Failte romhaibh -Welcome to my personal councillor website. I am the Sinn Féin elected member for the electoral ward of Omagh Town - part of Omagh District Council.
I hope that you will feel free to use the ‘Contact Me’ button in the toolbar on the left of this site to let me know your views on any important upcoming business that the council is involved in.
Adh Mór - Best wishes
Councillor Martin McColgan .
Martin McColgan Biography
Marty McColgan is currently Chairperson of Omagh District Council. Marty is a lifelong Irish Republican and has been involved with Sinn Féin for a number of decades.
Martin has two children to Marion McMahon. Both very involved in youth and community work in their local area. Barry, their son, is currently at University and is Ógra Shinn Fein National Organiser.
As Chairperson of Strathroy Community Association, Martin has extensive experience of dealing with the Housing Executive, Omagh District Council and other Government Departments.
Martin was instrumental in bringing the “Sure Start” project to the Stratroy/Lisanelly area of the town. He remains central to the campaign to have the lands previously occupied by the British Army at Lisanelly released for development to benefit the entire local community.
Great sadness at Omagh Hospital Vigil-Mc Colgan
The Sinn Féin Chairperson of Omagh District Council, Cllr Marty Mc Colgan says that there was great sadness at the vigil held in Omagh last night to coincide with the decision by the Western Trust to withdraw acute services provision at the Tyrone County Hospital.
Lisanelly and St Lucia motion passed at Sinn Fein Ard Fheis
Delegates at Sinn Féin Ard Fheis in Dublin at the weekend unanimously backed a motion from the Omagh Sinn Féin Comhairle Ceantair calling upon the British Government to honour commitments given and to speedily engage in the process of transferring the vacated Lisanelly and St Lucia military sites to the six county Executive so that they can be used as an asset base for the regeneration of Omagh town and District.
Council Chairman welcomes launch of Omagh Visioning framework.
Omagh Council Chairman and Sinn Féin Omagh town councillor Marty McColgan has welcomed the launch of 'Omagh Towards a City Vision for 2025' which was launched on Wednesday. DSD Minister Margaret Richie was in Omagh for the launch.
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