Kevin Lunney

Rally in support of Kevin Lunney


A rally in support of Kevin Lunney who was injuried in a vicious attack is being held in Derrylin today (Friday). A short solidarity march between two QIH facilities located Derrylin will take place today, Friday 20th at 3pm. The march will begin at Quinn Quarry Office and will make its way to the Quinn […]


Brookeborough

Patient defends suspended doctor


A FERMANAGH patient of the suspended neurologist, Dr Michael Watt, has said the way the doctor has been treated has been akin to a witch hunt.  Dr Watt was suspended last year and the majority of his 2,500 patients recalled. No details about why the patients were recalled were released at the time, and an […]


SWAH

Fermanagh patient’s disgust as waiting list grows


A LOCAL patient who has been waiting years for treatment has hit out at both the health service and our politicians for failing the people of Fermanagh.  David Mace, who lives outside Enniskillen is in the middle of two eye surgeries. He had been told he would have to wait six weeks between the cataract […]


Court

Man denies threat to kill his partner


A NUMBER of charges which came about after an off-duty police officer tried to assist a distressed woman are to be contested, Enniskillen Magistrates Court has heard.  Martin Ward (37) from Villa Terrace, Ederney is accused of assaulting and threatening to kill his partner on August 3, as well as assaulting and resisting police. It […]


Pig farm opponents to step up action


THE DERRYLIN Community Action Group has vowed to step up its campaign against the location of a proposed pig farm close to the town.  In April a planning application was lodged with for a piggery on the Doon Road to cater for 1,000 fattener pigs. Well in the region of 650 objections were lodged against […]


Brazen burglars raid four houses in same street


RESIDENTS OF an Enniskillen housing development have been left shocked and frightened after brazen burglars broke into four homes in the one street in the space of a few hours on Saturday evening. The thieves, who stole a wide range of valubles from the homes including sentimental jewellery and the homeowners’ medication, struck at The […]


Finn Lough

Boa Island bubble domes going global!


VISITORS from as far away as China are flocking to stay in the wilds of Fermanagh.  When sibling Gillian and Michael Beare opened their first two bubble domes at their family-run Finn Lough resort in a forest in the Leggs area, close to Boa Island, the unique accommodation created a stir on social media. Fast […]