DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER Martin McGuinness MP, MLA officially opened Sinn Féin’s new Advice Centre in Limavady on Friday, 25 January. A large number of local republicans and several members of the party’s senior ranks were in attendance.
The centre has been named Pearse House in honour of Padraig Pearse, one of Ireland’s foremost republicans, who led the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916.
Martin McGuinness said that his heart swelled with pride to see the strength and commitment of party activists in Limavady “as we break new ground across the island”.
Limavady Deputy Mayor Brenda Chivers has announced an expansion of the party’s local Cumann structure, commenting that for several years the Bellarena Ward had been serviced by Cumann Glean na Rua which covered Greysteel, Ballykelly, Glack, Limavady Town, Myroe, Aghanloo, Magilligan and Benone. Due to the recent upsurge in new membership across the ward, two new cumainn have been established. Magilligan, Aghanloo, Myroe and Glack will be serviced by Cumann Liam Ó Cainin. Cumann Séamas Ó Guidh will service the town of Limavady. Cumann Glean na Rua will service Greysteel and Ballykelly. All three cumainn will be based in the Limavady Advice Centre.