A 27-year-old Newtownbutler man accused of growing cannabis in his garden shed has pleaded guilty to the offence at Enniskillen Magistrates Court. Ryan McDermott, of Knockadore, Drumclay, was also charged with possession of the class B controlled drug. The court heard that on April 28 police were on patrol in the Newtownbutler area shortly after […]
Not so Strictly Come Dancing: One down, one to go!
It was the first night of dancing, a culmination of weeks of hard work by nine couples in the Westville Family Resource Centre’s Not So Strictly Come Dancing.
Emergency plane landing on Lough Erne
AN EMERGENCY PLANE landing on Upper Lough Erne has resulted in no fatalities this evening.
Child sex offender caught using false name on dating site
A 25-year-old child sex offender has been jailed for three months after he admitted breaching a sexual offences prevention order when he registered to an on-line dating website using two fake names. Scott Toothill was caught with a mobile phone with internet access – which he was banned from having – at an address in […]
Priest convicted of sexually abusing young sisters steps up
A PRIEST who was convicted of sexually abusing three Fermanagh sisters more than 40 years ago is attempting to clear this name Fr Eugene Lewis was jailed for four years in September 2010 for 11 counts of indecent assault. He denied the abuse, which was said to have been carried out in County Fermanagh between […]
How Tempo woman’s act of bravery saved her brother’s life
A 30-year-old Tempo woman donated her kidney to help save her brother’s life after a routine health check discovered he had developed a potentially life-threatening kidney disease. Brendan McQuaid, 41, said his sister Margaret’s act of bravery means he can now lead a long and healthy life, free from a gruelling eight hour daily dialysis. […]
Man (27) was so drunk he ‘couldn’t remember’ assaulting police officer
A 27-year-old Bellanaleck man who punched a police officer after he was warned a number of times about his behaviour has appeared before Enniskillen Magistrates Court.
Masked raiders strike at newly opened Credit Union offices
DETECTIVES in Fermanagh, and gardai across the border, are combining their efforts to catch a cross-border gang that has struck again at financial premises in Derrylin. Last year, they targeted the bureau de change office and, last Thursday, at around 5.10pm, they forced a male member of staff in the nearby Credit Union building to […]
‘He was a gentle giant… his nickname was, ‘Big Bear’, and that’s what he was, just a lovely, big fella’
LOCAL elected representatives have led expressions of sympathy to the families of the two young men who died at the scene of a double fatality road traffic collision near Pettigo on Sunday afternoon last. The single vehicle collision occurred at 4.20pm, at around about lighting up time, about 4 miles from Kesh on a straight […]
Businessman cleared of assaulting farmer after Twelfth parade
A 35-year-old businessman accused of leaving a farmer ‘in fear for his life’ after he allegedly shouldered him following a Twelfth parade has been cleared of an assault charge. Jim Keys accused Darren McCormick from Greenhill Road in Brookeborough of deliberately ‘shoving’ into him causing him to spin around after the pair passed each other […]