A PLAQUE will be unveiled in Strabane tomorrow to officially name the footbridge linking Head of the Town and Ballycolman after Sinn Féin councillor and civil rights activist Ivan Barr. The bridge, which opened in 2015, has been the subject of repeated attempts to honour Mr Barr. An initial proposal was blocked by then Infrastructure Minister Mervyn Storey, who warned he would withdraw his department’s £1.4million contribution if the naming went…
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