Fermanagh ‘never got official domestic abuse complaint’


THE GAA Fermanagh County Board has said it did not receive any ‘official complaints’ of domestic abuse about its former manager Rory Gallagher, who led the Erne county to the Ulster Championship Final in 2018. The statement comes after Nicola Gallagher, the estranged wife of former Erne boss Gallagher, said she had made allegations against […]

SOAS gathers scores of patient horror stories


OVER the past several months, since emergency general surgery was suspended at the SWAH in December, community campaign group Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) has been liasing with local patients on their surgery experiences and journeys. SOAS has recorded scores of these stories, anonymously and in confidence, and has provided the Herald with a summary of […]

Police investigate Erne Integrated College allegation


POLICE are investigating an allegation of “non recent inappropriate behaviour” at Erne Integrated College. Last Wednesday the Enniskillen school hit the headlines after nine of the 11 members on its board of governors resigned. It is understood an inspection carried out by the Education and Training Inspectorate earlier this year found the safeguarding arrangements at the college, which […]

Tempo man dies on holiday in Spain


A TEMPO native has tragically died while on holiday in Spain. Aran Sheridan, 52, passed away peacefully in his sleep from natural causes in Majorca on Wednesday morning, May 3. Originally from Tempo, Mr Sheridan is a former pupil of St Joseph’s College and St Michael’s College in Enniskillen. He had been living in Omagh for the past […]

Leisure centres’ hours reviewed but report is on hold


A REVIEW into the Sunday opening hours of Fermanagh’s leisure centres has been carried out but residents will have to wait before its findings are published. The centres at Lakeland Forum (Enniskillen), Castle Park (Lisnaskea) and Bawnacre (Irvinestown) currently operate different hours on a Sunday in comparison to the Omagh Leisure Complex. Currently, Omagh opens […]

Big motivation for Beacom to bring it home


As one Beacom brother bids for his fourth Mulhern Cup, the other brother’s hope of playing in Friday night’s decider at Ferney Park was cut down in last Thursday night’s league game against Rangers, when he suffered a serious hamstring injury. Youngest sibling Eoin Beacom had to make way after 30 minutes when he went […]

What happened when the ‘boys were back in town’?


IT was a night that Enniskillen would never forget. It was also a night that saw Fermanagh’s youth would be air guitarists overnight, where the RUC searched in vain for drugs and how one of Ireland’s most famous rockers was booted out of a local tea-shop. Thin Lizzy’s gig at Enniskillen’s Forum on April 3, […]