Infrastructure Minister considering two-year MOTs


FERMANAGH people are being urged to have their say on whether the annual MOT should only be carried out every two years. Last week, infrastructure Minister, Nichola Mallon, launched a ‘Call for Evidence’ on the potential introduction of biennial MOT testing.  Currently, private cars and motorbikes must have their first MOT when they are four-years-old, […]

Bernie O’Connor relives ‘stuff of nightmares’ for book


WELL-KNOWN Fermanagh school teacher, principal and St. Michael’s Scout Band leader, Bernie O’Connor, looks back on the life-changing event of his arrest by the RUC and subsequent interrogation at the infamous Castlereagh Detention Centre. It’s all in his new book called “Freeing the Truth”. Read all about his experiences in the Herald’s latest edition of […]

Festival Lough Erne is back with a difference!


KICKING off on Sunday, 12 September, this year’s Festival Lough Erne is a week-long event with an exciting programme of activities, on and off the water. The festival is organised in line with current government guidance relating to the Covid-19 pandemic so, this year, you can tune into a variety of online talks and webinars […]

Ali Jayden Doyle’s mother released on bail


THE MOTHER of two-year-old Ali Jayden Doyle, who was allegedly murdered by an Enniskillen man, is to be released on bail. At a bail hearing in the High Court last week, it was ruled Jade Dempsey (24), who is accused of allowing her child’s death, would be released on bail once a suitable address could […]