DERRYLIN trainer David Christie is already riding high despite horse racing’s National Hunt season in the UK only officially starting this weekend. The start of the winter National Hunt season in the UK traditionally comes after last Saturday’s Champions Day at Ascot, which serves as the finale to the British Flat racing season. However, Christie has been quietly […]
Tributes paid to former Trillick footballer ‘Shep’
A FORMER Trillick footballer who was also well-known as an official of the former Omagh District Council has died. Gerry Donnelly, affectionately known as ‘Shep’, was the dog warden for the local council from the 1980s. He was also the main researcher of the ‘GAA in Tyrone’ alongside the author, Joe Martin, who died in August, […]
Marathon man going the extra mile
A NEWTOWNBUTLER man is dusting off his running shoes to pound Dublin’s streets on Sunday to raise money for a local playgroup. Paul Greene, 38, who helps run P&P tarmac with his father, is competing in the Dublin marathon in a bid to raise funding for Newtownbutler playgroup’s Railway Kids programme. As reported in The […]
Excitement builds for major music festival
THE countdown is one to one of the North’s biggest music festivals, which will see two of Fermanagh’s top Country music singers take centre stage at Balmoral Park. Next month, on November 25, Derek Ryan and Lisa McHugh will lead the ‘Country Land’ show at the major Eikon Exhibition Centre in Lisburn. The local stars […]
Man (42) is charged after ‘paedophile hunter’ sting
A 42-year-old man who was arrested after so-called ‘paedophile hunters’ alerted police to a sting has admitted a number of charges relating to attempted child sexual communication, including requesting what he thought was a young girl to carry out a sexual act on herself. Kevin James McKenna (42) from Shilling Court, Fintona admitted two counts […]
Special recognition for Graham Enniskillen
THERE were more than a few winners who were left stunned and very pleasantly surprised by their awards on Friday night, among them the hard-working team at Graham Enniskillen. This year the Fermanagh Herald Business Awards was celebrating its tenth anniversary, with the event having become one of the biggest social occasions on the local social […]
Kindness Postbox’s success continues with new project
THE Kindness Postbox is continuing to bring happiness to those feeling alone and isolated, this time with its new ‘Story Swap’ project. Set up by Enniskillen woman Nuala O’Toole during the pandemic to link schoolchildren with isolated care-home residents, the local organisation’s latest venture is a collaboration between Jones Memorial Primary School and the County Care Home, both in Enniskillen. “The idea […]
Man extradited to Republic after Fermanagh arrest
OFFICERS from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s International Policing Unit have extradited a 38-year-old man to the Republic of Ireland today. He was due to stand trial for an assault committed in the Co. Cavan area in 2019, and was arrested in Co. Fermanagh on Monday, October 16. Sergeant Davey from the International Policing […]
Sadness at death of much-loved Doreen
THE Enniskillen community was left saddened following the passing of the late Doreen Boylan who was remembered as a ‘true townie’ who had an ‘endearing charm’. Formerly of 25, Derrygore Terrace, Mrs Boylan, aged 88, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday. Mrs Boylan (nee Haggins) was born in Mary Street in Enniskillen, between the […]
Anger over nightmare roadworks on the N16
FERMANAGH motorists have been left angry and frustrated in the past few weeks due to the recent road works on the N16 from Manorhamilton to Sligo. The works have seen more than half an hour added to motorists’ journeys travelling from Enniskillen and Belcoo. Diversions were said to be poorly thought out which led to huge traffic congestion and confusion, […]