbell said, Read full article
3 March, 2011
On Wednesday evening, several hundred Tyrone Republicans assembled on Cappagh Main Street to commemorate the lives of John Quinn, Malcolm Nugent, Dwayne O Donnell and Tommy Armstrong. Read full article
2 March, 2011
West Tyrone Republicans are preparing to scale the highest peaks of Counties Derry and Tyrone in a 12 mile trek over the Sperrin Mountains to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strike.
One of those organising the gruelling challenge is the chairman of Omagh SF Comhairle Ceantair, John O Brien. According to Mr O Brien Read full article
2 March, 2011
Mid Tyrone Councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has called on Roads Service to carry out a comprehensive inspection of Camlough road, just outside Carrickmore. She was speaking as Road Service workers were carrying out much needed remedial work on the road. Read full article
2 March, 2011
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MP Pat Doherty has said new proposals by the British department for Work and Pensions will force those most vulnerable in our society into the poverty trap. Read full article
2 March, 2011
The Chairman of Omagh District Council has urged young people to consider career opportunities which are now open to them through the medium of Irish language. Read full article
28 February, 2011
Strabane Sinn Fein councillor Brian Mc Mahon has described a shooting in the Ballycolman Estate area of the town on Saturday evening as completely indiscriminate and reckless. Read full article
28 February, 2011
Strabane Sinn Féin representative Stevie Dunnion says that a number of car owners in the Ballycolman Estate have had to pick up the repair bill tab after the bodywork of their cars were scored in what appears to be random vandalism. Read full article
28 February, 2011
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Brian Mc Mahon has welcomed the construction of a purpose built ramp to allow for a row of 'pensioner bungalows' in the Ballycolman to become wheelchair accessible. Read full article
28 February, 2011
Vice chairperson of Omagh District council Anne Marie Fitzgerald today unveiled a comprehensive programme of events in the Omagh District area to celebrate St Patrick's Day which will take place on 17th March. Read full article
27 February, 2011
Omagh Sinn Féin councillor Seán Begley has confirmed that the Omagh Fire tragedy home is to be finally demolished. Read full article
23 February, 2011
Sinn Féin mid Tyrone representative Sean Donnelly has called upon Roads Service to erect better signage to the village of Sixmilecross . Read full article
22 February, 2011
Sinn Fein mid Tyrone councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has said that local people in the Mid Tyrone area are frustrated at the frequency if potholes in the local area. Read full article
22 February, 2011
Mid Ulster MLA and Dungannon Mayor Michelle O Neill has called on Republicans to mobilise for a series of events to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the UVF shooting of 4 local men in Cappagh on 3rd March 1991.
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21 February, 2011
Sinn Féin councillor Marty McColgan has welcomed the investment of just under £0.5 million in works programmes for Housing Executive homes in the Omagh area. Read full article
17 February, 2011
West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has welcomed the retention of the Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA). The local MP and MLA questioned the Minister on the floor of the Assembly in Belfast on Tuesday. Read full article
15 February, 2011
A large turnout is expected at a public meeting being organised by Sinn Fein to discuss concerns over the operational funding of the planned state-of-the-art Radiotherapy Unit at Altnagelvin Hospital. Read full article
15 February, 2011
Trillick councillor Peter Kelly has called on the local community to submit their applications for the latest round of the Rural Development Programme. Applications are now being accepted for the programme. Read full article
14 February, 2011
Omagh District Sean Begley has said All Ireland presidential elections are long overdue. He was speaking following comments made by Fine Gael that if they formed the next government in the 26 counties they would hold a referendum on the issue of All Ireland presidential elections. Read full article
14 February, 2011
West Tyrone Councillor Glenn Campbell has said DRD Roads Service's response to his call for action on a number of rural roads is bitterly disappointing. Read full article
11 February, 2011
Sinn Féin Omagh District Councillor Glenn Campbell has said students fees should be scrapped and not doubled. He also criticised UUP Minister for Employment and learning, Danny Kennedy for considering raising student fees to from £3,000 to £6,000. On Tuesday Danny Kennedy failed to rule out the move in an assembly debate on the issue. Read full article
9 February, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone councillor Frankie Donnelly has welcomed an increase in funding for private and voluntary pre schools in the north. Read full article
8 February, 2011
Sinn Féin Cllr Ruairi Mc Hugh has urged Employment and Learning Minister Danny Kennedy to follow Michelle Gildernew's lead, as she announced a freeze on Student Fees for those attending the Agricultural Colleges. Read full article
8 February, 2011
Sinn Féin says that the merits of the increasingly joined up approach being undertaken between Donegal and Strabane District Councils has been clearly illustrated as major projects in both areas secure a €3,8 million windfall of EU Interreg funding. Read full article
8 February, 2011
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Glenn Campbell has called on DRD Roads Service to review its approach to the gritting of Killadroy Road in Eskra following several accidents during icy conditions. Read full article
7 February, 2011
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone representative, Sean Donnelly has said he is concerned at the lack of disabled parking bays in the Main Street of Sixmilecross. Read full article
6 February, 2011
Sinn Féin Cllr Brian Mc Mahon has described as 'heartless' whoever was behind the hoax bomb call that forced residents of Marshalls Row and Churchside Court in Sion Mills out of their homes overnight on Friday night and into Saturday. Read full article
3 February, 2011
Sinn Féin Omagh Town councillor, and chairman of the CKS Inter Agency group, Sean Begley has welcomed the investment of over £1 million in the Culmore / O'Kane area of Omagh Town. Read full article
3 February, 2011
Sinn Féin Cllr Michaela Boyle, the Chair of Strabane District Council has hit out at the 3 months custodial sentence imposed on Strabane single parent Alison Hewitt at Derry Court yesterday afternoon. Read full article
3 February, 2011
The Chairman of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer has expressed his deep disappointment at the refusal of Roads Service to accede to a request for a new footway along Farmhill Road in Killyclogher. Read full article
1 February, 2011
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1 February, 2011
Sinn Féin is organising a public meeting in Strabane to facilitate the discussion of concerns being expressed at pronouncements by Assembly Health Minister Michael Mc Gimpsey that he does not have the money to staff the new state-of-the-art Radiotherapy Unit at Altnagelvin Hospital which is scheduled to open in 2015 with work commencing on its construction in 2011. Read full article
1 February, 2011
Local Sinn Féin councillor Sharon O'Brien has said local community and voluntary groups should avail of Omagh District Councils Community Support Grant Aid scheme. Read full article
31 January, 2011
Sinn Féin councillor for Mid Tyrone Anne Marie Fitzgerald has expressed her sympathies to the family of Josephine Murray, who died after contracting swine flu. Read full article
26 January, 2011
The Chairman of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer officially welcomed the Minister for Social Development, Alex Attwood to Omagh on Wednesday afternoon to perform the official opening of the Riverside Walk. In welcoming the Minister, Cllr Mc Aleer said: Read full article
25 January, 2011
Sinn Fein MP Pat Doherty has claimed the SDLP are in 'disarray' when it comes to their approach to the upcoming General election in the south.
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25 January, 2011
Sinn Féin secured cross party support of Strabane District Council for a motion calling upon Health Minister Michael Mc Gimpsey to ring-fence the finance to staff and resource the new build Radiotherapy Unit at Altnagelvin hospital which is scheduled to open in 2015 Read full article
21 January, 2011
Commenting on recent anti-social and anti-community incidents in Castlederg, local SF Councillor Ruairí mc Hugh has appealed to those young and not so young people involved to reflect on the consequences of their actions, he said, Read full article
18 January, 2011
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MLA Claire Mc Gill has welcomed the announcement by Rural Development Minister Michelle Gildernew MP, MLA of a further £2million investment in rural broadband through the Next Generation Broadband Network. Read full article
18 January, 2011
Sinn Féin MP Pat Doherty has accused the SDLP leader Margaret Ritchie of back tracking on a promise to publish the details of the SDLP corporate donors and accused the party of 'once again joining with the unionists in keeping party donations secret'.
Mr Doherty said: Read full article
18 January, 2011
The Sinn Féin Chair of Strabane District Council Cllr Michaela Boyle has described weekend attacks on orange halls at Strawletterdallon, near Newtown and other parts of Tyrone as 'purely sectarian.' Read full article
18 January, 2011
Sinn Féin encouraged by Fine Gael and Labour assurances on A5 dual carriageway
Speaking following a meeting in Dublin with the Labour Party spokesperson on Transport, Pat Doherty MP MLA said Read full article
18 January, 2011
The Chairs of Tyrone's 4 Councils have expressed their sorrow and sympathy with the Harte and Mc Areavey families after attending the wake and funeral of Michaela who buried following requiem mass at Ballymackilroy on Monday. Read full article
14 January, 2011
A massive total of £1,000 was raised as a result of Omagh's first Santa Dash that took place in Omagh town centre on Saturday 11 December. Read full article
14 January, 2011
Sinn Féin Omagh Town councillor Marty McColgan has welcomed the opportunity to engage with DRD Roads Service on the issue of bi lingual signage. The DRD minister, Conor Murphy announced that the issue would be the subject of a public consultation, which will end on 11 March 2011. Read full article
13 January, 2011
West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has welcomed an engagement with Translink officials at their offices in Omagh. Read full article
12 January, 2011
West Tyrone Sinn Féin representative has called on the people of Fintona to fully engage with the public consultation on the future of Fintona Library. Read full article
12 January, 2011
Sinn Féin's Pat Doherty has welcomed a written response he received from Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny TD outlining his party's commitment towards the A5 Dual Carriageway project and later today the West Tyrone MP will be accompanied by party colleague and Donegal County Council Deputy Mayor Pádraig Mac Lochlainn when they meet with Labour Party Transport Spokesperson Joe Costello TD Read full article
11 January, 2011
The Chairs of Tyrone's four Councils have expressed sympathy with the Harte and Mc Areavey families on the tragic death of Michaela. Read full article
11 January, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says that the emerging terrible circumstances surrounding the death of Michaela Harte has compounded the deep sense shock and sorrow that was felt throughout Tyrone, Ireland and further afield as news of her death first become known Read full article
11 January, 2011
Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP, Michelle Gildernew has expressed her heartfelt condolences to the family of Tyrone Manager Mickey Harte on the sudden death of his daughter Michaela whilst on honeymoon. Read full article
10 January, 2011
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has described an attack on the home of a pensioner couple in Townsend Street in Strabane last night as thuggish and cowardly. Read full article
10 January, 2011
The Chairman of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer has called on everyone from Tyrone and beyond to vote for the Ward sisters who will take part in the All Ireland Talent Show which will be broadcast on RTE 1 next Sunday evening at 6.30pm. Read full article
8 January, 2011
West Tyrone Sinn Fein Councillor Glenn Campbell has called for immediate action from Housing Executive to address damage caused by burst pipes at Mc Caughey Terrace, Fintona. Read full article
6 January, 2011
Sinn Fein councillor Sean Begley has said the loss of nine jobs in Omagh is another blow for the local economy. Read full article
4 January, 2011
Opinion piece: from Sinn Féin Strabane District Council Chair Cllr Michaela Boyle Read full article
4 January, 2011
Strabane Sinn Fein Cllr Brian Mc Mahon says that the VAT increase will hit least well off and will depress economic growth further. Read full article
4 January, 2011
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has described, as a 'crucial development,' new evidence that has been brought forward in the case of how Strabane pensioner Maureen Mc Ginley sustained 34 rib fractures following her death at Altnagelvin hospital in January 2007. Read full article
1 January, 2011
Speaking in his New Year's Message, Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty said that with major challenges undoubtedly lying ahead in the coming year as a result of swinging cuts imposed on the Assembly Executive budget by the Tory led British government Read full article
29 December, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Glenn Campbell has said that lack of communication from various agencies has compounded the misery experienced by many without heating and water over the Chrismas period. Read full article
28 December, 2010
Members of Sinn Féin and Ógra Shinn Féin supported by Strathroy Community Association worked voluntarily to clear the area around the pensioner houses and gritted the local shop in Strathroy. Read full article
28 December, 2010
Cllr Michaela Boyle, the Sinn Féin Chair of Strabane District Council says that it is imperative that the Minister of Social Development Alex Attwood implements an immediate emergency plan to deal with the growing number of tenants who have no heat or water in their homes and whose homes are now flooding due to burst pipes. Read full article
22 December, 2010
Sinn Féin Councillor Sean Begley has said he is very seriously concerned over what he believes is excessive use of Section 24 of the 'Justice and Security Act 2000'. His comments come after a report to the Policing Board had identified a huge jump in the use of Section 24 powers. Read full article
21 December, 2010
Sinn Féin Omagh Town councillor Marty McColgan has welcomed the news that RTE1, RTE2 and Irish language station TG4 will be available to freeview viewers in the north from 2012. Read full article
17 December, 2010
Several hundred republicans assembled in Cloughfinn on Sunday 12th December and paraded the short distance to Clady Bridge to remember Staff Captain Jim Mc Ginn, West Tyrone Command, Óglach na hÉireann who was killed in a pre-mature explosion at the spot on the 15th December 1973 Read full article
16 December, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Féin councillor Glenn Campbell has said that the Educational Maintenance Allowance given to post 16 students should continue in the north of Ireland. His call comes after the British Tory party announced that it is to axe the incentive to post 16 students in England. Read full article
16 December, 2010
Loughmacrory was transformed into a winter wonderland at the weekend as almost 2000 people descended on the Lough to take part in a unique Christmas celebration. Read full article
15 December, 2010
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has welcomed the financial commitment given in the draft budget delivered by Finance Minister Sammy Wilson in the Assembly to go ahead with the planned Radiotherapy Cancer Unit planned for completion at Altnagelvin hospital by 2015. Read full article
14 December, 2010
Strabane District Council has supported a call from Sinn Féin Cllr Jarlath Mc Nulty to write to Irish government Transport Minister Noel Dempsey seeking concrete assurances that Read full article
14 December, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Kelly has said there must be greater co-operation between statutory and voluntary agencies as well as social services following a case where a local family with very young children and a 6 month baby were living in squalor for over a year. Read full article
13 December, 2010
Families in parts of Mid Tyrone have spent up to one week without water as the fall out of the recent cold snap continues. Read full article
11 December, 2010
The Chairman of Omagh District Council has held a reception to pay tribute to the staff and Service users of Ramona House for the excellent work they have carried out during the seven years since the facility first opened its doors in 2003. Read full article
4 December, 2010
The village of Loughmacrory radiated with the sights and sounds of Christmas on Friday evening at the annual switch on of the Christmas lights. Read full article
2 December, 2010
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone councillor Sean Clarke has said their must be a stronger liaison between the Roads Service and Western health and Social Care Trust with regard to carers accessing the properties of those availing of home help. Read full article
1 December, 2010
Sinn Féin Councillor Frankie Donnelly has said the recent announcement from Edwin Poots that councils will assume new power over planning seeks to divert attention from Mr Poots' responsibilities. Councillor Donnelly who is the chairperson of the Planning committee on Omagh District council said the possibility of councils getting greater planning powers was no substitute for implementing RPA in full. Read full article
1 December, 2010
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has launched a major initiative aimed at highlighting and resolving many problems associated with the border.
