Stalwart political campaigner on all things Ireland Martin Collins died last week. Joe Dwyer pens an appreciation of Martin’s decades of political activism.

As the year 1925 drew to a close there was anticipation in Ireland about the imminent outcome of the Boundary Commission established under the Treaty.

Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney MLA writes: Some sections of the Irish political establishment tried to derail Catherine Connolly’s presidential election campaign by resorting to the ‘project fear’ playbook. They failed.

As a strongly pro-neutrality president of Ireland was about to be elected last week a British warmonger addressed a unionist meeting in Westminster and said Irish unity would pose a threat to Britain from Russia.

In the end she won by a landslide. Taking 914,143 votes and 63.36% of the total valid poll Catherine Connolly stormed home with the Government-backed candidate Heather Humphreys of Fine Gael getting 29.46% of the vote.

The PSNI are appealing for help in their search to find a man missing from Tyrone.

Drugs including cocaine, diazepam, pregabalin and cannabis have been seized from an address in Tempo.

Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has launched a powerful new advertising campaign aimed at tackling the growing threat of drug driving on our roads.

Lidl’s investment in the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area has seen the supermarket invest more than £134million in local suppliers and business partners.

The SDLP are set to host a Town Hall meeting in Enniskillen next week hosted by party leader Claire Hanna MP.