POLICE in Fermanagh are becoming increasingly concerned at the ‘lax’ security on farms from where livestock and valuable machinery and tools have been stolen.
Manor House wins ‘best wedding venue’ award
THE Manor House Country Hotel has won the ‘Best Wedding Venue’ award at the 2013 Getting Married in Northern Ireland Reader Awards at an event at the Europa Hotel, Belfast on Saturday night.
Jonathan’s hen and stag brainchild ‘best in Ireland’
A Fermanagh based business is celebrating this week after scooping one of Ireland’s most prestigious Marketing Excellence Awards.
Drug addict was growing cannabis in shed
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.