Olympic hopefuls receive grants


THREE outstanding local athletes have recently been awarded grants to help support their Olympic dreams. The Fermanagh Recreational Trust is behind the grants and also announced they would be backing four local organisations to help create exciting new programmes for the county’s sporting talent. Rowers Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney, who are training full-time in Cork with […]

£7 million extension at Enniskillen Integrated Primary


THERE were celebrations in Drumcoo last week as Enniskillen Integrated Primary School officially opened its new £6.9 million extension. With the first sod being turned on the build in June 2021, the state-of-the-art classroom extension to the school and its nursery unit has removed the need for temporary accommodation at the school. While the extension […]

Murdered garda given posthumous award for bravery


A GARDA inspector who was murdered by an IRA bomb on the Fermanagh border in the 1970s has been posthumously awarded the highest honour from An Garda Síochána. Originally from Co Longford, Insp Sam Donegan was based in Cavan when he died following a booby-trap bomb exploded at Legakelly, Co Monaghan. Last Friday, his family […]

Enniskillen resident switches to natural gas


FOLLOWING a break down and mechanical failure in his oil boiler, Colm Carters made the switch to install natural gas into his home. The Enniskillen man has been amazed by the benefits of the natural gas system, especially in the midst of the ever-worsening cost of living crisis which is having a devastating impact on […]

Weekend litter branded a disgrace


THE state of Enniskillen town centre the morning after the Saturday night revelry has been branded as “a disgrace”. People flock to the town to enjoy a good night out on the weekend and many for the most part do. However, one or two go a bit too far with broken glass and vomit covering […]

Priest shortages to hit funeral masses


A FERMANAGH cleric says that the falling number of priests will soon have a drastic impact on  funeral masses for Catholic families here. Originally from Newtownbutler, Fr Gary Donegan was responding to a pastoral letter issued on Sunday by Bishop Donal McKeown warning that dwindling numbers of young people joining the priesthood in the Down and […]

Fermanagh patients face over two-year wait for surgery


IN NEWS that will be surprising to few in Fermanagh, a new online system to show waiting times for health services across the North has confirmed patients here face significantly longer waiting times for certain procedures than patients elsewhere. ‘My Waiting Times NI’ was launched last week by the Department of Health to improve and […]