Aventas executives say they will meet Quinn group if the money’s right
Body of elderly man discovered in car in Belleek
THE BODY of what is understood to be an elderly man has been uncovered in Belleek today (Tuesday).
New Belcoo housing scheme first of its kind
WOULD-BE tenants are being sought for a £900,000 10-unit social housing development at MacNean Court, Belcoo that is under construction.
Former chairman aims to secure first ever Alliance seat
ANN Gormley – the former chairman of Omagh District Council – is set to make a return to electoral politics in a bid claim a seat for the Alliance Party in Enniskillen.
Christopher’s chuffed after chance encounter with Mrs Beckham
Christ A TRIP to compete with the Northern Ireland wheelchair basketball team culminated in not only a challenging few days for an Enniskillen teenager – but also a photo op with Victoria Beckham. Eighteen-year-old Christopher Carney flew out to Stoke Mandeville to play two matches with the side recently, and then on Saturday to […]
Big power cut caused by farmers spreading slurry
OVER two and a half thousand residents in north Fermanagh have been without electricity in recent weeks due to slurry hitting overhead lines. Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) has issued a strong safety warning to farmers and agricultural contractors after two serious incidences of slurry hitting overhead line cutting electricity supplies. Over 2,700 customers have […]
‘Bomb Housing Executive’, says SF councillor
ONE LOCAL Sinn Fein councillor has suggested that a bomb should be placed under the headquarters of the Housing Executive due to their ‘abysmal record of traveller accommodation in the county’ – ‘metaphorically speaking of course’. The comments came from Stephen Huggett at Monday’s meeting of Fermanagh District Council. They were in response to […]
Trip to Australia that nearly ended in tragedy for Danika
WHEN Danika McManus (26) – her mother works in BT call centre, Enniskillen – headed off to Sydney last year to take up a job in a bar, little did she think she would end up in the intensive care unit in the Prince of Wales hospital. Twice she was discharged’ by its A […]
‘Bog Butter’ proven to be 1,000 years past its best before date!
Fermanagh County Museum at Enniskillen Castle Museums has announced that a 35lb block of butter unearthed in a Fermanagh bog was made more than 1000 years ago. The Carbon 14 date test, which was carried out by Queen’s University on the ‘bog butter’ found by Jack Shannon over 30 years ago while he was […]
Brendan takes a bit of stick about his honeymoon break
POPULAR Fermanagh SDLP councillor, Brendan Gallagher, took a bit of stick at Monday nights meeting, his first since breaking his arm in a fall whilst on honeymoon. “It must have been some honeymoon”, joked the chairman, Alex Baird. However, the reality was far from funny at the time, the first time that Brendan, a […]