It was a good election for outgoing council chairman Alex Baird.
Experienced UUP score impressive Erne North one-two
It was an impressive one-two for the Ulster Unionist party in Erne North with the party’s two candidates romping home over the quota on the first count.
All change as old guard make way for new face of local politics
A sprinkling new faces have been elected to council
Election 2014 – Sinn Fein the big winners, but resilient SDLP make a fight of it
As the political circus rolled into Omagh town on Friday it was inevitable that Sinn Fein would emerge as the over-all leading party across the nationalist dominated councils.
Big Nationalist swing in council
Sinn Fein has succeeded in its bid to become the dominant force in the Fermanagh and Omagh super council, claiming by far the biggest share of seats here in the local government elections.
Schools catering for growing number of ‘newcomer’ children
The increase in cultural diversity has led to a rise in the number of ethnic minority charity groups in the county
ELECTION LATEST: Enniskillen councillors revealed
ALL of Enniskillen’s council seats have been filled with six councillors elected to represent the town on the Fermanagh and Omagh council, it has been revealed. Robert Irvine of the UUP passed through the quota – 963 – with 982 votes on the third stage of the count while the DUP’s Keith Elliott secured his […]
ELECTION LATEST: Erne East councillors revealed
ALL the candidates for Erne East have been revealed with the UUP’s Victor Warrington topping the polls at 1,272 votes. He was closely followed by DUP’s Paul Robinson who claimed 1,246 of the votes while SDLP’s newest candidate Richie McPhillips was elected at the second stage of the count. An emotional Councillor McPhillips described it as […]
Pay issues causing ‘major problems’ for local health service workers
Delays in payments by the Western Trust, have caused ‘major problems’ for staff affected in the county.
