THERE is growing concern for the future of rural pubs in the Fermanagh area with another five bars ‘calling time’ in recent weeks
BREAKING: Quinn Group back in local hands ‘early next month’
THE FORMER Quinn Group is set to be back in the hands of local ownership by early as next month.
First festival brings barges to Belleek
BELLEEK marina and the village itself welcomed the ‘barges’ on Friday night in a festival like none other seen in the village.
Lough Navar touted as location for a new mountain bike centre
Lough Navar Forest could be in line for a major re-development as as regional mountain bike trail centre.
Change in legislation was fatal blow to nursing home
THE private residential care home in Belleek that is due to close at the end of the month, with the loss of 40 full and part-time jobs, went into decline due to a new State-funded support scheme introduced in 2009.
Residents’ complaints lead to new road safety measures
NEW safety measures on the Brollagh Road near Garrison are to be implemented after complaints from residents over a particular stretch of road. The B52 Brollagh Road and the junction leading on to the White Island Road has been the subject of complaints from residents in the area and business owners – and Transport NI […]
Hub of Donagh community back in action by Christmas
WORK continues on the rebuilding of Donagh’s clubhouse after a fire that virtually wiped out the hall over a year ago.
After ten years waiting Devenish principal ‘confident’ of new build
AFTER ten years of waiting Devenish College Principal Mervyn Walker remains confident a new school will be built as promised.
Local farmers urged to make pledge not to allow fracking to go ahead on their land
A CAMPAIGN to get farmers to pledge ‘not on my land’ is the latest move by anti-fracking group Belcoo to oppose Fracking in Fermanagh. Belcoo Frack Free are working on a ‘Lock the Gate’ campaign which involves seeking out landowners, farmers, and encouraging them to sign up to say that they won’t allow fracking […]
Garrison couple pay back £80,000 in dumping case
A GARRISON couple who were convicted in 2006 of keeping an estimated 4,500 tonnes of domestic rubbish on their 65-acre farm, have now paid back £80,000 in fines in lieu of confiscation of their property. This was stated at Omagh Crown Court, sitting in Belfast, last week by a defence barrister who successfully applied […]