EDERNEY PHARMACIST Oran McGee is one of the very few people who has, not only worked on the frontline during a global pandemic, but somehow found the time to scoop up a Championship medal with his St Joseph’s side, in the midst of all the chaos. Eight months on the from the first outbreak of Covid-19, the 24-year-old […]
Nora’s voice hits the screens in children’s animation
A STAR IS BORN at Bunscoil an Traonaigh, Lisnaskea, as the voice of Primary 7 pupil Nora Flynn will hit our screens this Christmas through the children’s animation ‘Sol’. Speaking on the honour, a spokeswoman from the school said, “We are so excited to see this beautiful animation, narrated by Emmy award winning actor Fionnula Flanagan and also features […]
Two year ban for drink driver who fled from police
Dylan Melanophy (25) of Boho Road, Gardenhill appeared at Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Wednesday for sentencing on charges of drink driving, careless driving, failing to stop for police, and failing to provide a breath specimen for testing. At around 3.10am on Sunday, April 12 police on the Marble Arch Road at Florencecourt pulled a car […]
Students bring spirit of Christmas with carol service
THIS year due to COVID-19 restrictions Eniskillen Royal Grammar School is not able to join together in the beautiful surroundings of St Macartin’s Cathedral with the wider community for its annual Carol Services. The school wanted to find an alternative way of sharing the Christmas message, in a Virtual Carol Service. This brought together the […]
With two weeks to go uncertainty reigns on Brexit deals
FEARS are growing about the future of rural funding in Fermanagh post-Brexit, with the Westminster government being urged to give assurances tens of millions in lost EU financial support will be fully replaced. Last week the agriculture and rural affairs ministers from the North, Scotland, and Wales, including Minister Edwin Poots, wrote an open letter […]
Scrap exams for the sake of students, pleads councillor
THERE have been increasing calls for next year’s GCSE and A Level exams to be scrapped. Last week Cllr Sheamus Greene, pictured below, who is a father and a school bus driver, calling on the exams to be cancelled and for the North to follow the Welsh model of continuous assessment this academic year. Cllr […]
12 pups of Christmas for Poppy
A FERMANAGH family has been surprised by the arrival a huge litter of adorable golden Labrador puppies. Poppy recently gave birth to 12 perfect pups and mothered them all until they were ready to head off to their new homes. While it’s not totally unheard of for Labradors to have litters of this size the […]
Dr Glynn urging people to take up vaccine offer
A FERMANAGH-native doctor Caoimhe Glynn received the NHS Covid-19 vaccine last week and she urges people to think carefully about the greater good of getting immunised and the positive impact that this could have on a return to normality should it be able to halt the spread of this deadly virus. Dr Glynn, a Derrygonnelly-native […]
Call for review of ‘inadequate mental health funding’
FORMER Fermanagh MLA Richie McPhillips has called for inadequate mental health funding across the local area to be “reviewed urgently” as he vows, “people power and empathy can be a great catalyst for change” in relation to mental health and suicide prevention. In response to the “overwhelming” support his family has received since the tragic […]
Tragic road vitcim named
A male motorcyclist who sadly died following a road traffic collision just outside Fivemiletown yesterday evening was 21-year-old William Weir from the Maguiresbridge area. The collision, involving a black ZNEN motorbike and a silver-coloured Volkswagen Polo, was reported to police just after 6pm yesterday and occurred on the Belfast Road between Fivemiletown and Brookeborough. Police and […]