New MLA fighting for Fermanagh’s “fair slice of the cake”
Speculation starts over who will fill council vacancies
Election leaves two empty seats on Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
‘Rebels’ rhetoric has to make way for realpolitik
DUP flying high because their message is unambiguous, while Sinn Fein’s is a bit all over the place, writes Fermanagh Herald editor Maurice Kennedy.
Sinn Fein incensed by ‘disgraceful’ McPhillips speech
Newly elected SDLP MLA hit out at what he called “dirty tactics”
‘Like first day at school’ as new MLAs head to Stormont
Little time for celebrations as new faces get down to business
Looks like same again
Things beginning to take shape with Michelle Gildernew elected, Phil Flanagan eliminated and the UUP’s Alastair Patterson all but gone.
Fermanagh and South Tyrone set for cliffhanger election
All eyes in election on fourth seat for Sinn Fein
Rural primary schools next to face closure, warns SDLP
Education Minister accused of ‘tearing the heart out of rural communities’
New SDLP candidate determined to win seat back from Sinn Fein
FERMANAGH and South Tyrone’s new SDLP candidate for next May’s Assembly elections, Richie McPhillips has vowed that the party won’t be walking away from the Executive “willy-nilly”. The Lisnaskea businessman said that previous SDLP leaders invested in “too much” to walk away, after the Ulster Unionist Party voted to leave the Executive. Mr McPhillips added […]
Local SDLP divided over leader’s future
THERE are mixed views within SDLP members in Fermanagh with newly re-elected MP, Alasdair McDonnell insisting on holding on to the leadership despite the fact he will be giving up his seat in the Assembly and spending more time at Westminster.