‘Everyone is welcome’ is the message ahead of Saturday’s Twelfth of July annual celebrations. Being held this year in Irvinestown, the event will be Stuart Brooker’s first as County Grandmaster and the Monea man is very confident of it being a success, even with it being part of the programme for this year’s Lady […]
Orange parade goes ahead in face of local opposition
THE annual Newtownbutler Border Defenders’ Flute Band Parade went off without incident on Friday evening despite the event again being met with opposition from within the local community. The Newtownbutler Area Residents’ Association has protested against the parade for the best part of 20 years and again displayed placards voicing their discontent at the […]
Enniskillen crime gang linked to theft of 120 BMWs
AN EASTERN European crime gang operating in Enniskillen has allegedly stolen 120 BMW cars in a sophisticated cross-border key cloning racket, the High Court in Belfast has heard. Prosecutors said the luxury cars were all taken from the greater Dublin area in the last 10 months and moved to garages in the North. Four […]
Man (50) got into bed with teenage labourer after getting him drunk
A Belnaleck man has been given a nine months jail sentence suspended for three years after he admitted an attempted sexual assault on a 17-year-old boy almost two years ago. The court heard that 50-year-old Malcolm John Kennedy, Ross Road, Belnaleck, Enniskillen, had been naked when he got into bed with a 17-year-old boy […]
Freak pool accident claims life of local couple’s only child
THE community of Derrylin has been left ‘numb’ after the tragic death of 23-year-old Caolan Winterson in Boston, USA. Caolan was the only child of Val and Mary Winterson, Knockninny, Derrylin. The former St Aidan’s High School pupil and Queen’s University graduate died as the result of a ‘freak’ swimming pool accident. Caolan had been […]
‘Inspirational’ Lisa (23) loses her brave battle for life
‘AN INSPIRATION to others’ is how 23 year old Lisa Meehan was described by her family, friends and those who knew her best. The young Enniskillen woman had suffered from Cystic Fibrosis (CF) since she was just nine weeks old. But tragically, on Sunday, July 6, she lost her brave fight for life surrounded […]
Crime boss nephew attacks Enniskillen mother
A NEPHEW of the notorious crime boss and drugs trafficker John Gilligan has been handed a suspended jail sentence after he attacked a woman in her Enniskillen home with a knife. Edward ‘Ned’ Gilligan, who is an ex-partner of the Enniskillen woman, appeared before Enniskillen Magistrates Court charged with assaulting the woman and her […]
Clarification
In this week’s edition of the Fermanagh Herald we carried a picture with the caption ‘Lisnaskea man Glenn Charles enjoying the walk to the field’. The picture was alongside a story on an Orange parade at Newtownbutler. We wish to clarify that Mr Charles was, in fact, attending Orange celebrations at Rossnowlagh, Co Donegal, […]
Aventas deal finally sealed
AN agreement has been reached which effectively seals the deal for an ex-Quinn Group consortium to buy major segments of the former Quinn empire from present owners Aventas. The deal – which should see the cement, packaging and Construction Industry Supply divisions, including concrete block and roof tile product plants, sold off by Aventas […]
