IN their joint annual Christmas message, the bishops of Clogher, Most Reverend Liam MacDaid and the Right Reverend John McDowell (Catholic and Church of Ireland, respectively) spoke of the unique attraction of this festive event.
Fr Brian: ‘Mental health… it’s not a moral failure, it’s not a defeat’
ENNISKILLEN PRIEST Fr Brian D’Arcy has given his thoughts on mental health in a video shared online.
Current need for charity aid ‘worst ever’
A LEADING light in the St Vincent de Paul charity in Fermanagh this week described the level of need here, especially Lisnaskea, Enniskillen and Irvinestown as, ‘the worst I’ve ever seen’.
Fermanagh debt totals £3.76m as we approach Christmas
IN SHOCKING FIGURES the Fermanagh Herald can reveal that the total debt accrued in the county last year was a colossal £3.76m.
Soldiers killed at Derryad remembered 25 years on
SOLDIERS and relatives of one of two Scots soldiers killed in an IRA gun and bomb attack at a Fermanagh checkpoint have marked the 25th anniversary.
Board stands over £105m price-tag for new hospital
THE HEALTH and Social Care Board has defended its decision to approve a multi-million pound hospital in Omagh at a time that SWAH (South West Acute Hospital) and local health care is under financial pressure.
Judge concerned at “sustained” violence in domestic attack
A Court has heard distressing details of an alleged domestic violence attack which began while a woman was driving her drunk husband home from a bar, and continued at their home until police arrived.
Search continues for missing 23-year-old in Enniskillen
POLICE have appealed for information from the public as they continue a major search for a missing 23-year-old who is believed to have entered the Lough Erne.
Belleek locals live over a year longer than Enniskillen residents
PEOPLE living in rural Fermanagh should expect to live longer, have fewer self-harm admission rates and less teenage pregnancies than those living in urban Enniskillen, a report has suggested.
Taxi driver sheds ten stone over fears he would not see grandchildren grow up
AN OVERWEIGHT taxi driver who feared he would never see his grandchildren grow up lost a staggering 10 stone in 18 months after years of takeouts and fried food left him barely able to walk.