A large crowd of over 20 young republicans gathered at Altawark monument outside Roslea early on Sunday morning. Their purpose was to retrace the heroic escape across the mountains from Altawark in Fermanagh to Monaghan after the famous 1957 raid on Brookeborough RUC Barracks in which Seán South and Feargal O’Hanlon lost their lives. The [...]
Ulster GAA will launch its ‘Volunteer Development Calendar – September 2010-2011’ in Pearse Ogs Social Club, Armagh on Wednesday 8th September at 7pm sharp. Speaking ahead of the event Uachtarán Chomhairle Uladh (Ulster GAA President) Aogán Ó Fearghail stated,:
SDLP Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA Tommy Gallagher has said a petrol-bomb attack at a house at Coleshill Crescent in Enniskillen on Saturday was a “cowardly” attack and appealed for anybody with information to pass it to the police. He said: “Thankfully, nobody in the family at the house was injured but it was [...]
Cllr Pat Cox from Enniskillen has said that a warning from the Construction Employers’ Federation this week that 30,000 jobs will be lost from the sector by the end of 2011 shows just how bad the situation is for the industry in the north and reinforces his previous calls for urgent action to build more social houses [...]
SDLP Health Spokesperson Tommy Gallagher from Fermanagh has repeated his call for a review of the procedures relating to patient waiting times. Speaking following the revelation that there has been a rise of over 2,500% in the number of people waiting more than nine weeks for a first appointment, the Fermanagh and South Tyrone [...]
SDLP Health Spokesperson Tommy Gallagher has said that performance of Altnagelvin and the Royal Victoria hospitals in their treatment of patients with hip fractures must be improved.
SDLP South Belfast Assembly Member Conall McDevitt has uncovered that an administrative error allowed two brothers accused of abusing children to return to their homes in Donagh, Co Fermanagh after they were deemed mentally unfit to stand trial.
IncentiveWorks is an annual event for key decision-makers and professionals from all over Canada who plan, organise or influence meetings and events. The two-day promotion, which took place in Toronto this week, provided a valuable opportunity for Tourism Ireland to highlight the great facilities and good value rates available for meetings and conferences around the [...]
Most papers in the North West of Ireland have again suffered year on year declining sales as recession, staff cut backs, quality control and saturation have led to a continued downturn. The notable exception to the year on year changes was the Donegal News (published Monday and Friday) which saw their circulation increase on their [...]
A 23 year-old man has been arrested on suspicion drink driving and stealing a car Fermanagh over the weekend. Three other men aged 19, 20 and 22 were detained on suspicion of allowing themselves to be carried in a stolen car. They were stopped by police as they drove on to Muckross beach near Kesh. A [...]
Dungannon & South Tyrone Sinn Féin councillor Phelim Gildernew has expressed his shock at today’s fatal stabbing in Dungannon. Councillor Gildernew, who is also the chair of Dungannon District Policing Partnership, said: “Today’s stabbing has brought a deep sense of shock to the local area. My initial thoughts are with the family of the murder [...]
Sinn Féin MP for Fermanagh South Tyrone Michelle Gildernew 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. “I have been contacted by many constituents, where their benefits are affected by their proximity to the border,” Ms. Gildernew said.
SDLP Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA Tommy Gallagher has said those behind an ongoing security alert in Maguiresbridge have nothing to offer the community but disruption. He said: “Although details are sketchy at the moment about the nature of this alert, one thing is for sure, these people have nothing to offer but disruption [...]
Sinn Féin councillor for Erne West Phil Flanagan has welcomed an initiative by the Consumer Council, which allows people to report possible scams in order to prevent others from being ripped off. Mr Flanagan said: “The Consumer Council have launched a new scheme where people can report potential scams to them, where they will investigate [...]
Thousands of tons of waste which was dumped in illegal sites in Northern Ireland is now to be repatriated to the south and re dumped at a controlled site near Ballintra in south Donegal. The Irish government is to spend €36million on the project, which will see the eventual removal of 250,000 tons of waste material. [...]
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