Investigating officer final witness in Leonard murder


THE inquest into the murder of Concepta Leonard has heard from the detective sergeant in charge of the investigation, as proceedings drew to a close last Monday. Concepta was killed by Paedar Phair (55) in her Maguiresbridge home on 15 May 2017, who was found in the garage of the property having taken his own […]


Border book to be launched on Thursday


FERMANAGH history enthusiasts are expected to attend the highly anticipated launch of a new book which is set to detail what life is like living on the border.   ‘Exploring Our Shared Way Of Life – Listening to Border People’, which charts the journey to peace on the island of Ireland, as well as detailing the […]


Transformers ready to land at Lady of the Lake Festival


OUTER space will feature in more ways than one at the Lady of the Lake Festival this year when it was revealed that the theme for the event will be Transformers. Optimus Prime, Megatron and Bumblebee will be on the streets of Irvinestown, and the driving force behind Fermanagh’s annual summer showpiece, Joe Mahon, is expecting […]


Olympic hopefuls receive grants


THREE outstanding local athletes have recently been awarded grants to help support their Olympic dreams. The Fermanagh Recreational Trust is behind the grants and also announced they would be backing four local organisations to help create exciting new programmes for the county’s sporting talent. Rowers Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney, who are training full-time in Cork with […]


£7 million extension at Enniskillen Integrated Primary


THERE were celebrations in Drumcoo last week as Enniskillen Integrated Primary School officially opened its new £6.9 million extension. With the first sod being turned on the build in June 2021, the state-of-the-art classroom extension to the school and its nursery unit has removed the need for temporary accommodation at the school. While the extension […]


Murdered garda given posthumous award for bravery


A GARDA inspector who was murdered by an IRA bomb on the Fermanagh border in the 1970s has been posthumously awarded the highest honour from An Garda Síochána. Originally from Co Longford, Insp Sam Donegan was based in Cavan when he died following a booby-trap bomb exploded at Legakelly, Co Monaghan. Last Friday, his family […]