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Monthly Archives: January 2012

Tyrone complete their January jousts by sealing some silverware
January 30, 2012 at 11:30 am
POWER NI DR McKENNA CUP FINAL TYRONE 1-14 DERRY 2-08 A WINTER wonderland of five victories in five January outings climaxed with Tyrone picking up the McKenna Cup for the first time in five seasons at the Athletic Grounds on Saturday night ...
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St Ciaran’s come through tough test
January 30, 2012 at 11:24 am
ULSTER VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS MARKEY CUP (U18) SEMI-FINAL ST CIARAN'S 1-10 VIRGINIA CS 1-06 ST Ciaran’s had to repel a stiff Virginia challenge on Friday at Templeport in the process of booking their ticket to this year’s Markey final. ...
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Dergview secure safe passage into last 16
January 30, 2012 at 11:19 am
COCA COLA INTERMEDIATE CUP ROUND 4 DERGVIEW 3 PSNI 1 A VASTLY-IMPROVED Dergview secured safe passage into the last 16 of the Coca Cola Intermediate Cup after they emerged slightly muddied but comfortable winners over Championship Two outfi ...
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Harps warm up for cup clash with easy victory
January 30, 2012 at 11:15 am
F & W DIVISION 1 STRATHROY HARPS 3 ENNISKILLEN SANTOS 0 HARPS warmed up for next week's crucial Irish Junior Cup last-16 tie with a convincing win over struggling Enniskillen Santos at Omagh Leisure Complex's 3G pitch on Saturday. A ...
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Impressive Accies advance to last eight
January 30, 2012 at 11:11 am
TOWNS CUP ROUND 2 OMAGH ACCIES 29 BALLYCLARE 7 OMAGH ACCIES are through to the quarterfinals of the Powerade Towns Cup following another impressive showing, at the Thomas Mellon Playing Fields on Saturday afternoon. In what was arguably ...
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Omagh mother tormented by police attention
January 30, 2012 at 10:59 am
AN OMAGH woman has accused the PSNI of a campaign of harassment after she recorded police vehicles at her home on more than 500 separate occasions. Sarah McKiernan who lives in a quiet cul-de-sac in the Shergrim area of Omagh claimed the incid ...
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Name of A5 fatal road crash victim released
January 30, 2012 at 10:54 am
Police have named the man who died in a fatal road traffic collision on the A5 between Omagh and Newtownstewart in the early hours of Saturday morning as 36-year-old Peter Fugill of Kinsale Park, Derry. He was the driver of a car that struck a ver ...
www.ulsterherald.com/2012/01/30/car-fatality-and-%e2%80%98deliberate%e2%80%99-house-fire-in-omagh-area/
First Minister attends McKenna Cup Final
January 30, 2012 at 10:47 am
FIRST MINISTER Peter Robinson stated that the 'symbolic events' which surrounded the funeral of murdered policemen Ronan Kerr in Omagh last year had provided a catalyst for change in society. The DUP leader broke new ground on Saturday evening ...
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£100,000 per year to keep ‘unused’ police stations open
January 30, 2012 at 10:41 am
TWO West Tyrone police stations with no fixed public opening hours are costing more than £100,000 per year to keep open it has been revealed. The stations at Beragh and Fintona, which also require a total of £249,000 to bring up to health and sa ...
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Local health workers highlight fears over ‘shared services’ plan
January 30, 2012 at 10:39 am
[caption id="attachment_6520" align="alignleft" width="176" caption="Kieran Downey"][/caption] STAFF working within the Western Trust have expressed a number of major concerns about centralisation plans which could see many of them havin ...
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Relatives told ‘Murder Triangle’ gangs used UDR guns in killings
January 30, 2012 at 10:34 am
RELATIVES of those murdered by Loyalist gangs were among the audience at a presentation in Coalisland who heard that collusion was ‘rife’ between the UVF, the UDR and RUC during the era of the notorious Mid -Ulster ‘Murder Triangle’ in th ...
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DPP to question Policing Board on ex-RUC officers
January 30, 2012 at 10:28 am
OMAGH District Policing Partnership (DPP) has agreed to write to the Northern Ireland Policing Board to request clarity on the number of retired RUC officers being re-employed back into the PSNI locally. Following up on a request for information a ...
