Nigel McDonagh

AN effigy of Sinn Fein’s vice president Michelle O’Neill, which appeared on an Eleventh Night bonfire in Dungannon, is being treated as a hate crime by police. The image, along with Irish flags, was displayed last night (Tuesday). Commenting on the incident, vice president Michelle O’Neill said, “Those attempting to cause offence by burning emblems […]

A LEADING historian of the GAA in Tyrone has passed away. Joseph Martin died peacefully at his home in Omagh on Sunday morning surrounded by family. Mr Martin had a lifelong association with the GAA in Tyrone as a player, administrator and historian. Advertisement As a player, Mr Martin was part of the talented Carrickmore […]

A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy from Tyrone has died after a hit-and-run incident in County Donegal on Saturday night. The Gardaí said it happened shortly after 9:20pm on Atlantic Way, Bundoran. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Advertisement The boy is from the Kildress area and has been named locally as Ronan Wilson. The local […]

POLICE have arrested a man on suspicion of drug offences following searches in the Coalisland area on Thursday night. While conducting a routine vehicle check point in the Ballynakilly Road area of Coalisland at around 9.30pm, local neighbourhood officers from the PSNI searched a vehicle and discovered a quantity of suspected Class B controlled drugs. […]

EXTENSIVE damage was caused to the interior of a home in the Omagh area following an early morning arson attack. Detectives are appealing for information and witnesses about the incident which was caused by inflammable liquid being poured through a letter box. Detective Inspector Winters said, “Shortly before 3.45am, it was a reported that a fire […]

POLICE have confirmed that an 18-year-old man has died following a single vehicle road traffic collision on the Coalisland Road, Dungannon on Tuesday night. Inspector Cherith Adair, from the Collision Investigation Unit, said, “Police received a report shortly after 10.50pm, that a black Peugeot 207 had been involved in a collision. “Officers attended, alongside our […]

JOHN Taggart, the beloved Omagh performer known to many as ‘Mr Entertainer’ has died, bringing the curtain down on a remarkable musical journey that spanned more than four decades. Born in Starrs Crescent, Gallows Hill, John was steeped in music from an early age. A gifted vocalist with a deep passion for performance, after leaving […]

POLICE are appealing for information following an arson attack at a residential property in the Princess Avenue area of Cookstown in the early hours of Sunday morning. Detectives said an accelerant was poured through the letterbox of a flat and set alight shortly after 12.50am on June 22. A man in his 40s and a […]

LONG-STANDING Sinn Féin councillor Anne Marie Fitzgerald has announced she is stepping down from Fermanagh and Omagh District Council after 18 years of service. Anne Marie, who works in the Ambulance Service, said the decision would allow her to spend more quality time with her family. She will be replaced by Ruaídhrí Lyttle, who has […]