Fresh from defeating the Black Ferns the Irish women’s rugby team stand just two games away from lifting the World Cup for the very first time and local players believe their success will only develop the game in Fermanagh.
Conviction rate for benefit fraud is low
LESS than seven per cent of Fermanagh benefit claimants accused of cheating the welfare system have been convicted of benefit fraud, it can be revealed.
Bench pressing champion proves cheerleading isn’t just for girls!
A SPECIAL guest of Jets Cheerleading this week was a choreographer with a difference.
Man’s ear bitten in ‘reactionary’ attack
A 25-year-old Enniskillen man who is accused of biting another man’s ear and punching him because he had allegedly smashed a window at his home has been handed a suspended prison sentence, Fermanagh Court has heard.
Christopher needs your vote to win Big Brother
THE mother of Big Brother contestant Christopher Hall has called on the people of Fermanagh to help her son win the show.
Seventeen jobs to go as government makes U-turn
ENNISKILLEN income tax staff at the centre of a government strike say they are being forced into voluntary redundancy despite assurances by the Treasury Minister that all routes of redeployment would be explored.
‘We would ask for people to keep an open mind’ says Tamboran director
THE potential for upwards of 600 local jobs directly, and over 2400 jobs indirectly; up to 50 years of secure gas supply for Northern Ireland; and potentially cheaper energy prices.
Man who tried to seduce friend’s partner convicted of sexual assault
A 48-year-old man who tried to seduce his friend’s partner by telling her he would “give you something you’ll never forget” has appeared before court charged with sexually assaulting and harassing the woman.
Gaza: ‘You don’t know when a strike will come’
ENNISKILLEN-BORN photojournalist Andrew McConnell has spent the last month amidst a conflict that has seen thousands killed and injured.
New start and finish venue for Ulster Rally after traders’ objections
THE ULSTER RALLY which begins this weekend will not start or finish in the town centre as originally planned, after some local traders complained that last year’s event disrupted business.