Entitled 'Bridging the Border-Reconnecting Communities', the initiative Read full article
30 November, 2010
A Sinn Féin motion calling on the Social Development Minister to "bring forward proposals to secure Neighbourhood Renewal funding beyond March 2011" will be debating in the Assembly Chamber this afternoon. Read full article
30 November, 2010
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin councillor and Vice chairperson of Omagh District Council Anne Marie Fitzgerald has said those entitled to cold weather benefits should receive a payment of £25 in the coming days. Read full article
29 November, 2010
Sinn Féin mid Tyrone councillor Sean Clarke has criticised a Road Service 'directive' effectively banning officials from depositing piles of grits on rural roads and villages. Read full article
28 November, 2010
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, alongside newly elected TD for Donegal south-west Pearse Doherty, will launch a cross border initiative "Bridging the Border-Reconnecting Communities" at a Uniting Ireland Rally on Monday 29th November in the Westenra Arms Hotel in Monaghan town at 7.30pm on the 90th Anniversary of the partition of Ireland. Read full article
25 November, 2010
Cllr Larry Mc Lernon is extremely well known in the Dungannon area for his tireless work as a welfare rights advisor. He was recently selected by Sinn Féin to defend his seat on Dungannon Borough Council. This week, he spoke to Lisa Ross of the Dungannon Martyrs Sinn Féin Cumann about his life and his hopes for the future. Read full article
24 November, 2010
Michelle Gildernew MP, MLA has been unanimously selected by party members to contest the forthcoming Assembly election, which is scheduled for May 2011. Read full article
23 November, 2010
Sinn Féin west Tyrone councillor Peter Kelly has called upon DRD Roads Service to ensure the Moneygar road, in Trillick remains fit for purpose following a deterioration of the Road surface in recent weeks. Read full article
23 November, 2010
Republicans from throughout West Tyrone and Donegal converged in the Mellon Country Hotel on Saturday night for the annual West Tyrone Sinn Féin dinner dance.
During the evening presentations were made to 4 lifelong Republican activists: James Mc Elduff (Loughmacrory), Tommy Mc Namee (Glenelly/Omagh), Patsy Mc Garvey (Aghyaran/Derg) and Sean Harte (Canada, formerly Loughmacrory). Read full article
16 November, 2010
Motorists had a lucky escape on Tuesday evening when a fallen tree blocked the Old Mountfield Road for several hours. One of the first on the scene was the chairman of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer. Read full article
15 November, 2010
Sinn Fein group leader on Omagh District Council, Martin McColgan has welcomed an initiative from Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams that will see him stand for the parliament in the 26 counties in the next general election. Read full article
15 November, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor for West Tyrone Frankie Donnelly has called upon local people in the Drumquin area to have their input into a consultation process about traffic calming measures in the area. Read full article
12 November, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has requested a meeting with the DoE's Principle Planning Officer Dr Chris Boomer to press for a change in the zoning of the Adria factory site in Strabane from industrial use only. Read full article
9 November, 2010
Sinn Féin Councillor Ruairi Mc Hugh has supported students at a recent protest at Stormont regarding the prospect of increased student fees for higher level education. Read full article
7 November, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty is lobbying DRD Minister Conor Murphy for a relaxation of parking enforcement arrangements in Strabane town centre in the run up to Christmas in an effort to boost town centre business. Read full article
4 November, 2010
The Chairman of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer hosted an event on Thursday evening to launch the council commissioned District Town Action Plans for Carrickmore, Dromore and Fintona. Read full article
3 November, 2010
Cllr Michaela Boyle, the Sinn Féin Chair of Strabane District Council has praised a father and son from Strabane for their intervention in preventing serious injury to three young people who were being attacked by a large crowd of other young people in the garden of their St Mary's Drive home in trouble which is believed to have spilled over from a Halloween bonfire in the grounds of the nearby derelict Adria factory site. Read full article
1 November, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Féin councillor Peter Kelly has urged local farmers to apply for the Farm Modernisation Programme which opened in October. The programme will be open for applications from now until 4pm on Friday 26th November. Read full article
1 November, 2010
Derg Sinn Fein Councillors : Ruairi Mc Hugh & Kieran Mc Guire have welcomed the commitment by DRD Roads Service to again invest heavily in the Derg electoral area Speaking as Roads Service launched their Local Transport & Safety Measures Draft Programme 2011 - 2013 Read full article
27 October, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty, responding to the findings of the Police Ombudsman's Report into the death of Stranane man John Brady while in custody ar Strand Road PSNI station in Derry last October, said, Read full article
25 October, 2010
Omagh Town Sinn Féin Councillor Martin McColgan has called upon people throughout the Omagh District to be responsible in the lead up to Halloween. Read full article
21 October, 2010
The Chairman of Omagh District Council's Public Services Liaison Committee, Frankie Donnelly performed the annual presentation of the Irish Language Bursary Awards. Read full article
20 October, 2010
The chairman of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer has welcomed the decision by Omagh Council to appoint a GAA Games Development officer for the district. The initiative is a joint partnership between Omagh District Council and Tyrone County board. Read full article
19 October, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Claire Mc Gill has welcome clarification received from the Health & Social Care Board that patients from Strabane District can be still seen by a doctor at Strabane Health Centre during the Out of Hours 12 midnight to 8 am shift Read full article
19 October, 2010
This Tuesday evening will mark the 20th anniversary of the death of Tyrone Sinn Féin activist, and father of 11 children, Tommy Casey. Tommy was shot dead by Loyalist gunmen after arriving at a neighbour's house on 26th October 1990. Read full article
19 October, 2010
Local West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor, Ann Quinn has welcomed Omagh District Councils allocation of over £27,000 in grant aid towards Christmas events in the district. The grant aid applies to Christmas 'switch on' events as well as aid for particular initiatives or events. Read full article
18 October, 2010
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has described DUP leader Peter Robinson's call for an end of funding for church schools as little more than a thinly disguised sectarian attack on Catholic education, parents and children. Read full article
18 October, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Claire Mc Gill is seeking a meeting with DETI Minister Arlene Foster to seek progress on the provision of telephone line broadband to all rural parts of the constituency. Read full article
18 October, 2010
Sinn Fein Councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has said recent reports that West Tyrone ranked 3rd in the table of highest claimants for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) reflect the high level of social deprivation in the constituency. Read full article
15 October, 2010
Councillor Campbell was speaking after it was reported that an estimated third of all children will have been bullied at some time whilst using social networking sites on the Internet. Read full article
15 October, 2010
Sinn Féin Councillor and Omagh DPP member Sean Clarke has said the PSNI must address huge issues of discipline within the PSNI following the publication of figures which details consistent complaints against officers. Read full article
14 October, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor Frankie Donnelly has welcomed the enhancement of Omagh District Councils recycling initiative by providing over 2,500 homes in rural areas of the Omagh District with a brown bin. Read full article
14 October, 2010
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says his party today set out a series of proposals to deal with the current economic difficulties which clearly shows that there is an alternative to the Tory approach of trying to cut a way out of recession Read full article
14 October, 2010
On Wednesday evening, the Mayor of Dungannon Council, Michelle O Neill hosted a civic ceremony to commemorate the death of Cllr Martin Mc Caughey. Martin was killed on active service with Vol Dessie Grew on 9th October 1990. Read full article
13 October, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor, Glenn Campbell, has highlighted the need for elected representatives to have greater engagement with young people. He was speaking after representing Sinn Féin along with Council Chairman Declan Mc Aleer at an event to mark Local Democracy Week in Omagh. Read full article
12 October, 2010
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Brian Mc Mahon says that there is revulsion in the local community at a weekend attack which saw a garden ornament thrown through the window of pensioner Ellen Mc Gillicuddy's bedroom while she slept in her Ballycolman Estate home. Read full article
12 October, 2010
On Saturday evening several hundred Tyrone Gaels converged on Kelly's Inn, Garvaghey to celebrate another successful year of Gaelic games in the county. The event was jointly organised by the chairs of Tyrone's 4 Councils - Read full article
7 October, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says that the granting of Planning Service approval for a 23.5 acre mixed use development project between Strabane and Lifford has now unlocked the potential for biggest economic investment in the area for generations. Read full article
6 October, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor Frankie Donnelly has hailed the extension of broadband service to many parts of rural Tyrone who were previously unable to access internet facilities. Read full article
5 October, 2010
Sinn Fein's West Tyrone MLA Claire Mc Gill and Council Chair Michaela Boyle have met with Health and Social Care Board officials to press local concerns about the Board's decision to transfer of the Out of Hours care from Strabane to Derry as and from the 31st September. Read full article
1 October, 2010
Sinn Fein mid Tyrone councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has urged older citizens or those with a disability to join the customer care register, which is being rolled out by NI Water. Read full article
29 September, 2010
The chairs of Tyrone's 4 Councils are to jointly host a reception in recognition of another successful year for Gaelic games in the county. Read full article
28 September, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says that the self-styled vigilante group Republican Action Against Drugs should 'go away and stay away.' He make his comments at the annual commemoration which was held in Strabane earlier today in memory of republican dead from the local area. Read full article
27 September, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Fein Councillor, Glenn Campbell, has praised the organisers of the 1st Annual Drumragh 10k and 5k Fun Run/Walk which took place on Saturday 25th September. Read full article
21 September, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Féin councillor Ann Quinn has welcomed the refurbishment of the public toilets in the town. She was speaking as the public facilities, on the Omagh road in Dromore were undergoing a programme of refurbishment works. Read full article
21 September, 2010
Sinn Fein Councillor Kieran Mc Guire has announced that the work has now started on the provision of Broadband in the Aghyaran area, Cllr Mc Guire said : Read full article
21 September, 2010
Cllr Michaela Boyle, the Sinn Féin Chair of Strabane District Council, is encouraging a strong turnout at events planned in the town this weekend in memory of republican dead from the local area.
She said Read full article
17 September, 2010
Sinn Fein in Carrickmore has commissioned a limited edition print aimed at raising public awareness about the role of local Republican Joe McGarrity in Irish Republican history. Read full article
14 September, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councilor Glenn Campbell has raised a number of concerns in relation to road safety and footpath provision on the Carnalea Road in Seskinore. Read full article
13 September, 2010
Cllr Michaela Boyle, the Sinn Féin Chair of Strabane District Council, has thanked the Council's Technical Services Department for positively responding to requests to re-install a water tap at its original location in the lower part of the of Strabane Graveyard. Read full article
13 September, 2010
Sinn Fein councillor Peter Kelly has called upon the European Commission to protect the rights of farmers against big supermarket retailers. His call follows a vote on the issue in the European Parliament. Read full article
9 September, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says that there is considerable anger in the local community in Strabane at the latest pipe bomb attack on a car parked outside a family home on the Ballycolman lane in the town. Read full article
9 September, 2010
Glenn Campbell was unveiled as the newest councillor in the Omagh District when he took part in his first full council meeting as a Sinn Fein representative on Tuesday night. Read full article
8 September, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor Frankie Donnelly has welcomed the news that the Western Trust have agreed to buy a specially adopted wheelchair for Drumquin girl Demi-Lee Hackett. Read full article
6 September, 2010
Sinn Féin Omagh District Councillor Marty McCoglan has said the announcement by Basque independence group ETA of a ceasefire renews hope for progress in the Basque country. He also said that unless the Spanish government seized upon the initiative that the progress would be lost. Read full article
6 September, 2010
A Gortin family had a miraculous escape when a tree fell on their car on Sunday afternoon. Read full article
5 September, 2010
The Chairperson of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer and Loughmacrory based Councillor, Sharon O Brien have paid tribute to the organisers of the inaugural 'Lough Sunday'.
The initiative which was taken by Loughmacrory Community Development Association, Read full article
3 September, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has welcomed confirmation that Planning Permission has been granted for an 11.5 hectares site on lands at Melmount Road in Strabane for the development of a major Invest NI business park. The local MP is now looking forward to the speedy acquisition and development of the site. Read full article
29 August, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Cllr, Glenn Campbell and the chair of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer attended the official opening of Drumragh Sarsfields GFC clubrooms on Saturday morning. Read full article
27 August, 2010
On Friday afternoon, the Chairperson of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer performed the official re-opening of the newly refurbished Hospital Road Community Centre. The community centre is one of three council run facilities in the town and the £1 million refurbishment has provided multi purpose rooms and facilities which enable local groups to avail of a wide range of activities and services. Speaking at the launch, Cllr Mc Aleer said: Read full article
25 August, 2010
The Chairperson of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer was among the guests who welcomed Minister Arlene Foster to the official opening of the NIE Energy Contact Centre at Bankmore Business Park, Omagh. The centre currently employs 35 people and complements the other centres in Belfast and Ballymena.