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Revenge mission
January 26, 2012 at 12:47 pm
POWER NI DR McKENNA CUP FINAL TYRONE v DERRY Saturday, January 28, 7.30pm, Athletic Grounds, Armagh THERE are few games which get a Tyrone supporter’s adrenaline flowing than a good old-fashioned clash between the Red Hands and their nei ...
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Red Hands determined to get off on the right foot
January 26, 2012 at 12:41 pm
Only two Tyrone players have played in every minute of all four McKenna Cup games played this month. One of those is Peter Harte, who has alternated between the half-back and half-forward lines. The other is Colm Cavanagh. The Moy man has ceme ...
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Fermanagh and Western Round-up
January 26, 2012 at 12:22 pm
F&W DIVISION 1 Moore double for Swifts FINTONA SWIFTS 2 ENNISKILLEN RANGERS 2 DISAPPOINTMENT was the overriding feeling emanating from opposing camps after this hard fought Division One clash finished all square at Ecclesville Park. ...
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Police investigate rape of teenager in Omagh
January 26, 2012 at 11:27 am
THREE men were arrested after a teenage girl was reportedly raped in Omagh last Friday morning. Details of the incident only emerged this week as police continued their investigations into the attack. The incident occurred in a flat in the Jam ...
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Bon Marché staff launch petition to save their jobs
January 26, 2012 at 11:24 am
STAFF at Omagh’s branch of the ill-fated Bon Marché outlet have vowed that they won’t give up their jobs without a fight after it was announced on Monday evening that the local store is to close. The clothing chain, which was acquired by ...
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Demolition sparks new era of regeneration for Carrickmore
January 26, 2012 at 11:19 am
THE demolition of a number of derelict buildings on Carrickmore’s Main Street over the weekend is the start a new era of regeneration for the town according to the local developer behind the move. Luke Daly, who now plans to build a new 40 b ...
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Mid-Ulster ‘Murder Triangle’ families still seeking answers
January 26, 2012 at 11:09 am
THE daughter of an SDLP official shot dead within the notorious Mid-Ulster ‘Murder Triangle’ during the mid-1970s believes families still deserve answers as to why their loved ones were killed in the area. Denis Mullen was shot dead by Loy ...
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Allegations against Derrytresk fail to detract from win
January 26, 2012 at 11:05 am
CLAIMS that officials or players from Derrytresk were involved in unsavoury tactics during the club’s All-Ireland Junior Club semi-final at the weekend are being strongly rejected. The manager and several supporters of the defeated Dromid te ...
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Police cars will no longer escort ambulances to hospitals
January 26, 2012 at 11:02 am
POLICE cars will no longer be used to escort ambulances to hospital following a crash last year which involved an Omagh patient. Instead plans are being drawn up to make use of trained police motorcycle riders to accompany seriously ill patien ...
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Cashless parking now operational in Omagh
January 26, 2012 at 10:58 am
MOTORISTS coming into Omagh town centre now have the chance to avail of a cashless payment system for pay and display parking. Omagh is one of four towns throughout the North which have been selected for the system, which was introduced at the ...
www.ulsterherald.com/2012/01/26/cashless-parking-now-operational-in-omagh/
Dee Reilly to play Omagh
January 26, 2012 at 10:51 am
American songstress Dee Reilly will top the bill at a concert to be held in Omagh in a fortnight’s time. The concert in St Joseph’s Hall on Friday, February 17 will thrill Dee’s many fans locally. ...
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Terrace and TradFest gigs for The Logues
January 26, 2012 at 10:48 am
THE Logues return to The Terrace Bar in Omagh this Friday night, January 27, ahead of their debut at the Dublin TradFest event this weekend. Now under new management, the five-piece folk-rock outfit are hoping 2012 will open new doors for them. Sinc ...
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The ‘Boys from County Hell’ need your help
January 26, 2012 at 10:47 am
FILM-MAKERS Chris Baugh and Brendan Mullin have found a novel way of funding a film they plan to shoot around the end of February. ‘Boys From County Hell’ is a darkly comic short horror film written and directed by Omagh man Chris Baugh and prod ...
