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Enough is enough: councillors under fire for rates hike


WITH district rates on homes and businesses set to rise by a further 2.3 percent this year UUP Councillor Robert Irvine, has said, “Enough is enough”. “Council colleagues at the moment don’t want to face reality and take some hard decisions. “We have to take on board the issues that businesses and individuals are facing […]

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Sinn Fein and DUP figures set to bow out of politics


TWO prominent local councillors have announced they’re hanging up their political hats and will not be running in this year’s elections. With the local government elections approaching in May, many parties are currently in the process of selecting their candidates. Both Sinn Fein and the DUP will each be down a well known face this […]

New Sinn Fein candidate is Birmingham mum-of-two


IT MAY not quite be Christmas yet, but in the fast moving world of local politics parties are already making preparations for next year’s district council elections.  Sinn Fein this week announced their candidates for two of Fermanagh’s electoral areas, Enniskillen and Erne East, and there’s a new face among them.  In the Enniskillen area, […]

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Enniskillen bomb was an ‘atrocity’ -Sinn Fein candidate


IN WHAT is believed to be the first time Sinn Fein has openly condemned the Enniskillen Remembrance Day bombing, the party’s candidate in Friday’s presidential election has described it as an atrocity. Earlier this year local Sinn Fein councillor and then council chairman Stephen McCann sparked a walkout and no-confidence motion when he refused to […]

‘Queen’s honours? I’d rather get my nails pulled out’


UNIONISTS have hit out at comments by a Sinn Fein councillor who said he ‘would rather have his nails pulled with pliers’ than make a nomination for Queen Elizabeth’s birthday honours list. Brookeborough-based Sinn Fein councillor Sheamus Greene sparked anger this week with his remarks to a council official when asked to nominate local people […]