Speaking at the launch, Cllr Mc Aleer said: Read full article
24 August, 2010
Sinn Fein west Tyrone councillor Ann Quinn has written to Roads Service highlighting her concerns regarding the poor state of the road surface on Dromore Main Street as well as Church Street in the town. Read full article
23 August, 2010
Sinn Féin Omagh District Council Vice chairperson Anne Marie Fitzgerald has described as 'worrying' reports that the winter fuel payments may be cut for thousands people by the British Government. Read full article
19 August, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Glenn Campbell, has urged students who have received their A-Level results to consider all options available and urged those finding it difficult to decide on their next step to avail of the support available. Read full article
17 August, 2010
A large number of Tyrone Republicans made their way to Bellaghy on Sunday for the annual Hunger Strike rally. The commemoration marked the 29th anniversary of the Hunger Strikes of 1981. Read full article
17 August, 2010
Sinn Fein councillor Sean Clarke has said that his party will actively oppose SDLP leader Margaret Ritchie's plan for a Special Branch to operate within the PSNI. Read full article
16 August, 2010
Full Text of the speech delivered by Martin McGuiness at the National Hunger Strike Commemoration in Bellaghy, Co Derry on 15 August 2010. Read full article
13 August, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor Kieran Mc Guire says that proposals put out for consultation by the Department of Environment seeking to change bus operating licensing would, if implemented, have an adverse impact on the sustainability of community transport.
He said, Read full article
12 August, 2010
Strabane Sinn Féin Council Chair Michaela Boyle has called for the creation of a one-stop-shop to deal with welfare rights queries from members of the public who live along the border.
She said, Read full article
11 August, 2010
Republicans from across Ireland and beyond will converge on the south Derry village of Bellaghy on Sunday for the annual Hunger Strike Commemoration. Read full article
10 August, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Barry McElduff has stepped down from Omagh District Council after 10 years on the local government scene. Mr McElduff formally handed in a letter of resignation to the Omagh District Council offices on Monday 2nd August and was accompanied by Dromore native Glenn Campbell who will fill the vacant Sinn Féin seat on the council. Read full article
9 August, 2010
Sinn Fein Omagh town councillor Sean Begley has described as 'positive', a meeting with representatives of NI Water and local residents on the Tamlaght road area of Omagh. The meeting was to ally fears of further disruption in the area as work continues on the sewerage system upgrade in the area. Read full article
5 August, 2010
The Chairperson of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer has called on people to apply for the Warm Home Scheme which is funded by the Department for Social Development. Read full article
4 August, 2010
Sinn Féin Omagh town councillors Sean Begley and Martin McColgan have said there will be a meeting with representatives of NI Water in the Tamlaght road of Omagh to ally fears further disruption fears as work on the sewerage system continues in the area. Read full article
3 August, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor Sean Clarke has welcomed the news that an application is to proceed to see the development of a conflict resolution centre on the former Long Kesh Prison site, as well as the retention of the listed buildings. Read full article
29 July, 2010
West Tyrone MP, Pat Doherty and the chair of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer have welcomed the decision by Planning Service to issue a 28 day notice of opinion to approve a £350 million multi use development site on the Derry Road, Omagh. Read full article
28 July, 2010
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has welcomed a new scheme to provide IT training for low-paid workers in rural parts of Co Tyrone. The scheme was launched by Department of Agriculture and Rural Development minister, Michelle Gildernew earlier this week. Read full article
26 July, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has announced that the venue for the 2010 National Hunger Strike Commemoration will be the town of Bellaghy in South Derry on Sunday 15th August Read full article
26 July, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Féin representative, Glenn Campbell, has commended the organisers of the first Tattyreagh 5 Mile Road Race. Read full article
25 July, 2010
The Chairperson of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer and Mid Tyrone Cllr, Sean Clarke were among several hundred participants who took part in this years 'Cairn Sunday'. Read full article
22 July, 2010
The chairman of the Omagh District Council's Development committee, Sean Begley has called upon local community and voluntary groups to begin preparing their applications for the Councils Community Support and Capital Grant aid. Read full article
20 July, 2010
Monday the 19th of July saw the official 'launch' of the newly formed Loughmacrory and Murrrins District Angling Association (LAMDAA). Omagh District Council Chairman, Cllr Declan McAleer and the LAMDAA Committee members, along with representatives of the Loughmacrory Community Development Association (LCDA) and the Loughs Agency, celebrated the first fishing season under the new club during Angling Awareness Month 2010. Read full article
18 July, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MP MLA Pat Doherty has condemned the shooting of a taxi driver in the Glebe last night. Read full article
14 July, 2010
Hundreds of Republicans assembled on Main Street, Cappagh on Wednesday evening to mark Tyrone Volunteers Day. The annual commemoration coincides with the anniversary of the death of Tyrone Volunteer, Martin Hurson who died on hunger strike on 13th July 1981. Read full article
13 July, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor and Chairperson of Strabane District Council Michaela Boyle has lent her support to a campaign by the Post Office to encourage dog owners to be vigilant as to the whereabouts of their pets when postmen and women call. Read full article
13 July, 2010
Sinn Féin Councillor Brian Mc Mahon says that the community in the Carlton Drive area are angered at the hooligan actions of small number of young people in the area yesterday. Read full article
13 July, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Féin representative, Glenn Campbell, has called upon DRD Road Service to take preventative action along a stretch of the Dromore Road on the approach to Fintona town. Read full article
12 July, 2010
Sinn Féin has described stone attacks on three Donegal bound buses on the Strabane by-pass earlier today as a sickening and deplorable act. Read full article
9 July, 2010
The chairperson of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer has called for the introduction of an additional bin collection service to cope with the proliferation of cardboard which is generated by local businesses in the town. Read full article
9 July, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor for West Tyrone, Ann Quinn has welcomed the demolition of the former RUC and PSNI barracks in Dromore. Read full article
8 July, 2010
Sinn Fein councillor Marty McColgan has said the decision to scrap powers given to the PSNI under section 44 has vindicated Sinn Fein's stance on the issue. Read full article
8 July, 2010
Sinn Féin west Tyrone representative Glenn Campbell has welcomed cuts in EU mobile phone roaming charges which came into effect on 1st July. Read full article
7 July, 2010
With the summer holidays upon us Sinn Fein west Tyrone Councillor Peter Kelly has called upon those living on farms to put safety first this summer. Read full article
6 July, 2010
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has welcomed the reconstruction of Drumnakilly Bridge between Carrickmore and Omagh. Read full article
5 July, 2010
Derg Sinn Féin Councillor Kieran Mc Guire, has stated that the proposed phasing out of Income Support will affect those who are most in need of support and has raised concerns of the capacity of the Social Security offices to carry out such a task. Read full article
5 July, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says that ordinary bank workers should not have to pay the price for the reckless actions of banking institution bosses. Read full article
5 July, 2010
Sinn Fein MLA Barry McElduff is seeking an urgent meeting with the Minister for Health Michael McGimpsey to establish the timeframe for the new Omagh Hospital start date. Read full article
5 July, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has welcomed this week's decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to reject the British government's final appeal over the use of Stop and Search powers under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, and he has called for their immediate suspension. Read full article
2 July, 2010
The Chairman of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer
attended the launch of a photographic resource pack which
was commissioned by Breakthru to highlight the dangers
posed to young people by alcohol abuse. Read full article
2 July, 2010
The 2010 Tyrone Volunteers Day was officially launched on Friday 2nd July. The launch, which took place at the Republican monument on Cappaghs Main Street was performing by the Sinn Féin chairpersons of the four District Councils in Tyrone. Read full article
1 July, 2010
Opinion piece by Councillor Declan McAleer Read full article
28 June, 2010
Pat Doherty yesterday addressed the Michael Gaughan and Frank Stagg commemoration in Ballina, Co Mayo. This is the full text of his speech. Read full article
24 June, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor Sean Clarke has said the British Queen should not be welcomed in any part of Ireland. His comments follow the Taoiseach Brian Cowen's welcome for a visit to Ireland by the Queen of England, who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. Read full article
22 June, 2010
A new Play area has been unveiled by Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane during a visit to the Naíscoil Colmcille An Charraig Mhór. Read full article
21 June, 2010
Chairman of Omagh District Council Declan Mc Aleer has invited members of the public to attend a Blooming Great Tea Party in the Strule Arts Centre on Wednesday afternoon. The event will run from 11am until 3pm and people are free to drop in at any stage during the afternoon. Read full article
21 June, 2010
Thousands of people took to the streets of Omagh on Friday evening to celebrate the 11th annual Mid summer carnival. This year's event was made extra special by the participation of a delegation from Pont Remy in Northern France. The delegation was in the district to mark the 10th anniversary of the signing of a twinning charter with Drumquin. Speaking at the carnival, the chair of Omagh DC, Declan Mc Aleer said: Read full article
21 June, 2010
On Friday, the Chairperson of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer hosted a delegation from the village of Pont Remy in Northern France to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the signing of the twinning charter between Pont Remy and Drumquin. During the reception, Cllr Mc Aleer said: Read full article
17 June, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor Marty McColgan has welcomed the findings of the Saville Report into Bloody Sunday in 1972; that the 14 people shot dead on the streets of Derry were unarmed, posed no threat and were completely innocent. Read full article
16 June, 2010
The Chairperson of Omagh DC, Cllr Declan Mc Aleer hosted the launch of Marie Curie Blooming Great Tea Party fundraising initiative in the council chamber this morning. The event was attended by Marie Curie volunteers from throughout Counties Tyrone and Fermanagh. Speaking at the launch, Cllr Mc Aleer said: Read full article
16 June, 2010
Omagh District council vice chairperson Anne Marie Fitzgerald has commended local schools for their work and input into a local place names project which was unveiled at the Strule Arts Centre on Monday. Read full article
15 June, 2010
The recently elected chair of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer was one of the speakers at the launch of the 60th anniversary celebrations at Gortmore Park on Saturday afternoon. Hundreds of neighbours and former residents, some of whom travelled from afar as Read full article
15 June, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor Sean Begley has slammed the DUP for voting against council reforms which would have seen 26 local government authorities being reduced to 11 in time for the next council elections scheduled for 2011. Read full article
11 June, 2010
It was a case of 'back to school' for the newly elected chair of Omagh District Council, Declan Mc Aleer when he returned to St Teresa's Primary School, Loughmacrory for his first civic engagement. Cllr Mc Aleer is a past pupil of the school. Read full article
10 June, 2010
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone Councillor Sharon O'Brien has congratulated 12 local schools who received awards at the annual Health Promoting Schools Award Ceremony, held recently in the Fir Trees Hotel, Strabane. Read full article
9 June, 2010
Local Sinn Féin councillor Sean Begley has welcomed the commencement of a £2 million project of sewer replacement in Omagh. Read full article
8 June, 2010
The Sinn Féin party have secured the positions of Chair and vice chair of Omagh District Council. Read full article
7 June, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor Frankie Donnelly has extended condolences to the family of Michael Nugent (21) following the death of Mr. Nugent in a car accident early on Sunday morning. Read full article
7 June, 2010
Sinn Féin has called upon as many groups and individuals as possible throughout Omagh and Strabane to apply for funding from the latest Rural Development Programme Funding Measures which open for application today Monday 7 June. Read full article
4 June, 2010
A Sinn Féin motion calling upon the Dublin government to expel the Israeli ambassador in Dublin has received cross party support in Omagh District Council when the issue came before the June meeting held on Tuesday evening. Read full article
3 June, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor Frankie Donnelly has hit out after attacks on cars belonging to a local Eskra family on Wednesday night. Read full article
2 June, 2010
Sinn Féin and Ógra activists took part in a well attended protest in Strabane town centre today, Wed 2nd June. Read full article
2 June, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Féin constituency manager, Cllr Sean Begley has expressed his party's sympathy with the family of Donald Mc Elduff (75), who passed away in Craigavon Area hospital on Wednesday afternoon after a protracted illness. Read full article
2 June, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor Marty McColgan has called for the reversal of a 270 year old ban on the use of the Irish Language in courtrooms here. His comments come after a Belfast court rejected a legal bid to overturn the ban. Read full article
31 May, 2010
West Tyrone MP, Pat Doherty has led tributes to the family of Omagh man, Cathal Mc Namee (31) who died tragically as a result of a car accident in Mullaghmore, Co Sligo on Saturday afternoon. Read full article
28 May, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor, Pete Kelly has welcomed the erection of road and townland signs in the Trillick area. Read full article
27 May, 2010
Sinn Fein's Declan McAleer has said the decision by energy giants, Airtricity to enter the market in the north of Ireland is 'good news for customers' Read full article
26 May, 2010
Health minister Michael McGimpsey was today challenged on his plans for a New hospital in Omagh when the healthcare liaison committee, including members of Omagh District Council and the Western Trust met with him. Read full article
25 May, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor Sean Begley has welcomed the news that Culmore Park in Omagh will benefit from an upgrade on and additional street lighting in the area. Read full article
21 May, 2010
Sinn Féin has hit out angrily at the PSNI after the party claimed a local republican was pursued and detained by members of the PSNI in Omagh after attending a local funeral last Monday. Read full article
15 May, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Féin members are coming to terms with news of the sudden death of one of their members, Liam Coyle. Read full article
12 May, 2010
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has welcomed proposals by Energy Regulators North and South to harmonise energy prices through the introduction of an all-Ireland retail energy market. Read full article
2 May, 2010
Omagh Sinn Fein Councillor Seán Begley and the party's West Tyrone Director of Elections, has expressed deep concern about he claims to be the blanket denial of postal and proxy vote applications by the Electoral Office in areas West of the Bann. Read full article
2 May, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Pat Doherty has described proposals by Environment Minister Edwin Poots to redeploy 269 posts within the Planning Service as an ill-conceived move. Read full article
27 April, 2010
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has called upon roads service to take immediate action on roads around the town of Carrickmore. Read full article
26 April, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor Sean Clarke has condemned those behind recent gorse fires in the Mid Tyrone over the past week. A number of fires were started deliberately in Mountfield, Creggan and Greencastle. Read full article
23 April, 2010
Veteran Civil Rights campaigner and well known human rights lawyer, Pat Fahy has issued a statement this week calling on Republicans and Nationalists to unite behind Sinn Féin in the upcoming Westminster election. Read full article
23 April, 2010
Sinn Fein councillor Frankie Donnelly has welcomed a Stormont probe into the high cost of insurance in the North. Read full article
23 April, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Fein MLA Pat Doherty has welcomed the decision by the Minister of Education Caitríona Ruane to extend the free school meals scheme that will make many more children eligible for a free nutritional meal during school hours. Read full article
22 April, 2010
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Michaela Boyle says that so-called punishment shootings and attacks are not the way to resolve social problems within the community. She was speaking following last night's attack on a man at a flat in the Lisnafin Park area of the town in which he sustained bullet shot wounds to both legs. Read full article
21 April, 2010
West Tyrone Ógra Shinn Féin have launched a youth election broadcast today (21/04/10) for the upcoming Westminster Election on May 6th. Read full article
20 April, 2010
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Brian Mc Mahon says that if initial indications are correct that the fire which gutted two homes in the Ballycolman Estate in the early hours of this morning was an act of deliberate arson, then the individual or individuals involved are responsible for attempted murder Read full article
20 April, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has welcomed a ban on synthetic stimulant mephedrone. The ban on the substance came into effect earlier in the week and has seen the drug and its related compounds now classified as Class B substances. Read full article
17 April, 2010
Speaking at the latest of Sinn Féin's 'townhall' meetings in the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh last night the Sinn Féin President said ...... Read full article
14 April, 2010
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Sean Clarke has strongly condemned the gang who robbed an ATM machine from Costcutters shop in Greencastle, Co. Tyrone at approximately 5am on Wednesday morning. Read full article
13 April, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Fein director of elections Sean Begley has called upon people who have yet registered for the election to do so before next Tuesday. Read full article
13 April, 2010
Sinn Fein councillor Sean Clarke has called upon local farmers to ensure their properties and machines are securely stored after a recent spate of robberies in the Gortin area. Read full article
13 April, 2010
As the Westminster election campaign moves into top gear, Sinn Féin are busily preparing for the visit to Omagh tomorrow (Friday) of Sinn Féin President, Gerry Adams.
