Successful SDLP West-Tyrone Constituency Meeting held in Mellon Hotel

West-Tyrone SDLP MLA Joe Byrne has highlighted the success of the recent West-Tyrone Constituency meeting held in The Mellon Country Hotel last Thursday night.

Mr Byrne said “The West-Tyrone Constituency Meeting is held once a year and is attended by the Omagh Branch and the Strabane Branches. The meeting is held to discuss what is currently happening at Branch level and what can be done to strengthen all Branches across West-Tyrone.”

“During the meeting we had many contributions from volunteers and members on how they and others have been contributing to their various Branches, while our councillors gave an update on their future strategies at Council level.”

“We were also very pleased to welcome our guest speaker on the night, Fine Gael TD for Donegal North-East Mr Joe McHugh. Mr McHugh has a keen interest in West-Tyrone due to his constituency’s border with our own. Mr McHugh expressed his commitment towards cross border co-operation, especially in terms of health provision with a cross-border Air Ambulance service and tourism. Tourism is vital to both Donegal and Tyrone in terms of generating revenue. A tourist visiting Tyrone will want to visit Donegal and vice versa, so selling the tourist value of both Tyrone and Donegal is vital for business.”

West-Tyrone Constituency Representative Daniel McCrossan added “The Constituency meeting is also a chance for ideas to be put forward that can help make areas like Strabane, a better place to live for residents. I was so pleased to see a full house at the meeting which shows there are a lot of people who feel very passionate about their area. The wide range of attendees from young people to senior citizens and new members to experienced members, all enjoyed the speakers and debates held on the night”.