FODC staff salaries higher than First Minister


THE Chief Executive of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (FODC) and three other staff members have been named on a list of the top-earning local government workers in the North. It was revealed by the Tax Payers Alliance that the chief executive of FODC, Alison McCullagh, earns £148,393 per year and is one of 47 […]

Lakelanders complain to Council about Forum plans


THE ENNISKILLEN Lakelanders has warned any closure of the Lakeland Forum, without an alternative pool being provided, will have “a profound impact” on the club and its swimmers for years to come. The Forum is set to undergo a multi-million pound modernisation redevelopment, and while no date has set yet for when this will begin, it is expected the […]

Council’s poverty officer says ‘help is out there’


DEIRDRE O’Connor became the first-ever Poverty Officer for Fermanagh and Omagh District Council in August 2022, just as the cost of living crisis was beginning to come to a head. “I started in this job at a time when more-and-more local people were starting to find it increasingly difficult to cope; costs were rising, and […]

Council clean up a sticky situation


AFTER the smoking ban was introduced in Ireland, chewing gum use increased by a staggering 30 per cent. To say it was a case of replacing one bad habit for another is debatable, but it takes up to five years for chewing gum to biodegrade, while in Singapore, it is banned altogether. Today discarded chewing gum is a major, and growing, […]