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	West Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kieran Deeny, campaigning on the sole issue of the retention of the hospital in Omagh.
		Deeny stood again in the 2005 general election and asked most parties to withdraw to support him.
		The Member of Parliament since the 2001 general election is Pat Doherty of Sinn Fein.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Tyrone_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (619 words)

	::: u.tv :::
		Dr Kieran Deeny, a GP who surprised many in the 2003 Assembly elections by topping the poll as Independent candidate and capturing a Stormont seat, urged SDLP leader Mark Durkan in an email last week to consider not fielding a candidate in West Tyrone, which currently has a Sinn Fein MP.
		Dr Deeny said SDLP members and voters in West Tyrone were furious that the party leadership had overruled its constituency association by insisting on a candidate.
		Dr Deeny said he believed the hospital issue was very much the number one concern of constituents and he believed both communities realised in the absence of a functioning Assembly just how vital it was to tackle the problem at Westminster.
	u.tv /newsroom/indepth.asp?id=59007&pt=n (1178 words)

	Slugger O'Toole: Deeny will not be a single issue candidate
		In a letter to the Newsletter, Dr. Kieran Deeny has said he is not a single issue candidate and that rather than trying to score political points over the UUP, the DUP would be better advised to acquaint themselves with his political health objectives.
		Deeny claims the DUP have misrepresented him by implying that he is seeking "to acquire modernday health care for the people in Tyrone by denying the Fermanagh population these same health care rights".
		Deeny attracts cross community support because he is non party political and because he is running on an issue that people are very concerned about.
	www.sluggerotoole.com /archives/2005/03/deeny_will_not.php (5797 words)

	Irish Echo Online - News
		However, this was not before Deeny had accused SDLP leader Mark Durkan of reneging on a "gentleman's agreement" to withdraw his party from the race.
		Deeny claimed SDLP duplicity and alleged that Durkan had adopted strong-arm tactics in his dealings with the local constituency organization.
		In a series of letters and e-mails Deeny pleaded with Durkan not to run a candidate, saying the reelection of Doherty would be a "nightmare scenario." He hinted that he might even repay such a gesture by joining the SDLP after the election.
	www.irishecho.com /newspaper/story.cfm?id=16366 (1167 words)

	Newshound: Links to daily newspaper articles about Northern Ireland
		Deeny hopes that feelings over medical care run so high in Co Tyrone that, for once, nationalists and unionists will abandon tribal voting patterns and support him.
		Deeny will be writing to Pat Doherty, his local MP in West Tyrone, asking that he stand aside for him in the forthcoming election.
		Deeny, a GP in Carrickmore for 18 years, stood in the 2003 Assembly elections on the issue and topped the poll.
	www.nuzhound.com /articles/The_Village/arts2005/apr2_fighting_talk_in_W_Tyrone__SBreen.php (1220 words)

	IMPARTIAL REPORTER
		Dr. Kieran Deeny (pictured above) says there is a feeling “almost of betrayal” in Tyrone that Fermanagh “wants the whole show” and there appears to be a lack of concern for people living in Omagh.
		Dr. Deeny is chairman of the Omagh and District GPs Association.
		Dr. Deeny is not the first GP to seek an electoral mandate to try and save his local hospital.
	www.impartialreporter.com /archive/2003-12-04/news/story7077.html (911 words)

	Slugger O'Toole: Dirty tricks against Deeny...
		Dr Deeny had hoped to to be the anti SF candidate in this election but politics here does not work like that.
		Deeny is the head doctor(doctor in charge?) of the surgery in Carrickmore.
		Posted by: Henry94 at April 15, 2005 10:18 PM Irrespective as to whether Deeny stands aside in the 'next' election or not,the SDLP are still unelectable within the constituency.
	www.sluggerotoole.com /archives/2005/04/dirty_tricks_ag.php (1312 words)

	Irish Times Article - Doctor voted in on a wave of anger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Dr Kieran Deeny, the one real surprise breakthrough candidate in the Assembly election, has always been a bit of a rebel.
		Dr Deeny, won 6,158 first preference votes and was the first candidate elected, ahead even of the sitting MP, Mr Pat Doherty of Sinn Féin, who got 6,019 first preferences.
		Dr Deeny is based in the small town of Carrickmore and is married with three children.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/ireland/2003/1129/989113522HMNI8DEENY.html (443 words)

