Fermanagh can make it three from three


Column – Barry Owens – The Last Line With the postponement of Fermanagh’s game with Sligo it means that Fermanagh could be faced with playing three tricky games in three weeks, with the Sligo game being re-fixed for this weekend followed by Derry at home the Saturday after and Westmeath away the week after. Rory […]

R driver crashed into Portora gates


A 23-year-old man who collided with school gates before making off from the scene has received fines totalling £300. At 2.20am on August 3rd last, police received a report of a single vehicle road traffic collision on the Shore Road in Enniskillen involving a Volkswagen Polo which had caused damage to the gates of Enniskillen […]

Hospital staff refused to treat drunken thug


An 18-year-old man has been warned that he faces going to prison if he is abusive towards hospital staff again in the future. Brandon Gillen of Willowvale in Enniskillen appeared before Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Monday for sentencing after being charged with nine offences on two separate dates. The court heard that in the first […]

Ducks desperate for points against buoyant Coleraine


Ballinamallard haven’t been getting much in the way of luck this season, but Saturday was something of a bullet dodged for the Ferney Park men. Ballymena Showgrounds were ruled unplayable last Tuesday and so the Braidmen’s league semi-final clash with Cliftonville was shifted to Saturday, forcing the postponement of Ballinamallard’s Premiership fixture. “We were lucky […]

Call to lower limit on the main Belfast road


THERE have been calls for urgent action to prevent a serious collision at another junction on the main Enniskillen to Belfast road, one that has been described as “an accident waiting to happen.” The call comes after the Department of Infrastructure said it would carry out works to on the Station Road junction on the […]

Victim of brutal Tempo assault ‘lucky to be alive’


A 23-year-old man has been ordered to pay his debt to society through community service after a violent attack on another male on a night out. Matthew Kennedy of Main Street in Tempo appeared before Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Monday, charged with assault causing harm. The court heard that the incident occurred on Tempo’s Main […]