Two taken to hospital after Fermanagh school evacuated


THE Northern Ireland Ambulance Service has said that two people have been taken to hospital after St Michael’s College was evacuated earlier today (Tuesday). “NIAS [Northern Ireland Ambulance Service] dispatched two emergency ambulances, a hazardous area response team and a paramedic to the incident,” a spokesperson told Belfast Telegraph. ”Following initial assessment and treatment at […]

BREAKING: Pupils evacuated from Fermanagh school


PUPILS have been evacuated from St Michael’s College in Enniskillen and the Emergency Services are currently at the scene after “a smell in the building” was reported. The Herald understands that the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service are at the scene. St Michael’s College released a short statement on Facebook this afternoon (Tuesday) confirming […]

SWAH custody escapee jailed


A FINTONA man who tricked officers into believing he was having an overdose, only to flee from the hospital, has been jailed for nearly two years. Duane Francis Farry (35), previously of Ashfield garden in Fintona, was sentenced at Dungannon Crown Court on Monday for offences which escalated from a broken window. On November 27, 2023, a […]

‘You might as well be talking to a Martian’


TRYING to talk to Belfast-based officials about the health crisis here, or other issues impacting Fermanagh, is like talking to someone from another planet, according to those lobbying for the return of services to the county. Pauline Corrigan from Florencecourt is one of the many hard-working volunteers from the Save Our Acute Services campaign group, […]

WATCH: Fermanagh pupils predict America’s new president


WITH less than a week to go before the American Election some Fermanagh students have been giving their views on who will be the next ‘leader of the free world’. The US Consul General James Applegate recently paid a visit to Enniskillen Royal Grammar School to speak to A-level history and politics students about the upcoming […]

Ulster Orchestra Quintet to perform in Enniskillen


The Ulster Orchestra Brass Quintet are coming to perform in Fermanagh. Music in Fermanagh is thrilled to present The Ulster Orchestra Brass Quintet in concert on Tuesday 5 November, 2024. Featuring leading musicians of Northern Ireland’s only professional symphony orchestra, this concert promises to deliver a rousing evening of brass music to audiences in Fermanagh. […]

Fermanagh dominates list of women killed


FERMANAGH is one of the most dangerous places in Europe to be a woman. Six of the 42 females killed violently in the North over the past eight years died here in Fermanagh, despite the county having the smallest population. To break that grim statistic down, the local deaths account for a total of 14.2 percent of the […]

Enniskillen artist’s painting goes down a treat


ENNISKILLEN artist Jordan Breen has dedicated his latest masterpiece to all those “who have moved away from home” but are keen to remember their roots to Fermanagh and Ireland. The 25-year-old recently received much social acclaim for his painting titled ‘A Taste of Home’ which was designed by the Enniskillen man, as his career goes […]