	Down Democrat - 2003/12/02: Health warning from new Assembly Member (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Dr. Kieran Deeny, a GP at Carrrickmore Health Centre and originally from Downpatrick, said local people could easily end up with a 'lame-duck, Mickey Mouse facility'.
		Dr. Deeny was in the County Town to help celebrate the RGU's Award's Night at which he was one of the guests of honour as a member of the 1978 Senior Championship winning team.
		Dr. Deeny said that many people had tried to dissuade him from standing in the Assembly Elections, saying that a single issue election ticket would not work in the environment of Northern Ireland's fractured political landscape.
	archives.tcm.ie /downdemocrat/2003/12/02/story1408.asp (486 words)

	Telegraph \| News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Dr Kieran Deeny, 49, beat the four main parties to take one of the six seats in west Tyrone.
		Dr Deeny was declared a member of the next Stormont administration after getting the backing of the Protestant and Catholic communities in Omagh, which was bombed by the Real IRA five years ago.
		Dr Deeny, whose practice is in the village of Carrickmore 10 miles away, had headed the campaign for a new hospital in the area.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/27/uelect.xml&sSheet=/portal/2003/11/27/ixportaltop.html (428 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| UK Politics \| Northern Ireland \| Dr Deeny apologises to unionists
		The independent hospital campaigner in West Tyrone, Kieran Deeny, has promised voters he will never lean towards a nationalist or unionist party.
		His comments were accompanied by a public apology over letters sent by Mr Deeny to the SDLP leader Mark Durkan.
		In a statement released on Saturday to the News Letter, Dr Deeny said he held his hands up about the letters to Mr Durkan which were "wrong and misleading".
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/northern_ireland/4457907.stm (393 words)

	STATEMENT ON OMAGH HOSPITAL — DURKAN, MORGAN, SHIELDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		“It is entirely dishonest for Dr Kieran Deeny to claim that John Gilliland’s suggestions about the European Investment Bank are the answer for Omagh Hospital.
		“Dr Deeny insisted to Martin Morgan and myself only two weeks ago that, “investment is not really the issue, the problem is not actually about money.” He stated this during our lengthy and constructive meeting with the Omagh Hospital Steering Group.
		Dr Deeny is offering a false diagnosis and a bogus prescription in commending John Gilliland’s specious gimmick about the EIB.
	www.sdlp.ie /prmorganstatementonomaghhospital.shtm (720 words)

	Everything Ulster - Election 2005 - Easter Tuesday - Slow News Day
		There was a letter in the Newsletter from one Dr Kieran Deeny, independent West Tyrone candidate for Westminster, responding to DUP criticism that he'd be a single issue candidate.
		Dr Deeny went on to say "It is fine to focus completely and entirely on a single issue when aiming for one of six Assembly seats.
		While Deeny has said he is not a single-issue candidate, I have yet to learn where he stands on other issues.
	www.everythingulster.com /election2005/index.php?p=31&more=1&c=1 (222 words)

	Newshound: Daily Northern Ireland news catalog - Irish News article
		Independent assembly member Dr Kieran Deeny has agreed to join the new grouping to explore ways of operating on an all-island basis.
		Dr Deeny, who topped the poll in West Tyrone at last year's assembly elections on the single issue of acute hospital services for Omagh, is the only independent assembly member.
		Dr Deeny said of the new coalition: "We can help each other and learn from each other while still focusing on our own areas.
	www.nuzhound.com /articles/irish_news/arts2004/jul31_cross-border_coalition.php (392 words)

	RTÉ News: Northern Ireland General Election 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The performance of Independent candidate, Carrickmore GP Kieran Deeny, will be an important factor.
		Deeny had campaigned over concerns about inadequate hospital services.
		The SDLP turned down Deeny's overtures to allow him a clear run against Pat Doherty.
	www.rte.ie /news/northernireland2005/constit18.html (192 words)

	the Irish News - GAA World - Downpatrick RGU
		Kiernan Deeny and Dan Connolly were the midfield stars, while in defence John Killen, Mikey Ward, Bobby Stranney and Macartan Bryce were outstanding.
		Middle Row: Kieran Deeny, Ciaran McCurry, Macartan Bryce, Fred McStay, Joe Lyttle, Barney Fitzsimmons, Micky Ward, John Collins, Brian Deeny, Stephen Rice, Keith Rodgers.
		In spite of success on the field of play, the 70s was a nightmare period for the club with support waning and a chronic shortage of willing and capable administrators.
	www.irishnews.com /gaaworld/ulster/down/downpatrick/dpkhistory06.html (676 words)

