A 31-year-old woman, who bit the hand of a policewoman and attempted to bite another, has been given a four month suspended jail sentence. Karen Marie McDonald of Main Street in Ballinamallard, appeared before Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Monday for sentencing. In the first incident on 7th December last, police attended McDonald’s home due […]
Man denies baby attack
A six month old baby is in hospital in a stable condition, following a shocking incident in Enniskillen. The community has been left shocked following the incident in the residential Castle coole Road area of the county town, which led to the arrest of 20-year-old Timuras Kozlov. Kozlov appeared before Omagh Magistrates Court yesterday […]
Re-opening of St Macartin’s Cathedral Hall
CELEBRATIONS will take place at St Macartin’s tonight (Wednesday) to mark the official re-opening and dedication of their newly extended and renovated Cathedral Hall. The refurbishment of the popular Enniskillen facility, used by many organisations throughout the community, replaces the old Cathedral Hall opened in 1964 and the original Parochial Hall built in 1922. The […]
Businessman in tragic accident ‘died of natural causes’
Widespread shock in Lisnarick following death of father-of-three in freak accident
Man to appear in court over attempted murder of baby
A 21- year- old man is due in Omagh Magristrate Court this morning charged with the attempted murder of a baby. Detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding how the baby, believed to aged around six months old, sustained serious injuries at Castlecoole Road, Enniskillen on the night of Saturday May 6th. The baby was […]
Banned for giving false information to insurance company
A NEWTOWNBUTLER father has been disqualified and fined for a range of driving offences after being stopped by police twice last summer. Andrew Stronge (36) of Boho Road in the village appeared at Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Tuesday where he pleaded guilty to towing a trailer as a learner driver, giving a false declaration to […]
Housewife’s claim she saved suspect cash is rejected
The cash was seized by HMRC from a bedroom at the Newtownbutler woman’s home last September
Pope Francis honours Lough Derg priest murdered in Iraq
‘I was very shocked when I heard the news, and very saddened. Hopefully, one day, Iraq will have a new saint.’
How ‘zombie drug’ cost me nine years of my life
WITH sensational reports of a “zombie outbreak” sweeping the UK, due to an epidemic of addiction to the drug “spice”, one former Fermanagh addict has spoken out in the hope of helping others. John, whose name we have changed to protect his identity, first tried legal highs, including spice, when he was around 14-years-old and […]
Cannabis found in car search
A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 80 hours community service for drug possession. Michael McNern of Drumbawn Close, Drumclay in Enniskillen, was charged with possessing cannabis when his case was heard at Enniskillen Magistrates Court. The court heard that police were on mobile patrol on January 31st last when they observed McNern leaving his […]