BOOKWORMS in Enniskillen looking to loan out the latest thriller or an old biography will have venture further afield with the town’s library being closed this week. Libraries NI informed The Herald that Enniskillen Library will be shut from Monday, October 30 for “essential maintenance”. However, the doors will be re-opened to the public on […]
Aghadrumsee ready to embark on Ulster journey
Four weeks ago Aghadrumsee beat the favourites Tempo by a point in extra time to take the intermediate crown and after a few days off to enjoy that feat, they turned their attention this Saturday’s Ulster Club quarter-final with Cavan champions Ballyhaise. It’s a home venue for the Fermanagh champions and manager Anthony Murphy is […]
Change of leadership at Encirc
AFTER 19 years at the helm of Encirc, Adrian Curry has confirmed that he will step down as Managing Director at the end of this year. In a statement to staff on Monday, the chief of Encirc, one of the largest glass manufacturing and bottle filling companies in the UK, said he had ‘decided to […]
Can yoga and meditation help change your DNA?
RECENTLY, I picked up on a few articles and studies on how yoga can change our DNA – for the better of course! A nice summary appeared on Fox News online and I have included it in this article as the findings are really exciting! Yoga has long been known to improve the quality of […]
Man in custody after police seize drugs and fireworks
POLICE Officers from the District Support Team in Lisnaskea arrested a man and seized a number of items following a search in Ballinamallard yesterday (October 26). During the search of a premises in the area, officers seized an estimated £30,000 of suspected Class B controlled drugs, a large quantity of suspected counterfeit cigarettes and fireworks. […]
Pensioner hits out at appointment system
A FERMANAGH pensioner has hit out at the almost-impossible challenges being placed on local patients when it comes to attending much-needed and long-awaited appointments outside of the county. As has been well documented by the Herald and others in recent months, an increasing number of outpatients and consultant appointments, many of which had previously been […]
Relative of Mannok directors to stand trial for perjury
A RELATIVE of several Mannok directors, who claimed to have paid for damage caused to a door of his property by the older brother of Bernard McGovern is to stand trial on perjury and false representation charges. Gareth Lunney (36) from Market Square, Derrylin is accused of wilfully making statements he knew to be false, namely that […]
Armagh not on Donnelly’s mind just yet
Fermanagh manager Kieran Donnelly believes there will be much bigger challenges on the horizon before his side take on Armagh in the Ulster Championship next year. His charges will face the Orchard County in the first round of the Ulster showpiece, but they will also encounter them before that in the National League Division 2 as well as […]
‘We put the fun in fundraising’ – Cancer Connect NI
WHILE the focus is on breast cancer given the month that’s in it, Cancer Connect NI offers support for all local patients experiencing the disease. At its homely base in the central-yet-private location of Forthill Road in Enniskillen, the charity offers a wide range of supports and services to all cancer patients, from courses and […]
Don’t forget to wind back the clocks this weekend!
UNFORTUNATELY it will mean that the evenings are getting darker, but at least we’re going to have an extra hour in bed when summertime officially comes to an end this weekend. With the colder nights beginning to close in, clocks will go back one hour on Sunday, (October 29) at 2am, and they won’t be […]