Newtown school massacre: Relative of victim ‘from Coalisland area’

16th December 2012 | By: brendan64 | Comments Off on Newtown school massacre: Relative of victim ‘from Coalisland area’

Daniel Barden was among 20 children and six adults killed by a gunman at Sandy Hook school

A seven-year-old pupil who was killed in a shooting at a school in Connecticut has a relative living in the Coalisland area, it has emerged.

Full story »

Winter wonderland charity event this weekend

11th December 2012 | By: brendan64 | Comments Off on Winter wonderland charity event this weekend

Charity Cancer Choices is to hold its annual Winter Wonderland fundraising event at the weekend.

Full story »

Brocagh teenager to make Aussie rules national debut

10th December 2012 | By: Shauna-Corr | Comments Off on Brocagh teenager to make Aussie rules national debut

A teenager originally from Brocagh is to begin his professional sporting career in Australian rules football after being selected for a national team.

Full story »

Coalisland parish to launch mobile app

26th November 2012 | By: Fr-Paul-Byrne | 1 Comment »

A new app for mobile phone users and a revamped parish website will be launched in Coalisland parish (Ballyclog and Donaghenry) before Christmas.

Full story »

Historic Coalisland headstones commemorated in Facebook page

15th November 2012 | By: brendan64 | Comments Off on Historic Coalisland headstones commemorated in Facebook page

A Facebook page featuring photos of some of Coalisland’s oldest graveyard headstones has been set up to commemorate the town’s “forgotten history”.

Full story »

New book to chart Coalisland memories

12th November 2012 | By: brendan64 | Comments Off on New book to chart Coalisland memories

History and memories of Coalisland are to be chronicled in a new book being launched this week.

Full story »

Council pledges £2,000 to tackle Halloween anti-social behaviour in Coalisland

18th October 2012 | By: brendan64 | Comments Off on Council pledges £2,000 to tackle Halloween anti-social behaviour in Coalisland

Dungannon council has set aside £2,000 of funding in a bid to tackle the annual problem of anti-social behaviour in Coalisland at Halloween.

Full story »

It’s not big enough! Lineside supermarket developers seek to ‘increase store size’

25th September 2012 | By: brendan64 | 1 Comment »

The developers of a sprawling grocery superstore being constructed in the centre of Coalisland have applied for fresh planning permission – to make it even bigger.