THE controversial refusal by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council Chairman Stephen McCann to condemn the Enniskillen bombing may be discussed again at next month’s Council meeting.
It follows a wide ranging interview with The Impartial Reporter in which Mr. McCann would not “go down the road of condemning” the IRA attack which killed 11 people and injured 63 people 30 years ago this November. 
During the interview in July, Councillor McCann also praised Seamus McElwaine, the former IRA volunteer who was shot dead by the SAS in 1986 as he and Sean Lynch, now a Sinn Fein MLA, tried to ambush an Army patrol near Rosslea.
The remarks led to Ulster Unionist, Democratic Unionist and SDLP councillors walking out of the last Council meeting before the Summer recess.
Now the UUP has submitted a motion criticising Councillor McCann’s refusal to condemn the bombing and his praise for “ruthless IRA terrorist” Seamus McElwaine.
In a statement, Enniskillen Councillor Howard Thornton said there is “much anger” within the community following Councillor McCann’s remarks to this newspaper.
“It is unacceptable for the first citizen of the District to so blatantly ignore the deep hurt and feelings of a very large section of residents of the area, most importantly those victims who have suffered due to the indiscriminate Enniskillen bomb and the terrorist actions of McElwaine,” he said.
Ulster Unionist Councillor Chris Smyth said: “Sinn Fein talk about equality, respect and integrity, and that is what we all want. However there are none of those qualities coming from the Sinn Fein representatives and certainly none from Chairman McCann in his recent interview.
“The Chairman now has an opportunity to redeem himself and his office through this motion calling on him to retract his comments, otherwise we can have no confidence with him in his role as chairman and call upon his party`s leader in Northern Ireland, Michelle O’Neill, to have Councillor McCann replaced as chairman.”
Last week the DUP reported Councillor McCann to the Local Government Commissioner for Standards.
It’s understood Arlene Foster’s party want the Sinn Fein councillor suspended from the Council while an investigation into his remarks takes place.