Sarah’s sweetshop in the sun!


A  BOHO entrepreneur is making a name for herself running a specialist sweet shop in Malta. Sarah McGourty, daughter of Eileen McKenzie, principal at Killyhommon Primary School and Tony McGourty from Belcoo started ‘Miss Ellen’s Travelling Treats’ with her Maltese boyfriend Sandro and the business has even attracted Hollywood attention, featuring on the set of […]

Local blood donors urge people to give the gift of life


TWO LOCAL blood donors, who between them have donated over 100 times and helped save countless lives have encouraged the people of Fermanagh to give the gift of life. Geraldine Corrigan from Ballinamallard and Niall Harron from Clabby  have both donated blood for over 20 years and attended a special Gold Awards night, at Kelly’s […]

Treasure trove of memories


A LISNASKEA family grieving following the death of their beloved grandmother just last week, have found comfort through the discovery of treasured memories from an old military suitcase belonging to her late husband. Eileen Crawford passed away on September 17, 2015 and in looking for old photographs granddaughter Lauren came across an old military issue […]

Empty posts puts feis in danger


THE annual Feis Fhearmanach, which in recent years has been hit by a shortage of helpers, has again renewed its appeal for people to come forward to fill empty posts.

Alcoholic farmer allegedly drove tractor at elderly man


  A 60-year-old farmer has been accused of driving his tractor at an elderly man who was farming on land which he previously lost in a bitter divorce.   Patrick Donnelly, of Old Junction Road, Irvinestown, was accused of using a tractor grabber to remove a gate and driving at speed through a field to […]

Sadness at passing of ‘friendly face’ at hospital


  A FRIENDLY face at the South West Acute Hosptial, Sister Monica (Kitty) Gallagher, died peacefully there on Sunday week last, 13th September.   News of her death, following a seven-month illness, evoked genuine shock and regret among patients and staff alike and within the Mercy community and her own family.   Sr Monica was […]

Family ‘overwhelmed’ by show of support for Ellie


FUNDRAISING to help fund research and a cure for brave Fermanagh girl Ellie Nicholl has now went past the £11,000 mark. The eight-year-old has a progressive neurological condition known as H-ABC (Hypomyelination with atrophy of the basal ganglia and cerebellum) Syndrome, one of the rarest in the world and her parents Ciara and Billy are […]