World Cup beckons


ON Friday morning, Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney will row for Ireland in the men’s pair at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, Switzerland. On Sunday, the Fermanagh duo received news of their selection to row in the third and final event in the 2023 World Cup series. It is the first time since the Junior […]


Why Fermanagh’s a great place to live and work


“THE style of life here is the best in Northern Ireland, and maybe in the UK.” That’s the assessment of former senior consultant surgeon at the SWAH, Essam Ghareeb, who is originally from Egypt and moved to Fermanagh in the mid 1990s and set up his life here. Mr Ghareeb believes fellow consultants from across […]


Patients will die says former SWAH surgeon


A FORMER senior surgeon at the SWAH has made an impassioned appeal to the Western Trust to commit to restoring emergency general  surgery (EGS) at the hospital, stating he has no doubt patients here will die if the service is lost. Essam Gharreb was a consultant general surgeon at the Erne Hospital and the SWAH […]


Gruelling FEARmanagh set to return this year


THE hugely grueling Fermanagh Endurance Adventure Race, known to many as ‘FEAR’, is set to return later this year. Since its first event in 2013, the adventure race, which is organised by the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, has gone from strength to strength, attracting large crowds from all over the county. Around 300 fitness […]


Erne boss wary of ‘unknown’ London


FERMANAGH ladies manager James Daly is warning his players to be wary of this Saturday’s ‘tricky fixture’ when they take on London in Donagh (1pm) in the second round of the All-Ireland group stages. “They’re (London) an unknown entity,” anticipated the Erne boss, ahead of his side’s showdown. “We’ve been watching their videos and we do […]