Just wanted to say how sad it is about the death of Robert Dunlop.

Just wanted to say how sad it is about the death of Robert Dunlop.

How disgraceful is it that raw sewage is allowed to run into Coalisland canal? This is a beautiful stretch of walkway but puts families off because of the rubbish and broken bottles that are seen here on a regular basis. Can the local council not do anything to address these problems?

Agree with comments about Robert Dunlop. Why do these maniacs take part in this sport. They are crazy. Do they not care about their wives and families?

Muslim Ghettoisation
We live in a shrunken world and millions of people are on the move; one of our biggest challenges is how we learn to live in proximity to difference – different skin colours, different beliefs and different way of life. According to a study by COMPAS, Muslims born and educated were given the impression of outsiders. The perception among Muslims is that they are unwelcome in Britain is undermining efforts to help them integrate into wider society. Most of them say that they have experienced race discrimination and religious prejudice. Muslims and Islam is promoted a fundamentalist and separatist by the western elite, which have negative impact on community and social cohesion. The number of racist incidents occurring in London Borough of Redbridge’s schools have reached their highest levels since record begin.

A City or a locality, where Muslims are in majority is a ghetto. There is a tendency for people of similar backgrounds to live together in neighourhoods. The term”ghettoisation” is inappropriate. The original ghettos in Europe during the middle ages were set up by law to confine the Jewish population to one area of a city. According to a research by an Australian academic that Muslim communities in Britain are being increasingly ghettoized in a trend that set back hopes of assimilation by years. Britain has now eight cities in the top 100 most ghettoized cities. The people from the Pakistani community in Bradford and Oldham and Leicester had trebled during the decade. A report by an academic Dr Alan Carling, that Bradford risks becoming a front line in the global clash between the West and Islam. But Islam and Muslims do not clash with the concepts of pluralism, secularism and globalisation. The native flight from Bradford’s inner-city wards showed clear evidence of an increase in segregation in the city since 1991. Native parents are avoiding sending their children in state schools where Muslims and other minorities are in majority.

Iftikhar, I am not sure how this applies to Tyrone?! We do have a new migrant population in Dungannon and Cookstown now and there are a fair few problems - mostly because of alcohol. Perhaps the Council should do something to teach the new people here how the laws work rather than take digs at those people who live here already.

Anyone else sick of hearing about Gareth Barry yet? Good riddance I say. Liverpool are proving to be a pushy bunch (like their American owners) too. Like a lot of people who don't support Everton or Manchester United, I used to treat them like my second team but not any more. Bloody a***holes! Obviously they have no money anymore - how embarrassing that they cannot buy their number one summer target from little Aston Villa!

Just read the Silent Epidemic story and I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to the families who have been bereaved.

Wanted to say how sad it is to read about Eamonn Hughes untimley death. I am so shocked that Dungannon people have allowed the scum of the earth to get away with so much for such a long time.
The good thing is their day will come and justice will be served...if not on this earth then in the hell were they belong...
I send my sincere Condolences to the entire Hughes family and to the great people of Dungannon.
Kim