THOSE IN higher positions within policing should be hit first – not frontline services, a local MLA has said.
Hospital ‘unsafe’ admits health trust director
THE DIRECTOR of Acute Services has issued a stark warning about local health care claiming hospitals here are “not safe”.
Man with 580 criminal convictions appeals jail sentence
A 35-year-old man with 580 previous convictions, who threatened to burn down the home of a father-of-three with his children inside has appealed a five month prison sentence.
Another massive drugs bust lands £200,000 of cannabis
POLICE have made an arrest and seized around 400 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of £200, 000 in the Florencecourt area.
Police had to jump out of way when farm worker drove through checkpoint
A 24-year-old farm worker who drove an “old banger” through a police checkpoint and abandoned his car in a laneway told police he panicked because he did not have car insurance, Fermanagh court has heard.
Council chairman accused of double standards on poppy
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.