Mr Adams will host a meeting with party activists in the Sinn Féin office followed by a public engagement in the Strule Arts Centre. All members of the public are invited to attend the meeting which commences at 8pm. Read full article
9 April, 2010
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams will address a public meeting in the Strule Arts Centre, Omagh on Friday 16th April at 8pm. Read full article
8 April, 2010
Republicans from Donegal and Strabane turned out in large numbers at the annual Drumboe Easter Commemoration on Sunday at which Donegal Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty delivered a rousing address in which he said that now was the time for Irish people to stand up for themselves, to stand up for each other, to stand by the Republic. Read full article
8 April, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone Director of Elections Councillor Seán Begley is urging all eligible voters to secure their right to vote.
Cllr Begley made the appeal following today's announcement that Thursday 6th May will be the date of the Westminster Election poll. Read full article
5 April, 2010
Several hundred people gathered at Dunamore graveyard on Easter Sunday afternoon for the Easter commemoration and unveiling of the newly constructed Republican monument. Read full article
5 April, 2010
In one of the biggest crowds witnessed in recent years, several hundred people attended the annual Loughmacrory commemoration at the graveside of brothers Gerard and Martin Harte. Gerard and Martin Read full article
5 April, 2010
A hundred strong crowd of local Republicans from the Aghyaran and Castlederg area assembled in Spring sunshine at 12pm in Aghyaran graveyard on Easter Sunday for the annual commemoration of the 1916 Rising. Read full article
5 April, 2010
On Easter Sunday Republicans from the Dromore and Trillick area gathered at the graveside of Vol. Cathal Quinn to commemorate Ireland's Patriot Dead on Easter Sunday. Read full article
5 April, 2010
Republicans assembled on Easter Sunday morning at the graveside of Vol Dan Mc Anallen to mark the 94th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising. Read full article
5 April, 2010
In one of the largest mobilisations for many years hundreds of Republicans descended on Carrickmore for the main County commemoration. Read full article
5 April, 2010
On Saturday evening, a graveside commemoration was held at the Republican plot in Edendork. Jimmy Taggart chaired the proceedings, while Dungannon- based Sinn Féin Councillor, Larry Mc Lernon read the Easter Proclamation. Read full article
5 April, 2010
Several hundred Republicans braved the rain to take part in the County commemoration in Coalisland. A colour party made up of Ogra Sinn Féin members led the parade. Read full article
5 April, 2010
This years Easter commemoration was held at the graveside of Colm Grimes. Also remembered were local people Kevin Kearns, Benny Livingstone, Lawrence and Mary O' Hagan, Jimmy Hynes and all other Republicans from the area. Read full article
5 April, 2010
On Saturday, Republicans assembled at the graveside of poet, playwright and Republican, Alice Milligan. Read full article
5 April, 2010
Approximately 60 people attended the Easter Commemoration at the graveside of veteran Republican, Charlie Ferris in Killyclogher graveyard Read full article
29 March, 2010
Preparations for Easter commemorations continued apace on Wednesday when the Vice Chair of Omagh District Council, Sean Clarke hosted a local launch of the Easter lily. Read full article
24 March, 2010
Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, today signed a £3.2million contract with Bovis Lend Lease to begin the design of the proposed Shared Education Campus in Omagh. Read full article
23 March, 2010
The Tyrone Sinn Féin Commemoration committee went online this week as Republicans prepare to embark on a robust programme of activities to mark the 94th anniversary of the Easter Rising (www.tyronecommemorations.com). Read full article
23 March, 2010
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Brian Mc Mahon said that the daylight assault and attempted robbery of a 67 year old woman on the Melmount Road area of the town on Saturday afternoon had shocked and sickened the entire community. Read full article
23 March, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Claire Mc Gill believes that concerns surrounding increasing cuts to home help provision will feature prominently at a public meeting she has arranged for Strabane next week at which representatives of Patient and Client Council (PCC) will be present to listen to, and to take on board, the views of the local community about the delivery of health and social care services. Read full article
21 March, 2010
West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has welcomed the launch of this year's Liverpool Easter Lily Campaign, which was held on Sunday in St Michael's Irish Centre in Liverpool. Read full article
19 March, 2010
West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has advised those who are planning to travel abroad on summer holidays to ensure now that their passports are in order. This warning comes at a time of growing industrial action in the public service in the 26 counties, including the Passport Office. Read full article
16 March, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has re-iterated his call for a full cross border public inquiry into the Omagh bomb.
He was speaking following today's publication of a report by the NI Affairs Committee report which is calling for a new investigation to be set up to examine whether vital intelligence was withheld which could have prevented the bomb and whether enough was done to apprehend those responsible. Read full article
16 March, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Claire Mc Gill believes that concerns surrounding increasing cuts to home help provision will feature prominently at a public meeting she has arranged for Strabane next week at which representatives of Patient and Client Council (PCC) will be present to listen to, and to take on board, the views of the local community about the delivery of health and social care services. Read full article
16 March, 2010
Commenting in response to a report from the Criminal Justice Inspection which highlights the inadequacy of services for people with mental health problems who are imprisoned, local Councillor Declan Mc Aleer said: Read full article
16 March, 2010
Sinn Féin's chief negotiator and Joint First Minister, Martin Mc Guinness has been confirmed as the main speaker at this years Tyrone County commemoration in Carrickmore.
Speaking ahead of a robust programme of events to mark the 94th anniversary of the Easter Rising, Chairperson of the organising committee, Sean Begley said: Read full article
15 March, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says that Chloe Coyle's triumph in Sunday night's All Ireland Talent Show was evidence that this incredible young talent had not only just captured the hearts of people of her native Tyrone but also the hearts of people the length and breadth of Ireland. Read full article
10 March, 2010
Local Sinn Féin MP, Pat Doherty has welcomed the vote in favour of the transfer of policing and justice powers from Britain to the Six Counties. Read full article
9 March, 2010
Sinn Féin mid Tyrone councillor Declan McAleer has said he is relieved that plans to merger 15 volunteer centres throughout the north have been shelved. Read full article
8 March, 2010
The loss of electricity on Sunday night has drawn an angry response from NIE costumers in Mid Tyrone. According to Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Sharon O'Brien it had been the latest interruption in electricity supply since before Christmas. She Read full article
5 March, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor Sean Begley has said there is absolutely no excuse for the retention of non jury, Diplock courts. The local elected representative said that the criminal justice system needed to move forward in line with huge developments in the peace process. Read full article
5 March, 2010
Ann Quinn has raised her concerns over the poor state of the Kildrum road in Dromore. He flagged her concerns following representations from local residents who live on the road. Read full article
4 March, 2010
Sinn Fein's Sean Clarke has said no one has anything to fear from a Bill Of Rights as a motion on the issue came before the monthly meeting of Omagh District Council on Tuesday evening. The motion called for 'the introduction of a robust, enforceable Bill of Rights that will provide right-based protection for all the people of the North of Ireland'. Read full article
3 March, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor Marty McColgan has welcomed the passage of a motion at Omagh District Council which 'condemns the repressive measures by the Spanish state against Basque political youth organisation, Segi' and calls for 'an end to repressive measures against the pro independence movement in the Basque country' Read full article
2 March, 2010
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Kelly has welcomed Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew's commitment to help smaller farm businesses working in challenging conditons. The commitment came as the Agriculture and Rural Development Minister announced the criteria for Tranche Two of the Farm Modernisation Scheme (FMS). Read full article
2 March, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP and Assembly Agriculture Committee member Pat Doherty says that the issuing of of £25 million payments under the 2010 Less Favoured Area Compensatory Scheme will be a welcome boost to farmers in disadvantaged.
He said, Read full article
2 March, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Fein representative Glenn Campbell has called for a joined up approach between Housing Executive, Omagh District Council and DRD Road Service to ensure the housing estates in the Omagh district are properly maintained. He was speaking after a visit to O'Brien Park in Clanabogan Read full article
1 March, 2010
West Tyrone MP, Pat Doherty has highlighted the importance of Automatic Telling Machines (ATM's) to small businesses and people living in rurally dispersed areas. Speaking ahead of a motion in the Assembly calling for the continued exemption of rates for ATM's located in rural areas, Mr Doherty said.... Read full article
26 February, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Claire Mc Gill is pressing for additional protections to be afforded to patients at Accident & Emergency Departments to combat the disruptive and abusive behaviour they often have to endure at the hands of heavily intoxicated patients. Read full article
26 February, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says that confirmation from Environment Minister Edwin Poots that he is to grant planning approval for the development of an 11.5 hectre Business Park in Strabane as the removal of the last major obstacle in the way of delivering this much needed economic development project for the District. Read full article
26 February, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has protested to the Scottish Justice Minister Kenny Mc Askil about the two hour detention of four people at Edinburgh Airport and the similar detention of two people at Cairnryan Ferry Port as they returned home from a weekend of commemorative events to mark the 25 Anniversary of the killing of three young IRA volunteers by the SAS in Strabane Read full article
24 February, 2010
The Tyrone Commemoration Committee has this week announced their intention to roll out a robust programme of events to mark the 94th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising... Read full article
24 February, 2010
There is outrage in Drumquin after Planning Service have recommended an approval to a shooting range in the kirlish area of the village. The application will come before the planning meeting of Omagh District Council on Monday evening with a proposed approval for the application despite objections of local people and community representatives. Read full article
23 February, 2010
Mid Tyrone Councillor, Ann Marie Fitzgerald has called on members of the public to attend Thursday evenings meeting of Omagh DPP which will be held in the Milestone Centre, Carrickmore, commencing at 7.30pm. Read full article
23 February, 2010
Several thousand people turned out at a commemoration parade in Strabane yesterday to mark the 25th anniversary of the deaths of local IRA Volunteers Charlie Breslin (aged 20), and brothers Michael Devine (aged 22) and David Devine (aged 16) who were summarily executed by British State Forces Read full article
20 February, 2010
West Tyrone MP, Pat Dohertys Speech to the Irish Unity conference in London Read full article
18 February, 2010
A motion will come before the Omagh District Council in the coming weeks which will call for 'the introduction of a robust, enforceable Bill of Rights that will provide right-based protection for all the people of the North of Ireland'. Read full article
18 February, 2010
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has expressed concern at the response of Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie to a question he submitted seeking re-assurance that there will be no reduction in the level of front line or back office services currently being provided at the Social Security Agency office at Urney Road in Strabane. Read full article
16 February, 2010
Sinn Féin chair of the Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee Barry McElduff MLA has said that yesterdays announcement by the British Government of a £20 million investment in Irish language projects will have tangible economic benefits throughout the community. Read full article
16 February, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has cautiously welcomed the response from DETI Minister Arlene Foster to a written question he submitted in which he sought a timescale for the completion of the acquisition of 11.5 hectres of land at Melmount Road , Strabane, for the development of a business Park. Read full article
16 February, 2010
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Jarlath Mc Nulty has called on the small group of young people who are making life a misery for residents of Drumrallagh Estate to catch themselves on. Read full article
16 February, 2010
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty will be speak at a major conference on Irish Unity being held at Congress House in London on Saturday 20 February. Read full article
15 February, 2010
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams in his Blog 'leargas' (www.leargas.blogsport.com) has revealed that the Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure,' Nelson McCausland, has committed to bringing forward a draft strategy on minority languages to the Executive by the end of March, one element of which will be "to enhance and protect the development of the Irish language as set out in Section 28D of the 'NI (St. Andrews) Act 2006'." Read full article
15 February, 2010
There have been 14 meetings of the NSMC in Sectoral format and 1 in Institutional format since the NSMC Plenary meeting on 8 July 2009. Read full article
14 February, 2010
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Sharon O Brien has strongly condemned the arsonists who set fire to a charity clothes bank in Loughmacrory village on Saturday afternoon. According to the Loughmacrory based Councillor..... Read full article
11 February, 2010
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone Councillor Sean Clarke has welcomed the decision to retain the listed building status of Long Kesh. Edwin Poots revealed that there will be no change to the listed buildings status to some structures in the Long Kesh site. Read full article
10 February, 2010
Sinn Fein Omagh District councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has welcomed the news that 31 local businesses are currently participating in the 'Breast Feeding Welcome Here' scheme in Omagh. Read full article
9 February, 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty in welcoming the Hillsborough Castle Agreement said.... Read full article
9 February, 2010
Sinn Féin Omagh Council group chairperson Martin McColgan comments on the Hillsborough deal which will see the devolution of policing and Justice powers to the Assembly in April. Read full article
5 February, 2010
Omagh District Councillor Declan Mc Aleer has welcomed the announcement that a new dentist opening in Omagh will cater for NHS patients. Read full article
5 February, 2010
Sinn Féin Councillor Michaela Boyle is confident that no one in Strabane District will be any longer be forced to suffer in agony without access to dental treatment with the two new Oasis Dental Care Practices at John Wesley Street opening for business this week signalling the end of the Big Freeze for Strabane NHS Dental patients. Read full article
4 February, 2010
Sinn Féin Councillor Jarlath Mc Nulty has praised Roads Service for moving swiftly to begin the task of repairing the substantial damage that has been caused to roads and footpaths throughout Strabane District during the prolonged period of ice and snow.
