Clonoe Easter Commemoration – video
16th April 2012 | By: Coalisland Post | Comments Off on Clonoe Easter Commemoration – video
Dungannon councillor Pádraig Quinn speaks at an Easter Commemoration held in Clonoe.
Council narrowly passes motion on equal job rights for former political prisoners
12th March 2012 | By: Coalisland Post | Comments Off on Council narrowly passes motion on equal job rights for former political prisonersCouncillors have narrowly voted in favour of a motion to ensure equal employment opportunities are given to former political prisoners in the Dungannon borough.
Crowds mark Clonoe ambush 20th anniversary – video
19th February 2012 | By: Coalisland Post | 4 Comments »
Crowds have taken part in a torchlight procession to mark 20 years since four IRA members were killed in Clonoe by undercover soldiers.
Families ‘demand truth’ on 20th anniversary of SAS Clonoe ambush
16th February 2012 | By: Coalisland Post | Comments Off on Families ‘demand truth’ on 20th anniversary of SAS Clonoe ambush
Peter Clancy, Barry O’Donnell, Sean O’Farrell and Patrick Vincent, who were shot dead by SAS forces outside Clonoe chapel on February 16, 1992
Relatives of the four IRA members who were killed in Clonoe by undercover soldiers exactly 20 years ago today have renewed calls for the government to hold an inquest into their deaths.
Mayor: ‘Don’t cut Dungannon Hospital services’
22nd January 2012 | By: Coalisland Post | Comments Off on Mayor: ‘Don’t cut Dungannon Hospital services’Dungannon council Mayor Kenneth Reid has hit out at proposals to cut the opening hours of the Minor Injuries Unit at South Tyrone Hospital.
Coalisland SDLP member among party’s new community team
10th December 2011 | By: Coalisland Post | 1 Comment »
Chair of the SDLP’s Coalisland branch Malachy Quinn has been chosen to become one of the party’s representatives for the Dungannon area.
Liam Fox: Compensation payout for IRA getaway driver ‘outrageous’
12th October 2011 | By: Coalisland Post | Comments Off on Liam Fox: Compensation payout for IRA getaway driver ‘outrageous’
The £75,000 compensation payment to Aidan McKeever – who was wounded by undercover soldiers following an IRA machine gun attack on Coalisland’s RUC station in 1992 – has been described as “outrageous” by defence secretary Liam Fox.
Jim Canning to be commemorated in Coalisland
20th September 2011 | By: Coalisland Post | 1 Comment »
Coalisland councillor and local historian Jim Canning is to be commemorated in the town.
Coalisland SDLP members appear on BBC’s The Politics Show
19th September 2011 | By: Coalisland Post | Comments Off on Coalisland SDLP members appear on BBC’s The Politics ShowSDLP councillor Jim Cavanagh and chairperson of the SDLP in Coalisland, Malachy Quinn, appeared briefly on BBC’s The Politics Show on Sunday as part of a report into the party’s four-way leadership contest.
The footage was shot at an SDLP fundraiser near Ballygawley. Have a look at what was said:
SDLP Game of Thrones
2nd August 2011 | By: Malachy-Quinn | 1 Comment »Chairperson of the SDLP in Coalisland, Malachy Quinn, gives his opinion on the party’s new leadership contest
Filming has begun in Belfast for the second season of HBO series Game Of Thrones, but come November Belfast will play host to a another battle, indeed a second battle for the leadership throne in the SDLP.
