Roads blocked off and diversion signs create the perfect storm of traffic chaos. SERIOUS questions are being asked of the Department for Infrastructure and Fermanagh and Omagh District Council about the timing and decision-making behind the series of roadworks currently underway around Enniskillen. One retailer has likened the roadworks at Queen Elizabeth Road, Mill Street, […]
Pupils excel in A-Level results
POST-16 students across Fermanagh have ‘excelled’ according to their school principals as A2 and AS students received their examination results on Tuesday morning. For the second year running, formal examinations were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic meaning schools themselves calculated the grades to be awarded to pupils. A third of the pupils in […]
Emergency Services attend collision on Killadeas Road
Police received a report of a single vehicle road traffic collision on the Killadeas Road, Irvinestown at around 2.10pm this afternoon, Wednesday August 11th. The Herald can reveal that the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) received a 999 call at 2:04pm on Tuesday, 11 August 2021 following reports of an incident in the Killadeas […]
Man charged with murder of two-year-old toddler
Armstrong sent message child was ‘melting his head, crying for no reason’ AN ENNISKILLEN man who has been charged with one count of murder and one count of perverting the course of justice has been refused bail in relation to the death of a two-year-old girl. Darren Armstrong, (32), who is originally from Enniskillen appeared […]
Body of man found named as Ferenc Beres
THE BODY of Ferenc Beres was discovered close to the scene of car crash which took place on Main Street, Maguiresbridge on Monday. At around 1.15pm on Monday, local officers received a report of a road traffic collision on the Main Street in Maguiresbridge, in which the male driver of one of the cars involved […]
Councillors critical of roads maintenance process here
AT A RECENT meeting of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, several members spoke of their disappointment with the roads maintenance programme here, which has not addressed the scale of the problem. Despite much correspondence between the Council and its individual members and the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) and other bodies, many Fermanagh roads remain in […]
JUST IN: Police in Fermanagh are investigating the discovery of a man’s body in Maguiresbridge earlier today. The PSNI received a report of a road traffic collision at Main Street in Maguiresbridge at around 1:15pm, in which the male driver of one of the cars involved left the scene. Shortly before 1:40pm a […]
Road closed due to traffic accident
Motorists are advised that the A4 in Maguiresbridge is closed in both directions from Fivemiletown to Enniskillen due to a road traffic incident. Diversions are currently in place via Tempo. More to follow on this story.
Council debate on how to mark Emergency Services Day
A COUNCIL discussion on how best to mark Emergency Services Day ended with sharp exchanges in the chamber. Members heard the organisers encouraged the Council to purchase the scheme’s flag and hold a small event. Chairman, Errol Thompson, stated he would be very willing to facilitate this. While there was a positive response to the […]
Bravery and faith … PSNI officers go above and beyond
TWO stories of bravery and faith have shown how PSNI officers in the Fermanagh and Omagh district have gone above and beyond the call of duty. Former Chief Inspector Graham Dodds answered the call of a distressed mother whose nine-year-old son desperately needed a kidney transplant because his only kidney was functioning at just 14 […]