West Tyrone Ógra Shinn Féin today (Sat 16 Feb) launched a mural in Strathroy Estate, Omagh, on the youth wing’s current drug and alcohol awareness campaign. They where joined by local Sinn Féin Councillor Martin McColgan.
The mural which depicts a syringe piercing through a young person and Ireland symbolises that as drugs destroy our young people’s lives, it also destroys our communities. A defiant message is also clear on the mural, ‘not another ravaged community.’
Ógra Shinn Féin’s Barry McNally speaking at the unveiling of the mural, said,
“The launch here today in Strathroy signals the start of the NARC campaign in West Tyrone. Murals are useful in promoting our message but in order to make a significant impact, we will be actively engaging young people throughout the area and asking them to collectively work on the community ethos of the campaign.”
“NARC will aim to raise awareness, lower drug and alcohol abuse, and highlight and tackle some of the underlying problems behind misuse. We will also be working with community and related groups to tackle this issue, and have planned a public talk next Thursday 21 February in the Sinn Féin Office at 3.45pm, where a representative from the local drugs and alcohol awareness group Ego Project, will deliver a discussion on drug abuse in the local area.”
5 comments:
Brilliant to see. Good mural, good idea on the public talk.
J
The mural is excellent!
Once again West Tyrone OSF lead the way.. other areas need to be active on initiatives like this on NARC!
Kevin
Just heard Barry McC on Q101 there on the launch, well articulated. Great issue.
C
Cén fath nach bhfuil an mural seo as Gaeilge??
We are really relying on you guys to support Irish at communities level. These murals and campaigns should at least have a slogan as Gaeilge!
Please consider how useful this would be to the Irish language movement.
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