Patients ‘stuck’ in hospital waiting for care packages


THERE are over 20 in-patients at local hospitals who are there simply awaiting a care package or nursing home place. This includes some who have been taken in to the Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital.  Following the closure of Drumclay Nursing Home in Enniskillen on December 12th, and with the Graan Abbey Nursing Home not currently […]

Newborn babies receive knitted hats


THE spirit of giving is still very much alive this Christmas in Mount Lourdes Grammar School.  Students have generously donated knitted hats to the Maternity Ward of the South West Acute Hospital.   These hats were painstakingly knitted as part of their Post-16 Religious Education and Living Programme (REAL), which offers students the opportunity to […]

Enniskillen man’s fouling of police cell ‘outrageous’


A JUDGE has noted an increasing number of cases coming to court in which defendants deliberately foul police cells – usually by urination – following arrest. District Judge John Meehan made the comment as he dealt with a particularly severe case in which faeces were spread over the cell walls and door, describing this as […]

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Isolation taking its toll on over festive period


For most of us the festive season is spent catching up with family and friends, enjoying good company and lots of food. However, for elderly members of our community this can be a particularly difficult time of year.  It is a time when loneliness can carry a greater degree of meaning and isolation from the […]

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PSNI team up with Garda to mount checkpoints


THERE HAS been a worrying spike in the number of rural crimes in recent week, especially along the border.  From the theft of irreplaceable church records at Derrylin, residents being threatened in their homes in Kesh, tools being stolen from a van parked in an Enniskillen town centre carpark or to burglaries in Bellanaleck. As […]

Traffic Chaos to Last for Months


NEXT YEAR looks set to be one of traffic mayhem in Enniskillen with a number of major infrastructure projects lined up, starting in January and lasting right through until 2020.  From January 7th, as part of the Gas to the West project, SGN Natural Gas will begin seven months of work in the town. This […]

Poverty can knock up to three years off your life


INEQUALITIES in Fermanagh society are affecting our health, according to a new report that shows alcohol, drugs and self-harm remain a scourge of many parts of our community.  The Health Inequalities Annual Report 2018, recently published by the Department of Health, outlines the gaps in issues affect the most well off and most deprived areas […]