THE Erne North UUP councillor, Raymond Farrell, a mental health practitioner, has urged the families of residents in Creamery House Home in Kesh to lobby against its proposed closure.
ANALYSIS: Gildernew loss part of bigger picture as parties struggle to ‘get the vote out’
Getting the vote out isn’t the dead cert that it used to be and Maurice Kennedy reckons the parties will need to shape up quickly if they’re to stay in touch with young people incresingly turned off tribal politics…
Updated: Tom Elliott unseats Michelle Gildernew
Agreed unionist Tom Elliott has succeeded in his bid to unseat Sinn Fein candidate Michelle Gildernew.
Gildernew warns Orange Order getting the vote out for Elliott
MICHELLE GILDERNEW is warning voters that every last vote counts and claims the turnout within unionism will be higher in this year’s general election because, she claims, the Orange Order is playing a key role in mobilising support for her main rival, the UUP’s Tom Elliott.
I’m no Tory: Elliott hits back at Sinn Fein’s ‘personal campaign’
UUP ELECTION candidate Tom Elliott has said Sinn Fein are threatened by the strength of the unionist challenge and have embarked upon a negative campaign against him.
Too young to vote, but well able to put it up to the election candidates
Under-18s won’t get a chance to choose our MP, but they were certainly up to the task of grilling the candidates, writes Gareth McKeown
A WEEK IN NEWS: 5 stories you may have missed
Here are five stories from the last week that you might have missed:
John Coyle on ‘Twitter trolls’: “Would they have the guts to say it to my face?”
THE SDLP’s John Coyle has responded to criticism levelled at him for his performance on BBC’s The View last night.
Fermanagh and Omagh unionists leave council chamber over Irish Presidential motion
UNIONISTS have been accused of engaging in pre-planned political grandstanding after every DUP and UUP councillor left the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council chamber on Monday night ahead of a debate on the right of Irish citizens in the North to vote in the Irish Presidential elections.