At a meeting of the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (FODC) at the Grange in Omagh tonight there was a protest held in relation to Dalradian Gold Ltd.
Protests have been ongoing over the past number of years against the potential of a gold mine in Greencastle, Tyrone.
The protesters spoke with Council officials at the stairs in the Grange building and chanted slogans.
They carried placards that included messages such as "FODC should act for the people not for a Canadian Mining Company".
See our video above for more.
At tonight's Council meeting there was an item on the Confidential Matters, which cannot be reported on by the media.
The item was: "To consider call-in of the decision taken at the Reconvened Council Meeting on 5 August 2019 regarding Judicial Review of the decisions of the Department for the Economy to issue Mineral Prospecting Licences to Dalradian Gold Ltd and Flintridge Resources Ltd"
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