ONE OF Fermanagh’s best known nursing homes is set to close with the loss of up to 40 jobs Staff at Shannagh Nursing Home heard the stunning news at a meeting at the home. Up to 40 people, between full and part-time staff, could now be unemployed as a result of the closure, which […]
Most local jobs vacancies in sales and retail sector
THE most advertised job vacancies in Fermanagh do not require a university education and may serve to explain why our graduates are leaving the county in droves.
Letterbreen man guilty of harassing his ex-wife
A Letterbreen man who admitted harassing his ex-wife has been given a five months jail sentence suspended for three years, at Enniskillen Magistrates Court.
Fresh start for border community three years after sectarian thugs burnt their hall to the ground
A BORDER Orange hall destroyed in an arson attack has re-opened its doors, exactly three years after it was targeted y sectarian vandals. Inver Orange hall, near Roslea, was completely gutted in the deliberate blaze back in July 2011. A year earlier vandals failed in an attempt to burn down the building. The hall, […]
Latest: Missing woman Nollaig O’Connor found alive
Nollaig O’Connor, the missing woman from Fermanagh has reportedly been found in mainland Europe alive, according to her family.
£3.2m spent on promoting Fermanagh
An estimated £3.2 million has been spent on promoting the county since 2009 through the Destination Fermanagh programme. The figures were revealed last week in Stormont after local MLA Tom Elliott put the question to Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster. She explained that the Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) has invested substantially in Destination Fermanagh […]
Open invite to all as Twelfth celebrations tie in with festival
‘Everyone is welcome’ is the message ahead of Saturday’s Twelfth of July annual celebrations. Being held this year in Irvinestown, the event will be Stuart Brooker’s first as County Grandmaster and the Monea man is very confident of it being a success, even with it being part of the programme for this year’s Lady […]
Orange parade goes ahead in face of local opposition
THE annual Newtownbutler Border Defenders’ Flute Band Parade went off without incident on Friday evening despite the event again being met with opposition from within the local community. The Newtownbutler Area Residents’ Association has protested against the parade for the best part of 20 years and again displayed placards voicing their discontent at the […]
Enniskillen crime gang linked to theft of 120 BMWs
AN EASTERN European crime gang operating in Enniskillen has allegedly stolen 120 BMW cars in a sophisticated cross-border key cloning racket, the High Court in Belfast has heard. Prosecutors said the luxury cars were all taken from the greater Dublin area in the last 10 months and moved to garages in the North. Four […]
Man (50) got into bed with teenage labourer after getting him drunk
A Belnaleck man has been given a nine months jail sentence suspended for three years after he admitted an attempted sexual assault on a 17-year-old boy almost two years ago. The court heard that 50-year-old Malcolm John Kennedy, Ross Road, Belnaleck, Enniskillen, had been naked when he got into bed with a 17-year-old boy […]