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Red hands coast to final
January 23, 2012 at 11:39 am
POWER NI DR McKENNA CUP TYRONE 2-12 FERMANAGH 1-04 A SECOND-HALF scoring blitz booked Tyrone’s passage to the Dr McKenna Cup final, and a return trip to the Athletic Grounds next Saturday where neighbours Derry await in the decider. I ...
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Derrytresk in dreamland
January 23, 2012 at 11:34 am
[caption id="attachment_6308" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="A jubilant Paul Canavan celebrates his team reaching the All Ireland final"][/caption] ALL-IRELAND JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL DERRYTRESK 1-10 DROMID 0-07 DERRYT ...
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Patterson signs for Derry
January 23, 2012 at 11:28 am
DERRY City fans will be hoping that new signing Rory Patterson can reproduce the scoring form that made him something of a cult figure at IFA Premiership neighbours Coleraine two seasons ago. The much-travelled Strabane striker signed a three-year ...
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Dergview see off giant-killers Newington
January 23, 2012 at 11:26 am
COCA COLA INTERMEDIATE CUP ROUND 3 DERGVIEW 0 NEWINGTON YC 0 (Dergview won 3-2 after extra-time and penalties) GIANT-killers Newington YC couldn't quite repeat their cup heroics at Darragh Park on Saturday although it was a close run thing as ...
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Pitch ‘wrote clean off’ claims Harps chief
January 23, 2012 at 11:24 am
F & W DIVISION 1 STRATHROY HARPS 3 SHELBOURNE 1 YOU would think that after his side secured the derby bragging rights and in the process extended their unbeaten run to a dozen matches to go fourth in Division One, that Harps supremo Se ...
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Last-gasp ‘Holme’ win for Valley
January 23, 2012 at 11:19 am
QUALIFYING LEAGUE ONE CLOGHER VALLEY 10 COLERAINE 7 Philip Holme proved Clogher Valley’s match winner for the second Saturday running when his last minute penalty denied Coleraine at The Cran. A cracking conversion by Holme captured v ...
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Swords and machete seizure foils traveller ‘bloodbath’
January 23, 2012 at 11:04 am
POLICE believe they may have foiled a potential bloodbath between feuding Traveller families, after seizing machetes, Samurai swords and a bill hook during a swoop in Dungannon on Wednesday. William Stokes (20) of Middlesex, Edward Mongan of G ...
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Orange Hall vandalised
January 23, 2012 at 10:56 am
Nationalist and unionist politicians have condemned an attack on an Orange Hall between Pomeroy and Dungannon. The Ballymacall Lodge Hall was vandalised and daubed with sectarian graffiti some time between last Thursday night (January 19) and Satu ...
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Former UUP electoral candidate suspended from party
January 23, 2012 at 10:54 am
THE one-time Ulster Unionist candidate for the Derg area, Ryan Moses has been suspended from the party. Mr Moses, who was just last year commended by party leader, Tom Elliott for his “hands-on” approach to canvassing, is this week the subject ...
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Thief caught stealing framed photo of Tyrone star on CCTV
January 23, 2012 at 10:50 am
THE proprietor of The Terrace Bar in Omagh has vowed to published CCTV images of a thief caught on camera stealing a framed photograph of Tyrone star Dermot Carlin from his premises. The picture of the double All-Ireland medal winner was taken ...
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‘We’re not taking jobs’ is message from local migrant community
January 23, 2012 at 10:44 am
FOR the past decade since their first arrival in large numbers migrant workers have formed an important and integral part of the local economy. That importance has been maintained during the current economy recession. This is despite the findings ...
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£400,000 refurb planned for former tourist centre
January 23, 2012 at 10:42 am
WORK on a major £400,000 refurbishment of the former Tourist Information Centre in Omagh town centre is due to begin by March. Tenders are currently being sought for the project which will see the building, which has been vacant for a number ...
