Fluffy new addition to St Kevin’s College staff


ST KEVIN’S College Lisnaskea welcomes Pluto, a new therapy dog! St Kevin’s College Lisnaskea has announced it’s latest furry addition to the staff – Pluto, a bushy-tailed black labradoodle specially trained thanks to Assistance Dogs NI. Pluto will serve as a therapy dog to help students with their mental, physical, social, and emotional functioning. Therapy Dogs, such as […]

Time for a helping hand


In 1974 during the Easter holidays of my final year at boarding school a vocational workshop was organised for boys thinking of becoming a priest. Anyone that way inclined had to stay over for the weekend while all the other boys went home on holidays. As someone attracted to the idea of becoming a priest, […]

Court hears horrific details of alleged abuse campaign


DESPITE strong police objections bail has been granted for a Fermanagh man accused of a horrific campaign of abuse against his ex-partner. The defendant who is aged in his thirties but cannot be named to protect the complainant’s identity is charged with raping her on 6 September 2023 as well as stalking and harassing her […]

Postmistress’s heartbreak for Horizon victims


ONE of Fermanagh’s longest serving postmistresses has said her heart goes out to all those caught up in the Horizon scandal. As brought to life in the recent ITV series, ‘Mr Bates vs the Post Office’, between 1999 and 2015 more than 900 Post Office postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused after faulty software made it seem money was […]

Local acts set for Kinawley concert


SOME of the leading Country music stars from Fermanagh and across the North are set to link up for a special show at the Kinawley Community Centre next month. On Friday, February 16, the popular venue will host a ‘Valentines Country Night’, with popular Country music singer and critic Sean Wallace confirmed as the MC […]

Derrylin cannabis factory accused returned for trial


A CASE involving an alleged cannabis factory situated in the Birch Grove area of Derrylin has been returned for trial. Appearing for a committal hearing was Ernestas Gaucys (41) with an address in Dublin but currently remanded in custody who is accused of cultivating cannabis plants on December 17 2019. He is further accused of […]

MS sufferer’s anger at Blue Badge bureaucracy


THERE have been calls for the powers-that-be in charge of Blue Badges to “use some common sense,” after a local MS sufferer’s re-application for his badge was significantly delayed and he now needs to be reassessed. Cllr Victor Warrington, who has multiple sclerosis, has been a Blue Badge holder for ten years as he has mobility issues due to a life-long […]