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Jan 17, 2025 | 
wearetyrone.com | Niamh McGovern
A DROMORE councillor has called for a meeting with the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) to discuss the future of Tummery Primary School following a lack of ‘consultation and transparency’. Sinn Féin councillor, Colette McNulty, has proposed that Fermanagh and Omagh District Council request an in-person meeting with the CCMS to discuss community concerns and ways to build a sustainable future for the rural school.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
wearetyrone.com | Niamh McGovern
Loneliness is a feeling we all understand, but for many older adults, it becomes more profound with age. As the later chapters of life unfold, factors like retirement, health issues, and social isolation often lead to a quiet, persistent loneliness. This is especially true for many elderly residents in the North, where a recent study found that five per-cent of people aged over 66 in Fermanagh and Omagh are living alone—around 6,000 people.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
wearetyrone.com | Niamh McGovern
A LOCAL jiving group are dancing for joy after having gained nearly 230,000 views on a recent social media video, in what was a welcome surprise. Modern Country Moves which was established by Dromore woman, Tina McGurren, nearly eleven years ago along with her son, Conor, is geared at making learning to jive fun and easy for locals.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
wearetyrone.com | Niamh McGovern
TUMMERY Athletic FC will celebrate 50 years of football and community spirit this weekend, in what has been described as a ‘remarkable milestone’. The Dromore club will celebrate its Golden anniversary with a dinner dance on Saturday night at the Mellon Country Inn, which will include a drinks reception, meal and music by Barry Kirwin.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
wearetyrone.com | Niamh McGovern
A LOCAL charity supporting mothers with postnatal and antenatal depression and anxiety will host online sensation Mammy Banter for a live podcast event this Saturday. Support 2gether, based in Omagh’s Community House, has invited Mammy Banter onto their ‘Fill Ur Cuppa!’ podcast, which offers support on a range of issues for local mothers, to raise much-needed funds for the life-saving charity.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
wearetyrone.com | Niamh McGovern
Local mother shares how Omagh charity Support 2gether comforted her through postnatal depression, giving her the strength to rebuild for her family“You couldn’t put a price on the help I have received from Support 2gether – it quite literally saved my life and my son’s too.”These are the words of Aine Donnelly, a local mother who has spoken of how Omagh charity Support 2gether helped her through the challenges of postnatal and antenatal depression and anxiety.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
wearetyrone.com | Niamh McGovern
TRANSLINK has already started laying the tracks for the potential revival of the Portadown to Derry rail line, which would reconnect Tyrone to the rail network nearly 50 years after its closureWeAreTyrone has learned that preliminary feasibility studies are underway, with early discussions already held with Fermanagh and Omagh District Council planners.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
wearetyrone.com | Niamh McGovern
A CASTLEDERG teenager who made history as the first person in Britain and the North to receive an NHS prescription for medical cannabis, is now ‘thriving’, according to his mum. Billy Caldwell (19), suffers from a life-threatening form of epilepsy that left him reliant on a cocktail of traditional anti-epileptic medications, which had limited effectiveness in controlling his seizures. His mother Charlotte’s long-running campaign to ‘Keep Billy Alive’ garnered widespread support.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
wearetyrone.com | Niamh McGovern
A CONCERT featuring Fergal McAloon and friends will take place later this month to raise funds for St Dympna’s Primary School in Dromore. The local school’s Parent Teacher Association (PTA), which was established just after the pandemic, have organised the fundraiser for November 28, in what will be their first organised event as a committee. The concert, which will be held in the Dromore Sports Complex will kick off around 7.30pm and tickets are priced at £15.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
wearetyrone.com | Niamh McGovern
Lynn Keatley’s journey as one of the few full-time female farmers in the North’s agriculture landscape sheds light on the challenges and rewards unique to women in a male-dominated field. According to an NI Executive report labelled ‘Breaking the Grass Ceiling’, as little as five per-cent of registered principal farmers in the North are women – with females making up just 22 per-cent of the local agricultural workforce.
