A 26-year-old man from Kesh is facing two sets of identical motoring offences which were allegedly committed within 24 hours of each other. Charles Ward from Crevenish Park is accused of having no licence or insurance and making a false declaration to obtain insurance on May 22 2023 having been detected at Dromore Road, Irvinestown. […]
St Mary’s PS Fivemiletown scoops Campaigners’ award
St Mary’s Primary have been recognised for their determination. The successful campaign to Save St Mary’s Primary School in Fivemiletown from closure has been crowned Best Community Campaign in the recent Sheila McKechnie Awards. Celebrating the best campaigns and campaigners across the UK, the Awards recognise those who have achieved social change through civic action. The […]
Self-service bus ticket machine added in Enniskillen
TRANSLINK has introduced a new self-service ticket vending machine (TVM) at Enniskillen Ulsterbus station. The machine will enable passengers to pre-pay for their journeys using both cash and card payments. In the last few weeks, Translink introduced new on-bus ticket machines which accept Contactless payments on our Ulsterbus and Goldliner services in the Enniskillen, Omagh and Dungannon areas. Customers here can now […]
Fermanagh residents’ fury over brown bin collections
FRUSTRATED Fermanagh residents have been left incensed after their brown food waste bins were left uncollected for the past few weeks. As part of the weekly rounds, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council confirmed that brown bins had not been collected in the Shore Road, Churchill, Derrygonnelly and Garrison areas. The Council also reported that food waste bins […]
Get registered for 2024 election at new voting kiosks
Register to vote kiosks have been added to leisure facilities in the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area. The kiosks will provide accessible ways for people to register to vote. Chair of Fermanagh and Omagh Council, Thomas O’Reilly revealed today, “I am pleased that we have two Electoral Office NI Kiosks in the FODC area […]
Cross-border effort helps ease anti-social car events
THERE has been a reduction in the anti-social car events that had been plaguing residents along the Fermanagh border, thanks to the increased north-south cooperation. Last year the Herald reported how the ‘diffing and drifting’ events were regularly attracting hundreds and spectators and drivers from across the country on weekend nights along the A3/N54 at Rabbit’s Island […]
Lay funeral ministers start work in Diocese
IT was a ‘historic day’ at Holy Cross Church in Lisnaskea on Sunday as the Bishop of Clogher commissioned 45 new members of the laity to the Parish Bereavement Teams across the Diocese. As previously reported by the Herald, it was confirmed in September that over 40 new ‘lay leaders’ will be introduced to Clogher […]
Murley Silver Band enjoy centenary celebrations
MURLEY Silver Band is celebrating 100 years of sweet music and the band has a year packed full of celebrations to mark the special occasion. The championship section brass band based in Fivemiletown, was established in 1924 taking its name from the town land of Murley where most of the original members lived. The 1960’s saw the band […]
COLUMN: Michael Hand- It’s OK to be gay
I WAS speaking with a young man in his twenties recently who is gay and could not accept it; in fact, he said that he hated being gay and regrets that he is not heterosexual. This was not an isolated incident. I have come across quite a few gay people who struggle to accept their sexuality, yet […]
Accused returned for trial
A CASE involving a number of serious offences arising from an incident last summer has been returned for trial. Appearing for a committal hearing was Fred Sebastian Loftus Tottenham (37) from Lough Shore Road, Derrygonnelly who is accused of intentionally applying pressure to the throat of a woman affecting her ability to breathe or the flow […]