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Chism family are an internet phenomena
January 23, 2012 at 10:38 am
IN the same week a campaign was launched to bring back the world’s greatest Elvis impersonator, Frank Chism, his son also became a Facebook phenomenon and was trending on twitter as it seemed everyone was celebrating ‘Davy Chism Week’. I ...
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Nine changes for McKenna rematch
January 22, 2012 at 3:01 am
POWER NI DR McKENNA CUP Tyrone v Fermanagh Sunday January 22, 3.45pm, Athletics Grounds, Armagh After holding off the challenge of a second-half rally from Fermanagh in front of almost 7,000 in Omagh on Wednesday night, Micky Harte has made ...
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Red Hands stumble into the semi-finals
January 19, 2012 at 12:10 pm
POWER NI DR McKENNA CUP TYRONE 0-13 FERMANAGH 1-07 THE much-anticipated Harte/Canavan managerial duel went they way of the old master at Healy Park last night, as Tyrone withstood a dogged second half Fermanagh revival to advance into the ...
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Croke Park within sight for the Hill
January 19, 2012 at 11:44 am
ALL-IRELAND JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL DERRYTRESK FIR aCHONIC v DROMID PEARSES Sunday, January 22, 2pm, O'Moore Park, Portlaoise A POSSIBLE Croke Park appearance was no doubt very far from the minds of the Derrytresk team when the ...
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No ‘hatred’ between ourselves and Dromore – ‘Big Oz’
January 19, 2012 at 11:36 am
Suspended Carrickmore goalkeeper Plunkett McCallan has insisted his team enjoy a healthy rivalry with Dromore despite the fall-out from last year’s Senior League final row in November. St Dympnas won the title but their victory was overshado ...
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Corrigan returns to Carmen
January 19, 2012 at 11:32 am
FORMER FERMANAGH and Sligo boss Dominic Corrigan will return to the Carrickmore managerial hot-seat for 2012, it has been confirmed this week. This will be the Kinawley man’s third stint in charge of the St Colmcille’s club, having deliver ...
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Harps continue winning sequence
January 19, 2012 at 11:24 am
F & W DIVISION 1 TUMMERY ATHLETIC 1 STRATHROY HARPS 2 HARPS stretched their unbeaten run to 11 games as defenders Seamus Fanthorpe and Aiden O'Kane weighed in with the decisive goals to condemn to title-chasing Tummery Athletic to a rare d ...
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Stoppage-time equaliser
January 19, 2012 at 11:22 am
F & W DIVISION 2 STRULE UNITED 2 NFC KESH RES 2 IF Dominic McMullin was in any doubt about the challenge he faces in transforming Strule United’s fortunes then this performance against one of the basement sides should have given the new ...
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Escaped prisoner appears in court
January 19, 2012 at 11:07 am
A 22-YEAR-OLD Strabane man was yesterday charged with escaping from lawful custody following a dramatic incident in Omagh on Tuesday. Peter Mullan, from Church Court in the town, sparked a major manhunt after he made a bid for freedom from the ...
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‘Unacceptable’ delay in terrorist explosives case
January 19, 2012 at 11:00 am
A DISTRICT Judge has urged the Prosecution Service to ‘fast track’ the case against an Omagh man who has been in custody on terrorist and explosives charges since last April. Gavin Coyle (33) of Culmore Park was charged nine months ago with po ...
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Omagh’s new hospital complex ‘progressing at pace’
January 19, 2012 at 10:56 am
The new Omagh Hospital Complex is progressing at pace with plans set to be submitted in April and the facility could begin treating local patients from early 2016. While the design is already at an advanced stage, the project lead, Michael McC ...
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Hazel Wand group hosts ‘the happiest show in town’
January 19, 2012 at 10:54 am
A CAST of 200, a ten-piece orchestra and a string of witty one-liners come together in Hazel Wand’s latest lavish production which launches later this month. The Omagh-based theatre school will be showcasing Samuel French’s hilarious comedy ‘M ...
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Kevin returns to town with his Endangered Livers
January 19, 2012 at 10:52 am
Kevin Montgomery and the Endangered Livers return to town on Friday, February 3, bringing their own special brand of musical magic to add to the mix down at the Main Street complex. ...
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