	Irish American Post
		Kieran Deeny down in West Tyrone, the health campaigner.
		There’s pressure because people are not happy with the inadequacy of representation they’re getting, specifically having an abstentionist MP when matters are discussed at Westminster, and it is of course the case that Kieran Deeny topped the poll in the Assembly election against all the pundits predictions, including, I admit, mine.
		Kieran Deeny might win the sixth seat out of six and then saw him top the poll, I’m not making any predictions this time that he’s not going to win.
	www.gaelicweb.com /irishampost/year2005/01jan-feb/news/news04.html (10482 words)

	Down Democrat - 2003/12/16: Representatives heed hospital warning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		He advised local people to ensure they were not 'sold a pup' by Department of Health officials regarding the promised new hospital for the County Town.
		The GP pointed out that the downgrading of services at the present Downe Hospital could be a sign that the new facility may not be everything it was promised to be.
		Local Councillor Margaret Ritchie of the SDLP - who like Dr. Deeny won a seat in the new Assembly - said she would 'not cease to worry' until the new hospital, with all its acute services, was open for use.
	archives.tcm.ie /downdemocrat/2003/12/16/story1430.asp (470 words)

	Kieran Deeny - Politics.ie Wiki
		Kieran Deeny is an independent MLA for West Tyrone.
		He is the only Independent to have been elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly to date, topping the poll in the 2003 Assembly Election in his constituency on a ticket of opposing any downgrading in the status of Tyrone General Hospital.
		This page was last modified 01:57, 24 Jan 2006.
	www.politics.ie /wiki/index.php?title=Kieran_Deeny (82 words)

	SAOIRSE32 :: April :: 2005
		High Court judge Mr Justice Deeny concluded that this rule was unlawful, as it breached the right to freedom of expression under the European Convention.
		Paramilitary inmates at Maghaberry are permitted, as a jail privilege, to produce craftworks in their own cells, for circulation by supporters in the outside world.
		Mr Justice Deeny concluded his ruling by suggesting that the rules should state: “The use of language which cannot readily be understood by the application of the prison’s current resources will not be permitted.”
	saoirse32.blogsome.com /2005/04/15 (5499 words)

	bmf Conferences \| Future of Public Administration - Speaker Panel A-Z - Stormont Hotel Belfast 29th June 2004
		Dr Kieran DEENY originally from Downpatrick, topped the poll in West Tyrone in the 2003 Assembly elections, gaining 6,158 first preference votes.
		Dr Deeny stood as an Independent candidate, campaigning against the downgrading of the local hospital in Omagh.
		Dr Deeny, who has 24 years experience as a GP and continues to practise medicine in Carrickmore, aims to deliver a complete rethink on hospital services for the south-west, particularly in terms of paediatric and maternity emergency healthcare cover.
	www.bmfconferences.com /events/FPA3_Speaker_Panel.htm (1408 words)

	West Tyrone
		If these votes were cast in a six-seat STV election, SF would have won three seats, Kieran Deeny two and the DUP one.
		Reaction: Every election produces some surprise results and this was the biggest of 2003 - independent candidate Kieran Deeny, campaigning for the retention of the hospital in Omagh, topped the poll.
		Most people had forecast that one of the two SDLP seats was vulnerable to Sinn Fein; in fact it fell to Deeny.
	www.ark.ac.uk /elections/awt.htm (790 words)

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		His increased vote is unlikely to have been for his party's policies ('Ulster Says No….to line dancing'?), but rather an expression of dissatisfaction with the drift of events.
		In many ways, voting for Paisley today is a bit like voting for a man in a monkey suit in Hartlepool - or indeed, for Dr Kieran Deeny, the GP who ran for the Northern Ireland Assembly on a ticket of keeping his local hospital open.
		Dr Deeny came top of the poll in West Tyrone, beating the traditional nationalist and Unionist candidates.
	lark.phoblacht.net /electingbon.html (1371 words)

