NARC mural launched in Omagh

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.”