He said... Read full article
4 February, 2010
Sinn Féin Councillor Michaela Boyle says that people who are not yet registered to vote or who have not yet secured an Electoral Office Photo ID Card have a golden opportunity to do both at the same time in Strabane later this month.
She said... Read full article
2 February, 2010
The Chair of Strabane District Council, Sinn Féin Councillor Kieran Mc Guire has revealed that he has been lobbying to have the Drumlegagh Road , the scene of yesterday's school bus crash, gritted for some considerable time.
He said, Read full article
2 February, 2010
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor, Declan Mc Aleer has welcomed the Housing Executive plans to commence a number of important home improvement schemes in the 2010/11 financial year.
Councillor Mc Aleer was speaking following a meeting of the Public Services Liaison Committee at Omagh District Council on Monday evening. Read full article
28 January, 2010
Sinn Féin mid Tyrone councillor Sean Clarke has welcomed action from Roads Service aimed at alleviating traffic concerns in Gortin on mart days. Read full article
26 January, 2010
Speaking from the talks at Hillsborough Castle on Tuesday afternoon, West Tyrone MP, Pat Doherty said Read full article
26 January, 2010
Sinn Fein representatives in are continuing to engage with Roads Service in relation to problems arising from the major subsidence of the Spout Road outside Strabane following heavy rain late last year. Read full article
26 January, 2010
The sun shone brightly on the "Head of the Town" in Strabane on Sunday as hundreds gathered to pay special tribute to the memory of local teenager Charlie (Cha) Love who was tragically killed while attending the 18th Anniversary Bloody Sunday commemoration on Sunday 28th January 1990. Read full article
25 January, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Féin councillor Peter Kelly has welcomed the opening of new Trillick Health Centre. Situated in the centre of the village the long awaited state of the arts building has opened within the past number of weeks. Read full article
23 January, 2010
West Tyrone Sinn Féin representative Glenn Campbell has called upon local people from, the Carrickmore, Omagh, Dromore and Fintona areas to have their say on the regeneration of their towns. Read full article
22 January, 2010
Sinn Féin Omagh town councillor Sean Begley has condemned the recent upsurge in the number of stop and searches by the PSNI under section 44 of the 'Prevention of terrorism Act'. Read full article
20 January, 2010
A proposal, which if passed would see the redevelopment of the St. Julian's road football grounds will go before the meeting of the Omagh District Councils Development Committee in February. Read full article
19 January, 2010
West Tyrone MP, Pat Doherty held a face to face meeting with British Security Minister, Paul Goggins on Tuesday to discuss the issue of British army training manoeuvres in the skies above parts of West and South Tyrone. Read full article
19 January, 2010
A5 DUAL CARRIAGEWAY ESSENTIAL
In recent months, some unionist politicians have been challenging the need for the announced A5 dual carriageway advocating instead that a widening of the existing single carriageway from Derry to Aughnacloy would suffice. Read full article
14 January, 2010
Omagh Sinn Féin Councillor and member of Omagh DPP, Marty McColgan, has welcomed a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that police powers to stop and search people without grounds for suspicion are illegal. Read full article
13 January, 2010
Sinn Fein's Peter Kelly has called for a major works program to commence on the rural water network. Read full article
13 January, 2010
Speaking after attending the funerals of both young men killed in a horrific road traffic accident near Omagh last Thursday, local Councillor Declan Mc Aleer said: Read full article
7 January, 2010
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor, Ann Marie Fitzgerald has expressed sympathy with the families of the North's latest road victims. Read full article
6 January, 2010
Republicans from across the island of Ireland will descend on the county Tyrone town of Strabane on Sunday 21st February, to mark the 25th anniversary of the deaths of IRA volunteers Charles Breslin, and Brothers Michael and David Devine. Read full article
5 January, 2010
Sinn Féin councillor Sean Begley has welcomed an announcement from the Department of Social Development that they will pay a 'cold weather payment' to low income families throughout the north. Read full article
5 January, 2010
In a New Year's message, Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says that the coming weeks will be crucial in determining whether or not the DUP has got the stomach for political arrangements based on partnership and equality.
Speaking about the current political situation he said ..... Read full article
4 January, 2010
Relatives of those murdered in the Ballymurphy Massacre from the 9 - 11 August 1971, recently addressed a public meeting in the Omagh Strule Arts Centre. Read full article
2 January, 2010
Mid Tyrone Councillors Sharon O Brien and Declan Mc Aleer have paid tribute to the organisers of the inaugural 'Lough 5' community fun run. The 5 mile run/walk, which took place on New Years Eve..... Read full article
1 January, 2010
New Year Message From Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams Read full article
31 December, 2009
West Tyrone MP, Pat Doherty has made representation to NI Water and DRD Roads Service following the cold snap which has left many householders stranded without water and blocked in by heavy snowfall and ice. Read full article
23 December, 2009
THE family of Arthur McElhill are to enter into negotiations with the Housing Executive in a bid to finally dispose of 4 Lammy Crescent. Read full article
22 December, 2009
Sinn Féin says that agreement to issue letters of offer for over £1 million in Rural Development Programme (RDP) grant assistance was made at a meeting of the Northwest Local Action group at the Fir Trees Hotel last Wednesday. Read full article
22 December, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Claire Mc Gill has encouraged conflict victims and victim's relatives who may be eligible for financial assistance from the Memorial Fund to ensure they apply.
£1.8 million has been made available to the Memorial Fund this week by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister.
The West Tyrone MLA said: Read full article
22 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Omagh town councillor Sean Begley has called upon people to ensure that they don't miss out on the Winter Fuel Allowance (WFA). Read full article
21 December, 2009
For a treasure trove for that unique Christmas gift take a trip to the Abhaile Aris Siopa on James Street, Omagh. Opening Hours: Tuesday 22 December (9.30am - 5.30pm); Wednesday 23rd December (9.30am - 5.30pm) and Christmas Eve (10am - 2pm). Read full article
20 December, 2009
UNCERTAINTY remains into how the Lammy fire, which wiped out a family of seven, was allowed to happen. Log on to www.ulsterherald.com/lammyinquiry/ for full story and video. Read full article
16 December, 2009
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says that he is confident that an appropriate inquiry and redress mechanism will be established for victims of child abuse in the north in line with the Ryan Commission in the South following a reply from Health Minister Michael Mc Gimpsey to representations he made to the Office of First and Deputy First Minister on the issue in October. Read full article
15 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Marty McColgan has advised people to be aware of a scam notifying people of windfall winnings in the 'El Gordo Spanish Lottery'. Read full article
15 December, 2009
West Tyrone MP, Pat Doherty dropped in with the staff of Omagh sorting office on Friday as they prepared to deal with the Christmas deluge of letters and parcels. The MP was accompanied on his visit by sorting office Manager, Paul Devlin. Read full article
14 December, 2009
Families of some of the 11 civilians murdered by the British Army in Ballymurphy between 9 - 11 August 1971 are set to speak in Omagh. The Public Talk will take place in the Omagh Strule Arts Centre at 7pm on Friday 18th December. Read full article
12 December, 2009
To understand why Barry Mc Elduff labels DUP Minister Nelson Mc Causland a 'Philistine' over his attitude towards his portfolio of Culture, Arts and Leisure in the Assembly, click: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeKVXPljesk Read full article
11 December, 2009
Omagh District Councillor Declan McAleer has welcomed a one-off winter fuel allowance payment funded by the executive, which is set to benefit 250,000 people throughout the north. Read full article
11 December, 2009
West Tyrone Sinn Féin representative Glenn Cambpell has backed an ongoing campaign by Carers Northern Ireland for the financial support offered to Carers to be improved. Read full article
10 December, 2009
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has called for a full Public Inquiry into the failure of statutory agencies to recognise the danger signs that should have been apparent prior to the Omagh Fire tragedy. Read full article
7 December, 2009
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has given a warm welcome to the incorporation of Social Clauses into the contracts that have been announced for the construction of the A5 Dual Carriageway between Derry and Aughnacloy which is scheduled to commence in 2010. Read full article
6 December, 2009
As part of a Community Engagement Initiative in West Tyrone, Sinn Féin will be holding the latest in an ongoing series of public meetings in the Owenkillew Community Centre, Gortin on Wednesday 9th December at 8pm Read full article
1 December, 2009
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MP MLA Pat Doherty has welcomed the continued commitment of DRD Minister Conor Murphy towards the "Bridges Project" in Strabane following a meeting he held with the Minister at Stormont yesterday to discuss progress on the issue. Read full article
1 December, 2009
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has described those who carried out the pipe bomb attack at Courtrai Park in Strabane in the early hours of yesterday morning as completely misguided individuals who are driven by a blind adherence to militarism and not the interests of Irish Republicanism. Read full article
1 December, 2009
Sinn Féin MP MLA Pat Doherty has been re-selected to contest the West Tyrone Constituency at the Westminster Election scheduled for next May. Read full article
30 November, 2009
Ógra Shinn Féin took to the streets of Omagh over the weekend in solidarity with the 34 young Basque activists arrested in the past week. Read full article
26 November, 2009
Republican ex Prisoners group, Abhaile Aris, has organised an information evening to discuss the legal and social obstacles which former political prisoners face in trying to re integrate into the community. Read full article
25 November, 2009
Omagh Town Councillor Martin McColgan has called upon businesses in the Omagh district to register with a new safety initiative aimed at reducing theft in the district. Read full article
24 November, 2009
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty will accompany family members of deceased Strabane pensioner Maureen Mc Ginley to a meeting with NIO Minister Paul Goggins and Health Minister Michael Mc Gimpsey at Stormont today Read full article
24 November, 2009
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has questioned the rationale of the decision by the Planning Appeals Commission to retain the designation of the Adria site at Beechmount Avenue for "industrial use only" in it decision to refuse an appeal lodged to develop the site for a mixed use development. Pat Doherty said... Read full article
24 November, 2009
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MLA Claire Mc Gill has expressed deep concern that there has been a major deterioration in industrial relations between management and staff based at the Rivers Agency Regional Office in Omagh after figures she has obtained indicate high levels of staff leaving and out on stress related sick leave. Read full article
24 November, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor, Anne Marie Fitzgerald, has appealed to users of life supporting electrical equipment to register immediately with NIE, to avoid experiencing difficulties during power failure or planned interruption of supply. Read full article
23 November, 2009
Over 300 people attended a tribute function in memory of deceased Strabane District Sinn Féin Councillors Ivan Barr and Charlie Mc Hugh at the Mellon Country Hotel on Saturday night. Read full article
23 November, 2009
West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty and Deputy First Minister Martin Mc Guinness were among the mourners at the funeral of Winnie Harte who passed away at her Loughmacrory home on Friday. Read full article
21 November, 2009
Sinn Féin MP, Pat Doherty has expressed sympathy with the Harte family on the death of their mother, Winnie who died this morning after a short illness at her home in Loughmacrory, Co. Tyrone. Read full article
19 November, 2009
Transport Minister Conor Murphy and Rural Development Minister Michelle Gildernew, announced the introduction of two new rural transport schemes. Read full article
18 November, 2009
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Claire Mc Gill has disclosed information that 53 out of 300 residences across the six counties seeking a water mains connection are located in West Tyrone. Read full article
18 November, 2009
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Ann Quinn has welcomed Omagh District Councils allocation of almost £30,000 in grant aid towards Christmas events in the district. Read full article
17 November, 2009
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says that the attempt by DUP Environment Minister Edwin Poots to hold the entire process of local government reform to ransom by trying to gerrymander an electoral boundary affecting his own constituency will not work. Read full article
16 November, 2009
West Tyrone MP, Pat Doherty has hit out at the British army for carrying out air manoeuvres which has angered local people in Mid Tyrone.
