ONE of Fermanagh’s leading Gaeilgeoirs feels that more needs to be done throughout the county so that the ‘new generation of people’ will embrace and want to learn the Irish language. Growing up in Roslea, Ciarán Mag Uidhir’s love of Irish language stemmed from listening to the likes of TG4 commentators Brian Tyres and Mac Dara MacDonnacha […]
Brother’s death by Belcoo bomb has been a life sentence
THERE has been much talk of ‘legacy’ in recent times, in reference to the British government’s highly controversial amnesty bill. However, for those bereaved by the Troubles, this ‘legacy’ is their lives. Belcoo man Peadar Duffy knows that legacy all too well. When he was 15 years old, he was there when his then 19-year-old brother […]
Widow of Clogher murder victim reacts as pair jailed
“I lost the love of my life. The way in which he died will haunt me forever.”
Daughter of bomb victim hits out at Legacy Bill
THE DAUGHTER of one of the victims of the 1987 Enniskillen bomb has branded the passing of the Troubles Legacy Bill as “disgusting”. Aileen Quinton, whose mother Alberta was one of the 12 people killed that day by the IRA explosive device, accused the British government of being on the same side as terrorists. The […]
Outrage as Fermanagh is worst in North for low pay
Invest NI has been accused of “window-dressing” as latest figures show that average pay in Fermanagh is the lowest in the North.
Fermangh health workers to take to the picket lines
Local health workers will be striking at the South West Acute Hosptial on Thursday and Friday this week.
Fermanagh cancer charity celebrates World GO Day
Genevieve Irvine, the co-founder of local cancer support organisation SWELL (Supported We Live Life), emphasised the importance of the event.
Schools to continue with project despite cuts
PARENTS of pupils of both Holy Trinity and Jones Memorial primary schools have been assured that the shared education project will go on. However, it will not be done under the auspices of the Education Authority who, as part of a recent round of financial cuts, called time on the “Peance IV Shared Education Project” […]
Demand still high for MOTS and driving tests
THE demand for Fermanagh’s drivers and learners wishing to book MOTs and driving tests is rising. Last week, the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) had announced price rises for both tests with MOT bookings set to go up next month from £30.50 to £38 with driving tests increasing from £45.50 to £65. The DVA say […]
Answers demanded if local schools have dodgy concrete
ANSWERS have been demanded from the Education Authority to see if any of Fermanagh’s schools were built using the controversial RAAC concrete. Schools in England have been forced to closed after it was deemed that the reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) used to construct their buildings in the 1950s and 60s was unsafe. RAAC was […]