IN RESPONSE to a story in last week’s Herald on plans for public consultations on maternity services at SWAH, the Western Trust have insisted there is no current threat to the maternity unit in Enniskillen. “There are no threats to maternity services at South West Acute Hospital,” a spokeswoman said. Concerns were raised for the […]
‘Why do my family take the flak for this?’ – Sean Quinn
SEAN Quinn has “totally and absolutely” condemned what he said was “a barbaric attack” on his former colleague Kevin Lunney, but has hit out at being asked to condemn it in the first place. Mr Quinn has kept relatively tight-lipped about previous incidents against directors of Quinn Industrial Holdings, mostly limiting his media interviews to […]
Sudden death of former Trillick GAA player
TRIBUTES have been paid to Ray Cassidy, a well known former player and manager of Trillick GAA who as been fondly remembered in the locality as a “true gentleman” and “committed footballer”, recognised as one of the most outstanding players in Tyrone club football of his generation. Mr Cassidy aged in his early sixties died […]
Warning over killer drug
AN addiction professional has urged people against using the killer drug Fentanyl which has claimed its very victim in Fermanagh. Fentanyl is an opioid that can be up to 50 times stronger than heroin. It has already claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the USA, where its effects have devastated entire communities. Sadly, the […]
Former nurse Margaret admits that she’s farming mad
MARGARET Little from Drumderg farm near Maguiresbridge has taken to social media to give the world an insight into the day in the life of a farmer. As part of a social media campaign, Farm24 she profiled some of the daily farm tasks beginning with a video in the milking parlour. Margaret set her career […]
Man was selling fake Nikes in Newtownbutler shop
A MAN who was selling counterfeit Nike runners and Ugg boots in a furniture shop in Newtownbutler has been given a suspended sentence. Martin Patrick Maughan (41) of Main Street, Lisnaskea appeared at Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Monday charged with three counts of possessing items which breached registered trademark. On November 18th 2015, police carried […]
Quinn directors step up security
IT HAS EMERGED that Quinn directors and their families, who had already been living under threat for some time, have now been advised to install panic rooms in their homes following the horrific abduction and torture of Kevin Lunney last week. The savage attack on the Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) chief operating officer last […]
‘Be a nosy neighbour,’ urges church bulletin
PARISHIONERS in the Lisnaskea area have been encouraged to become “nosy” in order to look out for each other following a spate of break-ins in the county. The appeal was made in the weekly parish bulletin for Aghalurcher. It comes after a summer of crime during which many residents felt under siege and in fear […]
Fermanagh rapist gets three year sentence
A JUDGE has commended the bravery of a victim in coming forward to report historic abuse telling him, “You were not to blame and nothing you could have done as a nine-year-old would have prevented this. Previously dubbed “as bad as Jimmy Savile” by a victim, convicted paedophile Richard Francis (38) from Fermanagh but now […]
New Game of Thrones to show off ‘spectactular’Fermanagh
THE AUTHOR of the books behind the global sensation Game of Thrones (GOT) has said a spin-off show that was filmed in Fermanagh recently will be “spectacular.” In June the Marble Arch Caves was closed for a number of weeks as the large film crew took over the caves and the adjacent Cladagh Glen forest […]