According to the MP "Between Thursday and Sunday of last week, the British Army engaged in what they referred to as 'training exercises' in the skies above Counties Tyrone and Fermanagh. Read full article
13 November, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA and spokesperson on poverty, Claire McGill, has stated that the latest report by the Joseph Rowntree foundation highlights the need for a comprehensive approach by the Assembly and the Executive to tackle child poverty. Read full article
11 November, 2009
West Tyrone Sinn Féin representative, Glenn Campbell, has challenged the BBC's compulsory poppy wearing policy/directive to its presenters, branding it "offensive to the majority of nationalists and republicans in the north". Read full article
11 November, 2009
"The media spotlight is presently on the plight of those pupils who will be sitting the unregulated tests. I wish them all well and hope they understand that they are unique valued individuals regardless of what their test results are. Read full article
10 November, 2009
Sinn Féin Omagh town councillor Martin McColgan has welcome a footbridge over the King James bridge in the town. Read full article
9 November, 2009
West Tyrone MP, Pat Doherty has welcomed news that the Strathroy Link road has been included in the draft local transport programme for the Omagh district. He described this as a 'key milestone' on an important strategic project which will connect the community of Strathroy and Gortview with their natural hinterlands on the Derry Road. Read full article
8 November, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor, Declan Mc Aleer has highlighted the dangers posed to pedestrians due to the absence of a footbridge linking Beragh Main Street and Cooley Road. Read full article
3 November, 2009
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty is encouraging people over 60 to ensure that they are securing their full entitlement to benefits after is was revealed that people in this age group across the six counties who accessed the A2B Benefit Calculator, which was established in October last year, are now over 2million better off. Read full article
3 November, 2009
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Michaela Boyle has welcomed the inclusion of Road Service Schemes for the Urney Road area in the Local Transport and Safety Measures Draft Programme 2010-2012. Read full article
2 November, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has strongly condemned the vandals who went on an orgy of destruction in Carrickmore on Halloween night. Read full article
2 November, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillors for the Derg Electoral Area have welcomed the inclusion of a high proportion of Roads Service schemes for the area in the Local Transport and Safety Measures Draft Programme for Strabane District Council 2010-2012. Read full article
2 November, 2009
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty is lobbying for an appropriate inquiry and redress mechanism to be established for victims of child abuse in the north in line with the Ryan Commission in the South. Read full article
27 October, 2009
The memory of deceased Sinn Féin Councillors Ivan Barr and Charlie Mc Hugh will be honoured at a West Tyrone Sinn Féin Dinner to be held in the Mellon Country Hotel on Saturday 21st November. Read full article
27 October, 2009
Sinn Féin's Agricultural spokesperson Pat Doherty MP MLA has raised concerns that dairy farmers in the north of Ireland are very unlikely to receive anything from the recently agreed €280 million Milk Fund. Read full article
27 October, 2009
Sinn Féin mid Tyrone councillor Sean Clarke has described the attempted robbery of an ATM machine from a shop in Greencastle as an 'attack on the whole community'. Read full article
23 October, 2009
Speaking in response to the publication of devolution proposals contained in a letter sent to Joint First Ministers Peter Robinson and Martin Mc Guinness by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty said: Read full article
23 October, 2009
As part it's Community Engagement Initiative across West Tyrone, Sinn Féin will be holding the latest in ongoing a series of public meetings in the Ard Mór Centre, Lurganbuoy Road, in Castlederg on Wednesday 28th October at 8pm. Read full article
23 October, 2009
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Claire Mc Gill has described the establishment of an interagency working group within the Western Health & Social Care Trust area to strategically plan the transition of young people with disabilities who are moving into adult life as an essential, albeit long overdue, step in the battle to ensure young disabled adults secure appropriate levels of care and training provision. Read full article
21 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for Trillick, Pete Kelly has welcomed the approval of Omagh District Council to re-allocate capital grant funding to facilitate the purchase of sports equipment at Trillick Enterprise Centre. Read full article
20 October, 2009
Speaking in response to the opening of the Lammy fire inquest at Omagh courthouse on Tuesday, West Tyrone MP, Pat Doherty said:
"The tragic event which occurred at Lammy in October 2007 will be forever etched on the minds of the people of Omagh and the opening of the inquest on Tuesday will certainly evoke some very painful memories. Read full article
18 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor, Sharon O'Brien has urged community organisations to apply for grant aid, which has been earmarked for Christmas activities across the Omagh district. Read full article
13 October, 2009
West Tyrone MP, Pat Doherty has welcomed the British government offer on transfer of policing and justice powers to the 6 county Executive.
Part of the offer is to transfer the vacated military sites at Lisanelly and St Lucia in Omagh, along with 3 other sites in the 6 counties. Mr Doherty has been lobbying the British MoD for many years to transfer these sites to the Executive so that they can be used for community and civic purposes. Read full article
13 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Omagh town councillor Sean Begley has hit out at finance minister, Sammy Wilson after he said that he wasn't convinced of the merits of relocating public sector jobs from Belfast to other areas of the North of Ireland as it was no longer affordable. Read full article
12 October, 2009
Omagh town Sinn Féin councillor Séan Begley has welcomed the renewed focus of the council on establishing a play park and recreational area in the Ashbourne area. According to councillor Begley the renewed focus has been the result of 18 months of hard graft to bring the project forward. Read full article
8 October, 2009
Sinn Fein mid Tyrone councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has welcomed the extension of the 30 miles per hour speed limit on the Tullyneill road in Sixmilecross. Read full article
7 October, 2009
Omagh District Council have passed a council motion in its endeavours to bring the All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil to Omagh. Sinn Féin Councillor Begley, who brought the motion before the council has said Omagh is ideally placed to facilitate the all Ireland music event. Read full article
30 September, 2009
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says that work on a Visioning Framework to define the socio-economic needs of the Derg area of Strabane District has now begun and anticipates that, upon completion, it will provide a template for the socio-economic regeneration of this area which encompasses the: Castlederg, Clare, Finn, Glenderg and Newtownstewart areas of the District Read full article
30 September, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Barry McElduff, who is the chair of the CAL Committee, has slammed Nelson McCausland, the Minster for Culture, Arts and Leisure, for questioning funding for GAA clubs that are named after republicans. Read full article
30 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor, Sharon O Brien has expressed sympathy with the family of Danny Hughes who was knocked down and killed while walking to a neighbour's house in Loughmacrory village at approximately 10pm last night. Read full article
29 September, 2009
Killyclogher Senior Citizens club marked Age awareness Week with a fact finding visit to the Stormont Assembly hosted by West Tyrone MP, Pat Doherty. The delegation left Killyclogher at 10.30am and was 'seen off' by the first citizen for Omagh District, Cllr Paddy Mc Gowan. Read full article
29 September, 2009
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Regional Development, Conor Murphy MP, of new winter gritting arrangements for areas around rural schools. Read full article
27 September, 2009
West Tyrone MP, Pat Doherty has expressed his outrage and demanded an immediate investigation into reports that the PSNI detained, manhandled and threatened a 14-year-old child with Special needs in Omagh. The child, who attends Knockavoe Special Needs School in Strabane, was extremely frightened after an officer threatened him with 'a night in the cell'. Read full article
27 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor, Anne Marie Fitzgerald has expressed sympathy with the families from Omagh who lost loved ones in separate crashes over the weekend.
In the first incident, local woman Margaret Mc Canny died after being hit by a car on the Dromore Road in Omagh at around 11.15pm on Friday.
In the second incident, 36-year-old Dermot Loughran, originally from Omagh but living in Lisnakea was killed when the motorcycle he was riding was in collision with a car on the Tummery Road close to Dromore on Saturday afternoon. Read full article
25 September, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor for west Tyrone Frankie Donnelly has welcomed road works on the Dooish road in Drumquin. The surface of the road had been damaged recently which according to Councillor Donnelly saw one side of the road subside leaving only one lane open to traffic. Read full article
23 September, 2009
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says that he is confident that one of the long term obstacles which has stood in the way of economic regeneration in Strabane will soon be cleared after having received written confirmation from DETI Minister Arlene Foster that Invest NI has now selected a preferred site which will deliver sufficient land, circa 44 acres, to develop a new Business Park at Melmount Road to meet the need of client companies over the long term. Read full article
23 September, 2009
Sinn Féin has called upon as many groups and individuals as possible throughout Omagh and Strabane to apply for funding from key Rural Development Programme Funding Measures which will open on Monday 28 September. Read full article
23 September, 2009
Sinn Fein councillor for west Tyrone, Frankie Donnelly has welcomed the restoration of a school crossing patrol at St Josephs School, on the Omagh road in Drumquin. Read full article
22 September, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor for mid Tyrone and chairperson of the Omagh DPP Sean Clarke has condemned the actions of the PSNI who set up roadblocks in Greencastle on Monday evening. He questioned the need for roadblocks in the local area. Read full article
22 September, 2009
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has written to British Minister of State Paul Goggins MP seeking progress on a commitment to "establish the most appropriate way to fully and independently inquire into the circumstances" of how Strabane pensioner Maureen Mc Ginley sustained 34 rib fractures following her death at Altnagelvin Hospital on 3 January 2007. Read full article
21 September, 2009
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MP Pat Doherty has condemned the harassment of a young party member from the Mid Tyrone area. Barry McNally, chairperson of West Tyrone Ógra Shinn Féin was held at a checkpoint in the village of Moy on Saturday past (19th September). Read full article
21 September, 2009
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Brian Mc Mahon has urged the local community to help combat vandalism at the Children's Play Park at Beechmount Avenue in the town. . Read full article
18 September, 2009
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Claire Mc Gill has welcomed a Roads Service commitment to carry out remedial work to different sections of the footpath at Bridge Street to make it more user friendly for wheelchair users and for all pedestrians particularly those attempting to navigate the narrow footway with prams and buggies. Read full article
17 September, 2009
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has written to DSD Minister Margaret Ritchie calling upon her to take steps to honour those heating system upgrades that had been granted approval at homes before the suspension of the Warm Homes/Warm Homes Plus Scheme last year. Read full article
14 September, 2009
A sunshine baked Strabane saw hundreds of local people turn out to take part in the annual commemoration in memory of local republican dead. Read full article
14 September, 2009
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Barry Mc Elduff is urging parents and educational professionals and people in the wider community interested an or concerned about special needs education provision in our schools to avail of the opportunity to discuss policy proposals emerging from the Department of Education's SEN Review by attending a Roadshow which to be held at the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh between 4pm and 6pm on Wednesday 23 September. Read full article
11 September, 2009
West Tyrone Sinn Féin has launched details of a series of public engagements throughout the constituency. The first of these will take place in Loughmacrory GAA clubrooms on Wednesday 16th September at 8pm. Other events have been scheduled for Castlederg, Glenelly, Strabane and Omagh. Read full article
9 September, 2009
Minister Michelle Gildernew MP, MLA has presented certificates to a group of volunteers who provide support services for people with disabilities in the Omagh area. Read full article
8 September, 2009
Speaking in relation to today's announcement by Health Minister, Michael Mc Gimpsey to fund a complete care package for Billy Caldwell, West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty, who accompanied Billy's mother Charlotte and Iris Robinson to a meeting with the Minister, said: Read full article
8 September, 2009
Sinn Féin has welcomed the launch of a Rural Challenge Programme aimed at assisting in tackling poverty and social exclusion within rural communities. Read full article
7 September, 2009
Sinn Féin says that there can be no justification for the vicious assault carried out on a 25year old man who suffers from epilepsy at his Carlton Drive home in Strabane at the weekend. Read full article
7 September, 2009
West Tyrone MLA Barry Mc Elduff will be the main speaker at this year's commemoration held in memory of republican dead from the West Tyrone area. The annual event will take place this Sunday (13th September) and outlining details of this year's commemorative event Sinn Fein councillor, and Chairperson of Strabane District Council, Kieran Mc Guire said, Read full article
6 September, 2009
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor and member of the Western Education and Library Board, Declan Mc Aleer has appealed to local students planning to go to university and who are looking for new accommodation to fully check out the letting agencies and the track record of private landlords who advertise on the internet before they sign any tenancy agreements or hand over large deposits for rent. Read full article
6 September, 2009
The Sinn Féin Assembly team along with party members from across Ireland will hold an 'away day' in the Gulladuff Centre, Co Derry on Monday 5th September. Read full article
4 September, 2009
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor, Declan Mc Aleer has welcomed recent commitments from Roads Service to commence two important schemes in Killyclogher. Read full article
2 September, 2009
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has welcomed the announcement of a £1,000 grant to aid the plight of local flood victims in Newtown. Today's announcement follows serious flooding in the town last Sunday. Read full article
1 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Omagh town councillor and chairperson of the neighborhood renewal scheme Séan Begley has welcomed a scheme which will see a school mentoring schemes in various areas of Omagh. Areas covered by the neighborhood renewal project will benefit from the scheme which was unveiling recently. Read full article
27 August, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor and Omagh DPP member Sean Begley has said that the internal PSNI report, leaked to the media, only goes to highlight what people have known for some considerable time. Read full article
26 August, 2009
West Tyrone Sinn Fein representative, Glenn Campbell, has welcomed the 'first step' towards an action plan for the regeneration of Fintona. Read full article
25 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Kieran McGuire has called for a joined up approach between the Departments of Environment, Agriculture and Regional Development to address the issue of recent flash floods in Newtownstewart. Read full article
19 August, 2009
West Tyrone Sinn Féin Representative, Glenn Campbell, has condemned this morning's robbery of a cash machine during a ram raid of a pub in Fintona. Read full article
18 August, 2009
Thousands of people descended on the county Tyrone village of Galbally at the weekend to remember the hunger strikers of 1981. Read full article
18 August, 2009
Castlederg Sinn Fein Councillor Ruairi Mc Hugh has welcomed a Roads Service response to representations he has been making about the need for appropriate traffic calming measures in the vicinity of Drumnabey Primary School. Read full article
18 August, 2009
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Jarlath Mc Nulty says that there are no quick fix solutions to dealing with social problems and anti-social activity within the community following an attack on the homes of an extended family in Springhill Park in the town in the early hours of this morning. Read full article
