Mobile bank to replace Irvinestown closed branch


Ulster Bank customers in Irvinestown are to be offered a mobile banking service once the branch closes next summer. Irvinestown is one of 11 branch closures announced by Ulster Bank earlier this month, a move they say is due to more of its customers opting to avail of digital banking services. The move will reduce […]

Devenish College to stage spectacular ‘Cinderella’


The annual Christmas Pantomime has been a highlight in many people’s calendars for a long time in Fermanagh and this year, the Devenish College production of ‘Cinderella’ promises to be just as spectacular. It has been written and produced by Head of LLW and History teacher Berni McDermott, who will also be taking on the […]

Householders warned after Irvinestown burglary


POLICE have issued a timely warning to local homeowners to adopt sensible crime prevention measures to help them reduce their risk of falling victim to burglary this Christmas. The appeal comes as detectives in Enniskillen appeal for information following a robbery at a house in the Killadeas Road area of Irvinestown. According to police, the […]

Watch out… over 3,500 parking fines issued this year


ENNISKILLEN drivers have been handed more parking tickets than their fellow motorists in Omagh in the first nine months of this year. So far this year, from January to September 2017, a total of 3,588 parking penalty charges were issued in Enniskillen compared with the 3,447 which were processed in Omagh. While Omagh had more […]

A bitter defeat for battling Belnaleck


As a player with Leitrim county teams back in the 1980s, Gerry Flanagan was hard working, teak tough but fair. He never gave less than 100 per cent and that is one of the attributes he has been developing in this young Belnaleck side this season. Saturday night was a cruel defeat, but Flanagan was […]

Man drove pick-up at brother in Roslea row


A LOCAL man has been given a suspended sentence for driving at his brother outside a Roslea shop. Gerard Sweeney (61) of Corinshigo, Smithboro, Co Monaghan pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving on Monday. The court was told an incident occurred at Swift’s Centra in Roslea at around 6pm on April 25, 2015, […]