AN Enniskillen footbridge will be closed this week for essential maintenance work. The footbridge, which links Derrychara Playing Fields to Castle Basin Promenade, will be closed from 8am-5pm on Wednesday, December 3 and Thursday, December 4. A spokesperson for Fermanagh and Omagh District Council said no pedestrian access will be available across the bridge during […]
Fermanagh rallies to raise funds for Bright Eyes
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COMMUNITIES across Fermanagh have been coming together to try to save Bright Eyes Animal Sanctuary. Fermanagh’s largest and longest-established animal sanctuary announced last month that it could be facing closure unless it received urgent financial support. After more than three decades of rescuing and rehoming abandoned dogs and cats, Bright Eyes Animal Sanctuary announced it could […]
Drunk digger driver avoids prison
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A 39-YEAR-OLD man who narrowly avoided prison after taking a digger on a dangerous joyride openly told Enniskillen Magistrates Court he had drunk so much, he couldn’t remember anything about the incident. Rafal Kryzysztof Dukas of no fixed abode admitted driving dangerously, without a licence or insurance and while unfit through drink or drugs. He further admitted […]
Man charged in connection to digger theft
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A 39-year-old man is due to appear before a Fermanagh court later this morning, charged in connection with the alleged theft of a digger near Belturbet over the weekend. As reported by the Anglo Celt, the digger was taken from the O’Reilly Precast manufacturing site on Saturday evening and driven across the border into Northern […]
Fermanagh influencer backs hospital campaign
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LOCAL influencer Danielle Collins has added her voice to the growing campaign to protect hospital services in Fermanagh, warning that current travel times to Altnagelvin are ‘unacceptable’ for rural patients. Speaking in a recent Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) video, Ms Collins highlighted the reality facing local residents, who must undertake a two-hour journey for emergency surgical care. “I […]
Two fatalities following Fermanagh road collision
Police have confirmed that two men have passed away as a result of the collision involving the Donegal to Dublin bus on the Derrylin Road last night.
Fermanagh road reopens after serious crash yesterday
THE Derrylin Road in Enniskillen, which was closed following a crash involving a bus and a car yesterday, has now reopened. There are no other details yet about the collision which happened at the Derrylin Road junction with the Tiravally Road. A PSNI spokesperson said: “A further update will be issued in due course.” In […]
Fermanagh road closed following two-vehicle collision
MOTORISTS are advised to take care on the Tiravally Road in Fermanagh as the emergency services are at the scene of a two-vehicle collision ”Road-users are advised that the Derrylin Road junction with the Tiravally Road in Enniskillen is currently closed due to a two-vehicle collision,” a Police statement read. ”Diversions are in place at […]
Fermanagh teacher avoids jail for child sex attack
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A ‘DISGRACED’ teacher has avoided prison after accepting his conviction for sexually assaulting a pupil. On Friday, 66-year-old David Baxter was ordered to pay £1,500 to the victim after withdrawing his appeal against the conviction. In April, Baxter, from Killadeas Road, Lisnarick, was convicted at Enniskillen Magistrates Court of sexually assaulting a student during his […]
Fears rise after Trust comments at committee meeting
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At a Stormont health committee held in South West Acute Hospital (SWAH), committee members engaged with representatives of both hospital campaign group Save Our Acute Services and then the senior executive team of the Western Trust. The SOAS delegation of Helen Hamill, Karen Eccles and Jimmy Hamill presented testimony of the mounting human toll that […]