13 August, 2009
CALLS have been made for the legacy of one of Omagh's most famous natives, Alice Milligan, to be preserved through an exhibition of her literature at the Strule Arts Centre. Read full article
12 August, 2009
A new bursary has been created to assist Republican ex Prisoners with training and education courses. The funding has been made available from the SEUPB Peace 3 programme and is offered through local Prisoners Support groups which are affiliated to the umbrella body, Cóiste Na n-Iarchimi. Read full article
11 August, 2009
The three MPs representing County Tyrone; Martin McGuinness, Michelle Gildernew and Pat Doherty have issued a joint call for republicans to take part in the National Hunger Strike Commemoration being held for the first time in the county on Sunday August 16th. Read full article
11 August, 2009
Tyrone republicans were busy this week in their final preparations for the National Hunger Strike rally which is due to be held on the county this coming Sunday. Several thousand people are expected for the parade which will mark the 28th anniversary of the 1981 Hunger Strike. Read full article
7 August, 2009
Killyclogher Sinn Féin Councillor, Declan Mc Aleer has strongly condemned the vandals who went on a wrecking spree in Mc Ivor Villas in the early hours of Thursday morning. Read full article
7 August, 2009
Shadow SoS, Owen Paterson was in Omagh on Thursday where he was accompanied on a series of engagements by West Tyrone MP, Pat Doherty. Speaking following the visit, Mr Doherty said:
"Mr Paterson has always been a firm advocate of the Shared Educational campus in Lisanelly and during the briefing at WELB Headquarters he expressed particular satisfaction at the pace of progress during the past year. Read full article
5 August, 2009
Omagh Sinn Féin councillor Marty McColgan has said the Omagh Independent Advices Service provides an excellent service to the public and should continue to be funded by the council. Read full article
4 August, 2009
Sinn Féin west Tyrone representative Glenn Campbell has welcomed recent repairs made to the Corkill road in Seskinore. Glenn Campbell had been in contact Roads Service following complaints from local residents due to poor state of the road surface, to repair the Corkill road in Seskinore. Read full article
4 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor and Chairperson of Strabane District Council, Kieran Mc Guire is urging republicans from throughout the District to make a special effort to attend this year's National Hunger Strike Commemoration given that Tyrone will be hosting the event for the first time in Galbally on Sunday 16th August. Read full article
4 August, 2009
A plaque is set to be unveiled in the Tyrone Garden of Remembrance in Carrickmore to mark the 100th anniversary since the foundation of Na Fianna Éireann. The launch will take place on Sunday 16th August; widely believed to be the date on which the youth movement was formed. Read full article
3 August, 2009
Ógra Shinn Féin have announced plans for a weekend of events in Tyrone from the 14th - 16th August. The weekend of events will coincide with the National Hunger Strike Commemorative Weekend being hosted in Tyrone. Read full article
31 July, 2009
It was with great sadness that the communities of Threemilehouse in Co. Monaghan; Loughmacrory in County Tyrone along with friends from much further afield, learned of the death of Kathleen McCarron of Blackraw, on the 15th July last. Kathleen, aged 51, had spent two years bravely battling a serious illness. Read full article
30 July, 2009
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has welcomed the announcement by DETI Minister Arlene Foster that £177.000 funding, from the £1.9 million Broadband Fund, is being allocated to two companies Net1/Simpliphone and North West Electronics to provide high quality, affordable wireless broadband access to certain rural areas west of the Bann where line broadband provision is still inaccessible. Read full article
29 July, 2009
Peter Kelly, brother of Patsy Kelly who was murdered 35 years ago has welcomed the apology to the McAnespie family from the British government over the death of Aidan McAnespie in 1988. Read full article
28 July, 2009
Sinn Féin Sean Begley has welcomed the acceptance of a proposal from the Omagh town councillor to refurbish facilities at Omagh leisure. It follows on from similar refurbishment works at the centre over the past year. Read full article
28 July, 2009
Tyrone this week continued preparations for the National Hunger Strike Commemoration weekend by formally launching the weekend of events. Read full article
27 July, 2009
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says has described as "very constructive" a meeting held today at Stormont with NIO Minister of State Paul Goggins at which the transfer of the former military site at Lisanelly, for the purpose of developing an Educational Village Campus in Omagh, was discussed. Read full article
27 July, 2009
Sinn Féin councillors in West Tyrone have issued a statement reminding people who are considering making an application for grant assistance under the Rural Development Programme under Measures 3.1 (Diversification into Non -Agricultural Activities) and 3.2 (Business Creation and Development) that the call will close at 12 noon on Friday 7th August 2009. Read full article
27 July, 2009
West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty is to meet with NIO Minister of State Paul Goggins at Stormont later today with the transfer of the former military site at Lisanelly, for the purpose of developing an Educational Village Campus in Omagh, at the top of the talk's agenda. Read full article
23 July, 2009
Sinn Féin council group have elected a new council group leader on Omagh District Council. At a recently convened meeting Marty McColgan was the chosen successor from mid Tyrone councillor Declan McAleer to take over the reins. Read full article
22 July, 2009
Sinn Féin mid Tyrone councillor Sean Clarke has proposed holding a council reception for the Tyrone hurling team following recent national success in the Lory Meagher cup. Read full article
21 July, 2009
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has congratulated the team of walkers from Carrickmore who have completed a trek from Cork to Carrickmore. Read full article
21 July, 2009
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MP MLA Pat Doherty says today's announcement of the preferred route for the A5 Western Transport Corridor Dual Carriageway represents a pivotal turning point in terms of re-dressing the infrastructural imbalance west of the Bann and in the north west region of Ireland. Read full article
21 July, 2009
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Michaela Boyle is urging residents in the Castletown Road/Urney Road Area of the town to shape a profile of traffic calming measures for the area which meets their needs by submitting their views on the scheme that has been proposed to the Road Service consultation that has now commenced. Read full article
20 July, 2009
Tyrone will this year host the National Hunger Strike Commemoration weekend. The annual event has previously been held in Derry and Belfast. This year will see its first visit to county Tyrone. Read full article
20 July, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Kieran Mc Guire has challenged UUP Councillor Derek Hussey to clarify his position in relation to the erection of loyalist paramilitary flags in Castlederg after Councillor Hussey complained in the local media last week about the removal of such flags from the Killeter Road area of the town. Read full article
16 July, 2009
Sinn Féin are to propose carrying out further refurbishment schemes at Omagh Leisure Centre. Omagh Town Councillor Sean Begley said he would make the proposals at a meeting of the Development committee of Omagh District Council on Tuesday evening. Read full article
13 July, 2009
West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty addressed this year's Tyrone Volunteers Day. The parade and commemoration is held annually on the anniversary of Tyrone Hunger Striker, Martin Hurson. Two bands took part in this year's mobilisation - the Martin Hurson Memorial Band and the South Derry Martyrs Memorial Band. Read full article
8 July, 2009
Sinn Féin west Tyrone MLA and chair of the Assembly's Culture Arts and Leisure Committee Barry McElduff has contacted both Minister Nelson McCausland and the Permanent Secretary of his department, seeking to find out why DCAL feels the need to act as an administrator for the Orange Order. Read full article
8 July, 2009
Strabane Sinn Fein Councillor Michaela Boyle says that it is unacceptable that many householders who fulfil the qualifying criteria for the £150 Household Fuel Payment Scheme announced in February are still awaiting payment five months after the announcement. Read full article
7 July, 2009
Sinn Féin Omagh District Councillor Sean Clarke has described a proposal to cut ambulance provision in the area as 'unacceptable'. Read full article
7 July, 2009
West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty is set to address the Annual Tyrone Volunteers commemoration, which will take place on Monday 13th July in Galbally. Read full article
6 July, 2009
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor, Declan Mc Aleer has urged local people to attend the exhibition in Mountfield on Thursday evening to discuss traffic calming proposals for the village. Read full article
6 July, 2009
West Tyrone Sinn Féin representative Glenn Campbell has called for an environmental clean up of Ashfield Gardens in Fintona, following a meeting with residents of the estate on Thursday. Read full article
6 July, 2009
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MLA and Assembly Health Committee member Claire Mc Gill says has described proposed cuts to ambulance provision by 70,000 hours across the six counties completely untenable. Read full article
6 July, 2009
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty says that many elderly constituents have been dealt a double blow by being not only told that Housing Executive Improvement Grants for long awaited improvements to their homes have been suspended but by also being told that they would have to reapply afresh if and when additional funding becomes available for these grants. Read full article
5 July, 2009
Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, has highlighted significant progress in developing a Shared Education Campus in Omagh.
The Minister was speaking following the second meeting of the Lisanelly Shared Educational Campus Steering Group. Read full article
1 July, 2009
Sinn Féin Omagh town councillor Sean Begley has criticised the PSNI after it was revealed that they had raided the wrong house in the Gortmore Gardens area of Omagh on Tuesday. Read full article
30 June, 2009
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Claire Mc Gill is to meet Western Health & Social Care Trust officials this Friday to discuss growing concerns about the reduction in Adult Disabled Learning Provision in Strabane District. Read full article
30 June, 2009
Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, has published the final Transfer 2010 Guidance for admissions to post-primary schools in September 2010. Read full article
30 June, 2009
Sinn Féin representatives in West Tyrone have welcomed today's opening of applications for 2 of the principle measures of Rural Development Funding in the North West Cluster Area saying that it heralds one the most substantial ever capital investments in the rural economy and in rural communities throughout Omagh, Strabane, Derry and Limavady council areas. Read full article
29 June, 2009
Sinn Fein Omagh town councillor and outgoing chairman of Omagh District Council. Marty McColgan recently to reflected on the main events and achievements of the past year during his term in office. Read full article
27 June, 2009
West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has urged the Department of Environment to take urgent steps to address a serious issue of fly tipping on farmland near Eskra, Co. Tyrone. Mr Doherty visited the location on Friday along with Sinn Féin representative Glenn Campbell and landowner, Kevin Murray. Read full article
25 June, 2009
Omagh Town Councillor, Sean Begley has spoken out after two very serious incidents in Omagh town in the early hours of Thursday morning. Read full article
22 June, 2009
Martin Hurson Memorial Cup 2009 Launched Read full article
18 June, 2009
It has been revealed that Tyrone is to benefit from pioneering new broadband technology for areas throughout Tyrone affected by current broadband provision. Read full article
17 June, 2009
Published in Irish World
Last weekend Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams was in the United States, hosting the first of two major conferences on the issue of Irish re-unification.
Alongside the party's Joint First Minister Martin McGuinness, he recently announced details of the party's 'United Ireland Task Force' initiative, which aims to open up a broad discussion, both in Ireland, and on a wider international level. Read full article
17 June, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor Sean Clarke has welcomed remedial work carried out to the Aughascribba road in Greencastle and has also voiced support for scheduled work on the Crockanboy road. Read full article
16 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor and DPP member, Declan McAleer has slammed the NIO announcement that they plan to extend the use of Diplock courts for another two years. Read full article
16 June, 2009
Sinn Féins Sean Begley has thanked all of those who voted for Bairbre de brun in the recent european election. Read full article
15 June, 2009
West Tyrone Ógra Shinn Féin representative Kerry McColgan has called upon people to sign an online petition calling for an end to extradition proceedings against two Basque nationals currently living in Belfast. Read full article
15 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Omagh Town Councillor, Martin McColgan has said a keynote address to be given by Joint First Minister Martin McGuinness at the Wolfe Tone commemoration will detail the work plan for Sinn Féin throughout Ireland during the next year. Read full article
12 June, 2009
Long awaited improvements are finally on the way for the Whitebridge and Altamuskin roads according to local councillor and MLA Barry McElduff. Read full article
6 June, 2009
Omagh District Councillor Ann Marie Fitzgerald has expressed sympathy with the family of a young man who was assaulted and knocked unconscious in Omagh in the early hours of Saturday morning. Read full article
3 June, 2009
Carrickmore was the venue for a public talk on the biggest escape of republican Prisoners from a British jail on Tuesday evening. Read full article
3 June, 2009
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Barry Mc Elduff says that you don't need a polling card to vote in Thursday's EU election poll. He says that he has moved to issue a clarification statement following evidence that hundreds of registered voters throughout West Tyrone have not yet received a polling card an now believe that they are not entitled to vote. Read full article
30 May, 2009
The biggest escape of republican Prisoners from a British jail will be recounted on Tuesday night in Carrickmore as three of the escapees will hold a public talk. Read full article
26 May, 2009
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún accompanied by Cllr Declan Mc Aleer, group leader of the Sinn Féin block on Omagh District Council, met today with Omagh Chamber of Commerce and Industry during a visit to the town as part of a West Tyrone tour. Read full article
26 May, 2009
Over 300 republicans from across Tyrone gathered in Dromore on Saturday in memory of Bobby Sands and nine other republican prisoners who died on hunger strike in 1981. Read full article
26 May, 2009
Sinn Fein councillor Frankie Donnelly expressed concern that the process of opening the Rural Development programme is getting bogged down in bureaucracy between Omagh District Council officials and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Read full article
22 May, 2009
Strabane Sinn Fein Councillor and Council Chairperson Jarlath Mc Nulty says that there is a combination of disgust, anger and fear among residents of Springhill Park area of the town following havoc wrecked in the area last night as a result of what can be only be described as a re-creational riot by young people and children some of whom were as young as five years of age. Read full article
19 May, 2009
Republicans from Tyrone and further afield will gather in Dromore on Saturday in memory of Bobby Sands and nine other republican prisoners who died on hunger strike in Long Kesh jail, outside Belfast, in 1981. Read full article
19 May, 2009
Speaking last night following the tragic death of 2 year old Tadhg Sweeney, Sinn Féin Councillor for the area, Ann Marie Fitzgerald extended her deepest sympathy to the family. Read full article
18 May, 2009
Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy announced a £5.1million investment for the Omagh Council area this year. Read full article
14 May, 2009
Residents of Sixmilecross are set to benefit from a newly built play park, according to Sinn Fein Councillor for the area, Anne Marie Fitzgerald. Read full article
13 May, 2009
West Tyrone Sinn Fein MP MLA Pat Doherty has warmly welcomed today's announcement by Health Minister Michael Mc Gimpsey of a 17m investment to provide an additional 38 dentists across the north. He says that the he hopes the move will begin to address the serious crisis that has developed in terms of the many thousands, particularly people in receipt of benefits, who have unable to get access to dental treatment, even in emergency situations, for some considerable time now. Read full article
12 May, 2009
Connecting the 30% of the EU's rural population that has no high speed internet access should be a priority for achieving 'broadband for all' by 2010, the European Commission has said.
