Main cross-border road reopens after £100k repairs


THE main crossborder road between Cavan and Lisnaskea has finally re-opened after weeks of a delay. The Wattlebridge Road, near Newtownbutler closed for a £100,000 resurfacing project at the beginning of November.  The work on the 0.2km stretch of the road aimed to strengthen the road surface and remove the need for the temporary traffic […]


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Taxi man wrongly claimed thousands in benefits


AN ENNISKILLEN  man has been given community service for wrongly claiming benefits when he was working.  Malcolm Branley (47) of Hillview Park appeared at Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Monday for sentencing on three counts of failing to declare a change in his circumstances to the Social Security Services.  The charges to three different occasions, on […]


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Penalty points for doing 92mph


A DRIVER who was detected doing more than 90mph in a 60mph zone has been given six penalty points.  Darragh Monaghan (37) of Corraghy Road, Altnaponer, Brookeborough was not present for his hearing at Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Monday, but submitted a guilty plea to a charge of speeding via post.  On January 6th, at […]


Security alert over  old artillery shell


FLATS, shops and a park in Enniskillen were closed off during a security alert prompted by the discovery of a artillery shell at the back of the police station.  The police believe the object discovered was a 57mm Armour Piercing Warhead used in an M70 Artillery Gun used by the US Army during World War […]