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Fri, July 30, 2010
Thursday, 29 July 2010
Sion Mills' historic Zion House was among buildings damaged in the village during Friday night and the early hours of Sa...
Thursday, 29 July 2010
A STRABANE man is among the first people with diabetes to enjoy an improved quality of life, thanks to the introduction ...
Thursday, 29 July 2010
A PETITION against the proposed closure of a Strabane day centre that provides an essential service for people with phys...
Thursday, 29 July 2010
POLITICIANS across Strabane have thrown their weight behind a campaign opposing the feared closure of a centre for disab...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
THE Glenelly Rockin' by the River festival has got off to a stompin' start with Sharon Shannon providing a night of firs...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
A TOUGH and challenging walk awaited the Strabane Ramblers at the weekend - the Bluestack Horseshoe in County Donegal. T...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
THE preferred route for the new A5 dual carriageway will go right through a field currently used by the football and cri...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
VIGILANCE has been urged in the wake of the horrific shooting of a taxi driver from Strabane at the weekend. Understood ...
Thursday, 15 July 2010
Staff, pupils and guests gathered to celebrate the official opening of the Outdoor Learning Environment at Ardstraw Prim...
Thursday, 15 July 2010
Patricia McQuillan has been elected as the new chairperson of the Rural Resident's Forum. The Forum, which is administer...
Thursday, 15 July 2010
STRABANE'S town centre suffered a further blow this week with the shock announcement that well-known family firm, Linton...
Thursday, 15 July 2010
All 15 of Strabane's First Trust employees have lobbied councillors amid growing fears around forthcoming redundancies a...
Thursday, 8 July 2010
The owners of more than 2,200 empty properties in the district will face hard decisions in three months time when legisl...
Thursday, 8 July 2010
"It is giving girls opportunities that they wouldn't have otherwise," Dawn Stevenson, district commissioner of the Girl ...
Thursday, 8 July 2010
WEST Tyrone MLA, Allan Bresland, has condemned this week's decision by Education Minister, Catriona Ruane, to reject pro...
Thursday, 8 July 2010
A 40-year-old man who attempted to rob the Fir Trees Hotel in Strabane has been jailed for two years and three months. J...
Thursday, 1 July 2010
A CAMPAIGN calling for the demolition of Sion Mills police station has been mounted, as anti-social incidents at the sit...
Thursday, 1 July 2010
FOYLE Hospice's first ever Strabane midnight walk, in association with Eclipse Cinema's Lifford/Strabane, took place on ...
Thursday, 1 July 2010
A STRABANE estate agent has warned that housing shortages in Strabane could culminate in a crisis if the Housing Executi...
Thursday, 1 July 2010
Nearly three quarters of the population in the Strabane district may be affected by cutbacks to the social welfare syste...
Thursday, 24 June 2010
POLICE in Strabane have said they do not believe there is a 'turf war' emerging between different dissident republican f...
Thursday, 24 June 2010
STRABANE resident, Nathan Flatman, has been named one of the winners of the recent Translink 'Hidden Treasures' campaign...
Thursday, 24 June 2010
A DEBT advisor has said he is working with at least three people facing bankruptcy every month in Strabane.Michael Lyttl...
Thursday, 24 June 2010
The chairman of Strabane 2000 has questioned the future development of infrastructure in Strabane ahead of anticipated c...
Thursday, 17 June 2010
STRABANE District Council, in conjunction with The Villages Together, held a successful launch of a locally-produced tou...
Thursday, 17 June 2010
A BALLYMAGORRY woman who has been involved with a variety of voluntary organisations in the Strabane area over the last ...
Thursday, 17 June 2010
Someone may have tried to light a pipe bomb before it was found two metres from a play park in Carlton Drive. Matches we...
Thursday, 17 June 2010
The Northern Ireland Childminding Association (NICMA) is inviting anyone in west Tyrone who is interested in a career in...
Thursday, 10 June 2010
A 92-YEAR-OLD woman was among the residents who had to be evacuated from their houses in Ballycolman last week after the...
Thursday, 10 June 2010
A warning has been issued to pet owners after two dogs collapsed with neurological problems within half an hour of swimm...
Thursday, 10 June 2010
THE family of North West businessman, Paul Houston, who was beaten to death in Portugal last year, have been given some ...
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Strabane Community Project in Strabane has been announced as one of 103 UK volunteering groups to win this year's Queen'...
Thursday, 3 June 2010
A STRABANE mother-of-two has spoken of her fears for her children's safety after her garden was showered with glass, til...
Thursday, 3 June 2010
STRABANE and District Women Together met in the local district council offices to welcome and entertain ladies from vari...
Thursday, 3 June 2010
CAMPAIGNERS battling to save Lifford Hospital from closure this week warned that the fight was "far from over". Speakin...
Thursday, 3 June 2010
SHOCKED and angry members of Strabane District Council have described as "unbelievable" the ongoing theft of lifesaving ...
