Answers to a saga running over ten years were finally heard at Tuesday night’s meeting of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council.

Since the G8 summit in 2013, the location of an oak table used for discussions by leaders has been a hot topic within the chambers of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council.

The table was made from locally sourced elm to fit the then Prime Minister David Cameron’s specifications and cost £7,000.

Heads of state including Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin were among those to join Mr. Cameron around the unique table.

When the summit ended it was shipped to Downing Street and housed in Margaret Thatcher’s Study.

One passionate believer in the repatriation of the table back to Fermanagh is Sinn Féin Erne East Councillor, Sheamus Greene, who has written to every Prime Minister since David Cameron calling for the return of the table to Fermanagh.

Under Any Other Business, Councillor Greene revealed that earlier on Tuesday he had received information that the table was now in Belfast at Erskine House, the home of the Northern Ireland Office.

“I wrote recently to the new English Prime Minister and I requested that the new Prime Minister would follow up on all the promises made during the G8 summit here.

He listed the various projects that were promised but never delivered including the Enniskillen Bypass, a water park and various other proposals that never came into fruition.

“To cut a long story short, nothing came and apart from that they took the table with them, the oak table and brought it to The Thatcher Room is Downing Street,” Councillor Greene told the chamber.

While Councillor Greene did not receive a reply from the Prime Minister directly, he did receive one from the Secretary of State, Hillary Benn.

“He has told me that they will not fulfil the promises they made to us but the oak table has now been moved to Belfast to Erskine House in Belfast.”

He noted that Mr. Benn was praising the table in his letter.

Councillor Greene continued: “We have got it back across the water, it is on the shores of Ireland so I am proposing we now write again as a Council and ask them to bring it on down the road to us and we will facilitate it in the town hall in Enniskillen.”

“It would be a great tourism attraction if we got it back to the Townhall and so my proposal is to write and ask them to bring it on down the road when it is in Belfast back home.”

Councillor Adam Gannon, SDLP seconded the motion and noted Councillor Greene’s passion for the issue.

“Initially when Sheamus started speaking, I was getting worried as he didn’t mention the table for a long time there but I am to second for him as I know it is an issue he is very passionate about,” he said.

The motion passed unanimously as Fermanagh and Omagh District Council chairman, John McClaughry closed the debate by quipping: “Maybe he will bring it down when he comes to meet us.”