High hopes that Sam is finally back on the road to recovery


By Ryan Smith THROUGHOUT my visit to the Bradley house in Belnaleck this week, eldest son Sam, stopped only on a few occasions from playing with his toys and running around.  Once was to squeeze his father, Colm’s, face against his; another was so that his mum, Michelle, could wipe his nose. On Tuesday of […]


Fears that loss of post offices could hit rural communities


  THERE ARE growing fears over the future of rural post offices as staff claim that mounting cut-backs in services will see the once ‘hub of communities’ left economically unviable. Despite assurances from senior management that there will be no closures of post offices in Fermanagh within the next four years, a number of staff […]


House ransacked by thieves while elderly priest was in hospital


  AN 83-year-old retired priest’s home in Derrylin was one of several homes targeted by thieves in recent weeks. Canon Brian McNamara’s home was ransacked while he was receiving treatment to a broken hip in hospital. The spate of robberies in Derrylin and Teemore has sent shockwaves throughout the village and locals have been urged […]


Mystery surrounds man’s body found in lough


  POLICE are still trying to confirm the identity of a man whose body was discovered by an angler on Monday morning in Lower Lough Erne, close to the lock gates at Portora, just off the Shore Road, Enniskillen. The body is thought to be that of a local man, 34-year old Martin Convey who […]