SCOTTISH singer Lisa McHugh has said her new album was a ‘labour of love’ as she took a major U-turn in her hugely successful and popular music career. The Glaswegian, who lives in Enniskillen, took a major step in her career by releasing her new album ‘Black Mountain’, which was a fully acoustic setlist in […]
Increase in Fermanagh health workers’ jobs
AFTER Fermanagh health care workers were celebrated for their ‘unwavering compassion, commitment and bravery’, there’s positive signs that local hospitals could be set for a major staff boost. It’s been reported that the workforce across the Northern Ireland Health and Social Care service has increased by 13 per cent, with a 16 per cent rise […]
Arlene Foster and Charlie Lawson team up for Twelfth
THE dynamic duo are back on the march. Dame Arlene Foster will join Charlie Lawson once more to provide coverage of this year’s Twelfth of July for GB News. Last week the channel confirmed it will broadcast segments of the big day in the Orange Order’s marching season with the ex-DUP leader and former Coronation Street actor featuring […]
Linda Johnston book launch
LOCAL woman Linda Johnston is releasing a book to help people change their lives. The book named ‘The Journey Back To You’ aims to put you back in the driving seat and help you reach your chosen destination. “The book is about helping people to take charge of their life, getting back into the drivers seat and be able […]
COLUMN:Michael Hand-Don’t worry about what people think
ONE of the most recurrent phrases I heard my mother say when I was young was: “What will the neighbours think?” She often compared me to the children in other people’s families with the assumption that they were better behaved than me. I knew that in most cases they were not. It was a disease in […]
Maguiresbridge student ‘in awe’ of saint-in-waiting
A MAGUIRESBRIDGE student has said he felt ‘blessed’ to attend a special service with the mother of a saint-in-waiting. St Kevin’s College Lisnaskea pupil, Patrick Quigley, was one of a large crowd at Benburb Priory in Tyrone, which was aiming to celebrate the life of Carlo Acutis, with his relic available for blessings. In October 2020, […]
Battle now begins for UK’s tightest MP seat
IT’S time to get the driving licence and the voting cards at the ready as Fermanagh’s heading back to the polling stations. In just over five weeks, Fermanagh residents will head to the polling stations across the county to elect their new MP to represent the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency. On Wednesday, in dramatic […]
Fermanagh School of Music to stage new play
THE Fermanagh School of Music and Performing Arts is set to return to the Ardhowen Theatre with a bang later this summer. Directed by well-known Ciara O’Flanagan, the Fermanagh School of Music and Performing Arts recently confirmed that they’ll be staging ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at the Ardhowen Theatre on July 31. The Fermanagh theatre […]
Rugby star opens up on stroke scare
ENNISKILLEN rugby star Kathryn Dane has said she counts her ‘blessings every day’ months after she suffered a serious stroke. During a training camp with Ireland in Dublin in November 2022, the 26-year-old Enniskillen woman fell ill. Thanks to the quick thinking and fast actions of the Ireland medical team, the Ireland scrum half was […]
Don’t rock boat on Lough Erne
IT’S not just the roads that you have to be careful on in the county. A man in his 30s has received a Community Resolution Notice for disorderly behaviour while on a boat on Lough Erne. The boat was operated in a way that was inconsiderate to others creating large wakes which caused a nearby boat […]