A DUP councillor has been accused of “double standards” after he defended a local nursing home’s decision to decorate communal areas with poppies despite asking the same care home to remove St Patrick’s Day symbols earlier this year.
PSNI “unreasonable” during distressing search of boy (10)
A MEMBER of a dissident republican group who wrapped her legs around her 10-year-old son to stop police officers searching him for a mobile phone has been convicted of disorderly behaviour.
South West Acute Hospital ready for Ebola
THE SOUTH WEST ACUTE HOSPITAL is ready and prepared should an Ebola outbreak come to Fermanagh.
The worst I’ve ever seen – and more cuts to come, says health boss
The £7m health cuts are already being felt in Fermanagh with no beds available in the South West Acute Hospital on Monday morning, despite a private ward with 24 beds lying vacant.
Taoiseach back in Enniskillen for Remembrance Day
FOR THE third year Taoiseach Enda Kenny attended the annual Remembrance Day ceremony in Enniskillen and laid a laurel wreath at the Cenotaph.
County ‘in the dark’ on street light cuts
FERMANAGH could be ‘left in the dark’ this winter – with cuts to Roads Service budget leaving broken or ‘burning out’ street lights in danger of not be repaired as we hit darker evenings.
LATEST: Man arrested in connection with drugs offences
POLICE continue to tackle the illegal drugs in Fermanagh, with another drugs-related arrest yesterday, Tuesday (November 11).
Fears that rare swans may have ended up on dinner table
A THRIVING community group near Roslea which manages Killyfole Lake suffered a second set-back recently when ‘Jack’, the second of two black swans it bought for £500 last year, went missing.
First ever Green candidate for Westminster
THE GREEN party has announced their candidate who will stand in next year’s Westminster election for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Tanya Jones is a long-standing member of the Green Party and is the current chair of the Fermanagh and South Tyrone group and Northern Ireland membership secretary. She is well-known in Fermanagh and beyond as […]
Brothel accused in court
A 35–year-old woman accused of keeping a brothel in Enniskillen has appeared at Fermanagh Magistrates Court.