Boxer

Heart transplant no obstacle to Lee’s boxing ambitions!


A YOUNG Enniskillen man who only six months ago underwent a heart transplant has been inspiring those around him after throwing his hat in the boxing ring. Twenty-one-year-old Lee McDonnell has astounded his trainer and doctors with the remarkable progress he has made since joining the Enniskillen Boxing and Cardio Fitness Centre just a few […]


Crime spree weekend in Fermanagh


A WOMAN was injured in Derrygonnelly at the weekend when she disturbed a man attempting to burgle her garage. The Derrygonnelly incident was one of several in a weekend of crime across Fermanagh, that included burglaries in Kesh and Belle Isle, and the dramatic theft of a cash machine in Irvinestown. Shortly before 11pm on […]


Rubbish

Load of rubbish: International anglers faced with mess


FERMANAGH’S lakelands are renowned for their beauty, but walk along the Queen Elizabeth Road and you’ll see something completely different. Just off one of the busiest roads in the town you’ll come across unsightly rubbish has strewn along the river bank of the Erne. Approaching the tourism season and annual fishing competition on the Erne […]


UNVEILED: AMBITIOUS NEW CINEMA COMPLEX


THE first look at the major multi-million pounds leisure complex planned for Enniskillen which is set to bring hundreds of jobs and new business to the county town has received mixed reactions. At a public consultation yesterday (Tuesday) in Enniskillen Library, some members of the local business community were there to voice their objections and […]


Poll claims Fermanagh people don’t want united Ireland


THERE IS less support for a united Ireland in Fermanagh than in any other part of the North, according to a new poll.  In fact, the surprising the results of the Irish Times poll show more people in the Fermanagh and Tyrone district are against a unity referendum than in the overall Protestant community in […]


Popular parish priest ‘on mend’ in hospital


THERE have been prayers and well-wishes for a local parish priest who is recovering in hospital after falling ill last week.  There was great concern for Fr Maurice McMorrow PP in his parish of Killesher and Kinawley at the weekend when news emerged he had taken ill. The Herald has since been assured that, after […]