	DURKAN — NO GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT WITH DEENY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It would be obvious to anyone reading Dr Deeny’s letters that he had no agreement or encouragement from me. In the circumstances, I am releasing excerpts of these last letters, not to show that Dr Deeny wished to join the SDLP but to show that he misrepresented my position.
		“I have nothing to hide on this and am considering making the whole correspondence that I received from Kieran Deeny available to the party members in West Tyrone.
		The following are excerpts from a letter sent by Dr Kieran Deeny to SDLP Leader Mark Durkan on the 29th January 2005.
	www.sdlp.ie /prdurkannogentlemansagreement.shtm (534 words)

	BreakingNews.ie: GP scores shock win over main parties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Dr Kieran Deeny, 49, stunned the four main parties by coming from nowhere to take one of the six seats in west Tyrone.
		Dr Deeny, who practices in the village of Carrickmore 10 miles away, was swept to victory after heading the campaign for a new hospital in the area.
		Dr Deeny added: “I was told this single issue agenda wouldn’t work.
	breaking.tcm.ie /story.asp?j=71488480&p=7y489x6x&n=71489089&x=&fs=1 (560 words)

	Guardian \| Candidate steers clear of politics
		With Northern Ireland's single transferable vote system, it is possible to break the mould of party politics, but it is still considered an exception to the rule.
		Last November Stormont got its first independent, single-issue assembly member, the GP Kieran Deeny, who campaigned to save Omagh hospital.
		Dr Deeny now backs Mr Gilliland, but at the weekend said he had been harassed while putting up posters in Co Tyrone and believed those responsible were Sinn Féin supporters.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4941064-103690,00.html (564 words)

	Northern Ireland: Socialist policies give an alternative to sectarian division
		The only candidate outside of the four main parties who has any chance of making an impact is hospital campaigner, Dr. Kieran Deeny, who is running in West Tyrone opposing the decision (taken by a Sinn Fein health minister in the Assembly) to withdraw acute services from the Omagh hospital.
		Dr Deeny topped the poll for this area in the Assembly election and a good vote for him again would show that it is possible for candidates running on class issues to cut across the sectarian voting patterns.
		Although the lack of an alternative means that the election will lead to another sectarian carve up, mainly between Sinn Fein and the DUP, on the ground there is growing disillusionment and distrust of all the parties and politicians.
	www.socialistworld.net /eng/2005/05/03ireland.html (1306 words)

	BreakingNews.ie: McMenamin to fight West Tyrone for SDLP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The SDLP’s decision to run the seat has been interpreted as a setback for independent candidate Dr Kieran Deeny, who had hoped the party would step aside to enable him to unseat Sinn Féin vice-president Pat Doherty.
		A bitter war of words has broken out in recent days between Dr Deeny and SDLP leader Mark Durkan over the party’s decision to contest the seat.
		Dr Deeny’s supporters had claimed they had reached a gentleman’s agreement with the SDLP, but this was denied by Mr Durkan.
	breaking.tcm.ie /story.asp?j=139887546&p=y39888z5z&n=139888306&x=&fs=1 (582 words)

	Breaking News: McMenamin to fight West Tyrone for SDLP
		Dr Deeny was the main beneficiary of the slump in the SDLP vote, topping the Assembly poll in West Tyrone.
		An email to the SDLP leader was released today in which the independent hospitals candidate held out the prospect that one day he could be a candidate for the party.
		He released a second letter from the GP in which he paid tribute to Mr Durkan, claiming he could spark a resurgence in the SDLP vote.
	www.breakingnews.ie /text/small/story.asp?j=139887546&p=y39888z5z&n=139888306&d=4/14/2005 (491 words)

	SAOIRSE32 :: Answer to Deeny :: April :: 2005
		Gerry Adams responds to request from Dr. Kieran Deeny
		Sinn Féin yesterday received an e-mail communication from the Independent Assembly member Kieran Deeny requesting that the Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams withdraw the West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty from the forthcoming election to allow Dr Deeny a free run in the election.
		Mr Adams today responded to Dr. Deeny and the text of this letter is below.
	saoirse32.blogsome.com /2005/04/15/answer-to-deeny (462 words)

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