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Lifford saw one of the biggest rallies in its recent history, as more than 2,000 people marched against proposals to axe...
Thursday, 27 May 2010
THE record-breaking salmon caught by a Lifford angler last week could be in line for a prestigious award from the Irish ...
Thursday, 27 May 2010
A STRABANE district councillor has condemned the suspected pipe bomb attack, which caused a car to explode in O'Nolan Pa...
Thursday, 27 May 2010
THE 25-year-old man who was shot while in bed at his home at the Glebe, near Sion Mills, at the weekend has appealed to ...
Thursday, 20 May 2010
A GIRLS' football team from Sion Mills who had just competed in a prestigious tournament in England were among the thous...
Thursday, 20 May 2010
BOMB disposal experts were called to a home on the Peacock Road, near Sion Mills, yesterday morning (Tuesday), following...
Thursday, 20 May 2010
The daughters of a keen motorcyclist who died following what is believed to have been a heart attack on the A5 between S...
Thursday, 20 May 2010
POLICE have appealed for information after two Presbyterian churches in the district had windows smashed at the weekend....
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Police acting on information from the public have seized 40 cannabis plants from a derelict house near Artigarvan. On Fr...
Thursday, 13 May 2010
MEMBERS of Strabane Mothers' Union have celebrated their 100th anniversary with a special service of Holy Communion cond...
Thursday, 13 May 2010
A SECOND concert is being held next week to help raise money for the 15 athletes from Strabane Special Olympics Club who...
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Figures released yesterday (Tuesday) show that crime fell by 4.7 per cent in the Strabane area for the 2009/10 financial...
Thursday, 6 May 2010
ANIMAL protection agencies have described the treatment of a dog found decomposing by the River Finn as the worst they h...
Thursday, 6 May 2010
WITH less than 24 hours until the polling stations open for the General Election, the six candidates in the West Tyrone ...
Thursday, 6 May 2010
A GREEN campaigner, who is opposed to the construction of the new A5 dual carriageway between Aughnacloy and Londonderry...
Thursday, 6 May 2010
A STRABANE councillor has raised concerns that a feud could start between drug dealers and anti-drugs groups in the town...
Thursday, 29 April 2010
THE talk at Strabane History Society tomorrow (Thursday) night will focus on Sion Mills and its people and the developme...
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Tyrone Young Farmers' Club members are busy preparing to take to the stage for the Ken Russell Rosebowl competition. Fr...
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Community workers have appealed to shops to withdraw stocks of legal highs allegedly being sold across counters in Strab...
Thursday, 29 April 2010
THE sudden death of a senior republican in Strabane at the weekend was a "terrible tragedy" for his family, a local prie...
Thursday, 22 April 2010
A YOUNG Strabane family has been left homeless after an oil tank at a neighbouring house was deliberately set on fire th...
Thursday, 22 April 2010
WHILE people across Europe were left scratching their heads last week over exactly where the clouds of volcanic ash that...
Thursday, 22 April 2010
Lifford's Naomh Padraig GAA club has thrown its weight behind a campaign to keep Lifford Community Hospital open.An appr...
Thursday, 22 April 2010
Police in Strabane are advising local people to be wary of 'bargains' that are offered for sale to them in public places...
Thursday, 15 April 2010
A LOCAL councillor has warned that Strabane is in the grips of a drugs epidemic. With controversial 'legal high' mephedr...
Thursday, 15 April 2010
ONE of Strabane's longest established menswear stores will close its doors after 28 years in business. TL Sharma, propri...
Thursday, 15 April 2010
A FAMILY-OWNED business selling commercial vans faces big losses, following a break-in at the weekend.At some time overn...
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Donegal County Council will meet the Health Service Executive amid fears it will shut one of Donegal's oldest hospitals ...
Thursday, 8 April 2010
THE recent wintry conditions have fuelled fears that there could be a widespread loss of new-born lambs, just when the l...
Thursday, 8 April 2010
POLICE in Strabane are advising members of the public to examine cash machines in their area before using them after the...
Thursday, 8 April 2010
WHEN the general public thinks of drugs, they often consider substances such as cocaine, ecstasy, heroin and speed.Altho...
Thursday, 8 April 2010
THE chairman of Strabane District Council has called upon schools that are involved in community projects to apply for f...
Thursday, 1 April 2010
A STRABANE postman who has helped to raise over £1,000 for the baby unit at Altnagelvin Hospital is in the running for a...
Thursday, 1 April 2010
ONE of Strabane's most popular entertainers has insisted that there is still plenty of gas left in the tank after celebr...
Thursday, 1 April 2010
Strabane's Parish Pastoral Council has written to Bishop Seamus Hegarty to ask why it was not informed of allegations ag...
Thursday, 1 April 2010
SDLP West Tyrone Westminster candidate, Joe Byrne, has said that the closure of Better Deals in Strabane is a terrible b...