Local Councillor Kieran Mc Guire, has welcomed the Commissions findings and agrees that good internet access can make farms and companies in rural areas especially Small to Medium Buisnesses less isolated and more competitive. Read full article
11 May, 2009
West Tyrone Sinn Féin director of elections Sean Begley has urged people to register to vote in the upcoming elections, scheduled to take place on June 4th. Read full article
11 May, 2009
Sinn Fein councillors in the Derg Electoral Area of Strabane District Council says that Ulster Unionist Councillor Derek Hussey needs to publicly apologise for casting a cloak of suspicion over every young nationalist male in the Castlederg area and vilifying them in the process by going all out in the media over false sectarian assault claims. Read full article
7 May, 2009
Sinn Féin Omagh town councillor Sean Begley has criticised a proposal which would see a 20% hike in planning application fees. Read full article
6 May, 2009
Sinn Féin Omagh town councillor and chairperson of the Omagh District Council Marty McColgan has welcomed an announcement that Omagh will benefit from additional emergency cover from the fire and rescue service. Read full article
5 May, 2009
Mid Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor, Declan Mc Aleer has welcomed the decision by DRD Road Service to commence work on the Drumnakilly Road.
According to Cllr Mc Aleer "The Drumnakilly Road which links Carrickmore to Omagh is one of the busiest B routes in the district. Read full article
5 May, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Claire Mc Gill has said that DSD Minister Margaret Ritchie should work to ensure that access to employment support allowance is much easier for vulnerable claimants. Read full article
4 May, 2009
Sinn Féin representative Glenn Campbell has welcomed a proposal from Regional Development minister Conor Murphy to defer water charges for another three years. Read full article
1 May, 2009
Sinn Féins Sean Begley has said that there was a frank and forthright discussion at the specially convened Omagh DPP meeting. The meeting, which was held last Monday night was to discuss recent violent attacks in the Omagh area. Read full article
29 April, 2009
Commenting on the news that children from St Colmghalls GAA Club, taking part in a charity 'bag packing' in the Antrim branch of Tesco, were forced to remove their club kits due to complaints, Chairman of the Assembly's Culture Arts and Leisure Committee, Barry McElduff MLA said,
"I have to express my utter disgust". Read full article
28 April, 2009
Omagh District Council has voted to implement the d'hondt system for the next 2 years after the further extension of the council term by two years following the review of public administration. Read full article
27 April, 2009
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MLA Claire Mc Gill has urged everyone who, whatever reason, will be unable to vote in person on the day of the European Election Thursday 4 June to apply to vote by post or by proxy before the absent voter deadline expires on the 14th May. Read full article
22 April, 2009
Sinn Féin Omagh councillor Sean Begley has requested an urgent meeting of Omagh DPP following a number of violent crimes in the Omagh area in the recent past. Read full article
21 April, 2009
West Tyrone Sinn Fein MP MLA Pat Doherty says that DSD Minister Margaret Ritchie needs to clarify in detail her plans for the future of the Social Security Agency's local office network following her announcement yesterday that she is taking forward, in amended form, some of the proposals of the SSA Strategic Business Review to centralise DHSS benefits services under the term "Customers First." Read full article
21 April, 2009
Education Minister Caitríona Ruane has announced a major investment of some £2.1 million for the design of a Shared Educational Campus at the Lisanelly former military site in Omagh. Read full article
20 April, 2009
West Tyrone Sinn Fein MP Pat Doherty has once again called upon Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie to shelve plans for the centralization of benefits office services away from frontline services and face to face contact amid speculation that she is to make an announcement on the controversial plans today (Monday). Read full article
20 April, 2009
West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has announced details of 10 public meetings to be held across the North in the coming weeks as part of the programme of nation building. As part of this programme public meetings are being held in the Fir Trees Hotel in Strabane on Thursday 30 April at 7.30pm and at Galbally Hall this Wednesday 22nd April at 8pm. Read full article
17 April, 2009
Sinn Fein's Sean Begley has said a combination of pressure and lobbying from the party has paid off after the Electoral Office revealed that it will now use records from the Department of Work and Pensions database in order to verify addresses of citizens on the electoral register. Read full article
17 April, 2009
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has welcomed confirmation from DRD Roads Service that it is to undertake an inspection of Tremoge Road just outside Carrickmore. Read full article
15 April, 2009
Tyrone republicans converged in Carrickmore on Easter Sunday to commemorate Irelands patriot dead. The Commemoration was the centrepiece to a weekend that had seen over 30 graveside commemorations and parades in Coalisland on Easter Saturday and Ardboe on Easter Monday. Read full article
14 April, 2009
In one of the biggest crowds witnessed in recent years, approximately 400 people attended the annual Loughmacrory commemoration at the graveside of Brothers Gerard and Martin Harte. Read full article
14 April, 2009
On Saturday Republicans assembled at the graveside of poet, playwright and Republican, Alice Milligan. The commemoration was chaired by the Cathaoirleach of the Milligan/Harte Sinn Féin Cumann, Sean Donnelly. Read full article
14 April, 2009
A crowd of approximately 200 people attended the graveside commemoration for Vol. Seamus Woods in Pomeroy on Easter Sunday. Read full article
14 April, 2009
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MP MLA Pat Doherty says that "republicans are now engaged in nation building - a phase of struggle described by James Connolly described as the re-conquest of Ireland by the Irish people." Read full article
14 April, 2009
West Tyrone Sinn Fein MLA Claire Mc Gill addressed local republicans at commemorations at Cranagh and Strabane Cemetery on Easter Sunday. Read full article
14 April, 2009
Over 70 people attended the Easter Commemoration at the graveside of veteran Republican, Charlie Ferris in Killyclogher graveyard. Read full article
10 April, 2009
On Saturday the formal opening of Abhaile Arís Arts & Crafts shop on James Street, Omagh took place. The event was attended by Republican ex Prisoners from the local area who served time in Prisons in every decade from the 1950's until the 1990's. Read full article
7 April, 2009
Sinn Féin mid Tyrone councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has called upon people in the Carrickmore area to be on their guard following reports of bogus callers in the area. Read full article
6 April, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor Sean Begley has condemned what he has described as a 'provocative' march organised by Omagh True blues loyalist band in Omagh on Friday evening. Read full article
6 April, 2009
Tyrone republicans will this weekend mobilise for Easter commemorations throughout the county. This year marks the 93rd anniversary of the 1916 Easter rising in Dublin. Read full article
1 April, 2009
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Michaela Boyle has moved to highlight the fact that there will be an Electoral Office Registration and Photographic Identification clinic in the Alley Theatre between 4pm and 7.30pm in the town today but has criticized the lack of pre-notification and pre-publicity about the event. Read full article
1 April, 2009
The 93rd Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising will be remembered at a series of Commemorations and wreath-laying ceremonies in County Tyrone and throughout Ireland over the Easter weekend. Read full article
31 March, 2009
Sinn Féin launched the Easter campaign in the Omagh District Council offices on Tuesday Evening. Sinn Féin chairperson of the council, Marty McColgan was joined by Winnie Harte to perform the launch. Winnie's sons, Gerard and Martin Harte were shot dead by the British SAS in 1988 whilst on active service at Drumnakilly. Read full article
31 March, 2009
Ex Prisoners from Mid and West Tyrone will assemble on Saturday to officially launch Abhaile Aris - a support organisation for people who have served time in jails as a result of the conflict. The launch will include the official opening of an arts and craft shop on James Street, Omagh at 3pm. Read full article
31 March, 2009
Sinn Féin Spokesperson, Pat Doherty MP, MLA (West Tyrone) is leading a Party delegation to meet with British Minister, Paul Goggins today to raise a number of concerns around electoral registration and also the Review of Public Administration. Read full article
30 March, 2009
Sinn Féin Omagh town councillor and chairperson of Omagh District Council Marty McColgan has welcomed the decision to keep Gortmore residential home in Omagh open. Read full article
28 March, 2009
Sinn Fein West Tyrone MLA Claire Mc Gill heralded the U-turn by the Western Trust's to keep Greenfield Residential Care Home open as a victory for people power. Read full article
24 March, 2009
Sinn Fein Councillor Ruairí Mc Hugh has hit out at the vandals who have blighted the Castlefin Park, Churchtown Park and Hillview Park areas of Castlederg with graffiti over this past week. Read full article
24 March, 2009
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MLA Claire Mc Gill has welcomed the announcement by DRD Minister Conor Murphy of an increase from £6,500 to £10,000 in the financial assistance being made available to householders requesting a water main extension to serve an existing property. Read full article
24 March, 2009
Sinn Fein Strabane District Councillor Kieran Mc Guire has called upon people in the rural community to respond to the consultation on draft PPS21 (Planning in the Countryside) before the 31st March. Read full article
20 March, 2009
Sinn Fein Mid Tyrone Councillor and chair of the Health Committee of Omagh District Council Anne Marie Fitzgerald has welcomed the announcement that the breast-screening programme will be extended for women up to the age of 70. Read full article
19 March, 2009
Sinn Féin MP and party spokesperson on rural affairs, Pat Doherty, will host a Farmers Forum in Greencastle Community Centre on Thursday 26th March at 7.30pm.
The Forum will be addressed by Sinn Féin MEP, Bairbre de Brún Read full article
17 March, 2009
West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty met with British Under Secretary of State for Defence, Kevan Jones MP in London on Monday to press the MoD Minister on the transfer of lands at the former military base at Lisanelly for the purpose of developing an Educational Village Campus in Omagh. Read full article
16 March, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Brian Mc Mahon says that £150 fuel payment to low income households throughout the six counties are now scheduled to be made in the month of April and stated that this would be particularly needed given the massive hike in electricity bills during the last quarter. Read full article
13 March, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor Declan McAleer has welcomed recent clarification from the Department of Social Development regarding the household fuel payment scheme. Read full article
13 March, 2009
Sinn Fein Councillor Kieran Mc Guire says that the decision by the European Parliament to cap the cost of roaming charges will be welcomed by frustrated mobile phone users and particularly in border areas like Strabane and Donegal. Read full article
10 March, 2009
Sinn Fein councillor and chairperson of Omagh District Council's development committee, Councillor Frankie Donnelly has urged community and voluntary sector organisations to apply for Council grants being made available by the Omagh District Council. Read full article
9 March, 2009
Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Michaela Boyle has warmly welcomed the decision by Education Minister Caitríona Ruane to extend the uniform grant from secondary schools on to primary schools. Read full article
9 March, 2009
Sinn Féin Mid Tyrone councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has condemned a number of robberies in the Carrickmore area over the weekend. Read full article
6 March, 2009
West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has hailed the announcement by Education Minister, Caitriona Ruane that over £1 million from her department's budget has been allocated for exemplary design work on the Educational campus project on the Lisanelly military site in Omagh. Read full article
6 March, 2009
Sinn Féin Omagh Town councillors Sean Begley and Omagh District Council Chairperson Martin McColgan has condemned the apparent attempted robbery of a car from the Fairmount Avenue /Gallows hill area of Omagh. Read full article
4 March, 2009
Sinn Féin representative Glenn Campbell has welcomed the announcement that Tyrone Senior Football captain, Brian Dooher is to lead this year's St Patrick's day parade in Dublin. Read full article
4 March, 2009
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP MLA Pat Doherty has been told by Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster and senior officials from Invest NI of the practical steps that are in now being taken to address the shortage of economic development land in Strabane District following a meeting held at Stormont this afternoon. Read full article
3 March, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor, Peter Kelly has outlined his priorities following his election as chairperson of Omagh District Council's Agriculture Committee. Councillor Kelly has been a 'hill farmer' for all of his adult life and has an extensive knowledge of the many issues affecting the farming community. Read full article
3 March, 2009
Ógra Shinn Féin in Strabane organised a successful torchlight vigil in the head of the town area on Saturday night (28th February). Upwards of 50 local people gathered at the Breslin/Devine monument in Fountain Street, and symbolically lit torches in memory of those killed as a result of British state-sponsored violence. Read full article
2 March, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor Frankie Donnelly has welcomed the executive approval of a plan which would see 150,000 homes automatically receive a £150 fuel payment. Read full article
2 March, 2009
The Sinn Féin Chairperson of Omagh District Council, Cllr Marty Mc Colgan says that there was great sadness at the vigil held in Omagh last night to coincide with the decision by the Western Trust to withdraw acute services provision at the Tyrone County Hospital. Read full article
1 March, 2009
Castlederg Sinn Féin Councillor Ruairí Mc Hugh, has accused the PSNI of brutality following an incident in Hillview Park in the town which resulted in two brothers being hospitalised after being beaten and attacked with CS Spray. Read full article
1 March, 2009
Omagh Sinn Féin Cllr Seán Begley says that while there was considerable interest shown in the PEACE III Small Grants Programme before Friday's 27 February deadline, it is clear that many local groups were ultimately deterred from applying because of the daunting application form that had to be filled in. Read full article
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