The Strabane Chronicle

• Police investigate drugs find at Castlederg Highschool

  May 17, 2012 at 4:36 pm

  Police in Castlederg are investigating reports of a number of pupils possessing drugs at Castlederg High School. ...

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• ‘Humiliated’ by police

  May 17, 2012 at 9:50 am

  TWO men arrested during a police operation in Strabane town centre have accused the PSNI of humiliating and harrassing them. ...

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• Five jobs lost as Birthdays closes

  May 17, 2012 at 9:50 am

  Strabane’s greeting card outlet Birthdays is to close after administrators moved to shut all stores across the north on Wednesday. ...

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• Strikes will be springboard to further industrial action

  May 17, 2012 at 9:49 am

  NIPSA union leaders are already looking to a third wave of industrial action following Thursday’s walk out by thousands of its members. ...

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• More land set to be vested for A5

  May 17, 2012 at 9:45 am

  MORE land is to be vested for the proposed A5 dual-carriageway in a total of ten townlands along the ...

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• Castlederg woman returns home after Rathlin accident

  May 17, 2012 at 9:44 am

  THE Castlederg woman who had to be airlifted to hospital after falling off her bicycle on Rathlin Island is now recovering at home from her ordeal. ...

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• Lack of road funds is a barrier to safety says Kelly

  May 17, 2012 at 9:43 am

  A STRETCH of road outside Sion Mills could be an accident waiting to happen, a local councillor has warned.

  Referring ...

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• 1,800 on dole queue as unemployment rises slightly

  May 16, 2012 at 4:16 pm

  UNEMPLOYMENT in Strabane has risen narrowly with 1,800 people remaining on the local dole queue. ...

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• New forum to address town centre decay

  May 16, 2012 at 11:21 am

  A NEW partnership aimed at breathing life back into Strabane’s town centre has been officially launched. ...

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• Adria development unlikely to happen in near future

  May 15, 2012 at 2:20 pm

  ANY development of the former Adria site is “unlikely happen in the near future”, a planning consultant for the owners said this week. ...

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More News

• On the job line – hundreds turn up at recruitment fair

  May 10, 2012 at 9:35 am

  STRABANE’S desperate employment shortage was highlighted again this week with over 350 job hunters ...

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• Maintaining empty courthouse will cost taxpayers £66,000 per year

  May 10, 2012 at 9:34 am

  MAINTAINING an empty Strabane courthouse after it closes will cost the taxpayer more than £66,000 per year, it has emerged. ...

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• Aaron’s future is in doubt after devastating leg break

  May 10, 2012 at 9:31 am

  A YOUNG Strabane footballer’s soccer scholarship to America is in doubt following a devastating double ...

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• Investigations into fatal crash continue

  May 10, 2012 at 9:29 am

  GARDAI in Lifford were yesterday (Wednesday) continuing to try and piece together the final moments of ...

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• Parent hits out at school’s early closure plans

  May 10, 2012 at 9:28 am

  PLANS to shut two local primary schools a week earlier this summer have met with criticism.
  In a letter ...

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• Delegation urged to do more to promote Strabane across Ireland

  May 10, 2012 at 9:25 am

  POLITICIANS from Dublin have been urged to do more to promote Strabane on a cross-border basis.
  Chairman ...

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• Hundreds sign petition against bank closure

  May 10, 2012 at 9:21 am

  HUNDREDS of people have already signed a petition calling for the Northern Bank to overturn the planned closure of its branch in Newtownstewart. ...

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• Court could be closed by 2014

  May 3, 2012 at 9:14 am

  JUSTICE Minister David Ford has been urged to reject a report calling for the closure of Strabane courthouse to be brought forward. ...

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• Prison Service apologise over treatment of Strabane man

  May 3, 2012 at 9:11 am

  THE Prison Service is to offer a full apology to a Strabane man who was denied access to vital medication while in Maghaberry Prison. ...

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• Major jobs boost for district

  May 3, 2012 at 9:08 am

  THE unemployed in Strabane received a double boost this week, with the news that two local companies are set to create almost 60 new jobs. ...

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