A GAA pitch was vandalised in the early hours of Thursday morning in the latest incident of anti-social behaviour in the area.
Earlier this week a number of youths were reported to have damaged premises at a local business park in the Clonoe area.
Now goalposts have been damaged and flags burnt at the Coalisland Fianna pitch, with graffiti sprayed on the stand at the club.
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Club secretary Vinny McCann says those responsible for the vandalism of the facilities have caused outrage in the local community.
“We completely and utterly condemn this type of behaviour, it never happened before in our grounds and everybody is absolutely outraged that this has happened now,” Vinny told MyTyrone.
“Last week there was vandalism in Clonoe village as well - why can people just not leave things alone nowadays? Why do they feel they have to go and destroy anybody’s property?
“People are sick and tired of it around here - we are a community and a voluntary club and we give up our free time to provide the best facilities we can for all our members and non-members in the community.
“Now the actions of some have destroyed parts of the ground, for what reason we don’t know.
“These individuals offer nothing to society and we don’t want these individuals around our community.”
Local representatives have widely condemned those responsible for the incident, with Sinn Féin MLA for Mid Ulster Linda Dillon calling it an ‘attack on the community’.
“There is a lot of people doing great work around that club and it's all run by volunteers - so if you're attacking that club, you're attacking the volunteers of that club," Dillon said.
“Whoever did this needs to take a long hard look at why they would do this to people who look after everyone in their community.
"And whoever did it, their time would be better spent contributing to the local community rather than destroying it."
SDLP councillor for Torrent Malachy Quinn said he was ‘disgusted and very angry’ at the vandalism.
“Whoever is responsible needs to wise the hell up and clear off,” Cllr Quinn said.
“This is just another incident in a long line of vandalism happening in our area.”
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