Teamwork is the key for top pharmacist at Acute Hospital


  AS SWAH’s Critical Care and Anaesthetics Advanced Clinical Pharmacist, Lorna Morrow is now part of the busy critical care team working primarily in the intensive care, high dependency and recovery units.   It’s a far cry from her first forays in dispensaries where her role involved the preparation and supply of medicines.    A […]

Experience of a lifetime for our Rose, Mairead


  FERMANAGH Rose, Mairead McHugh is back in Fermanagh after the “experience of a lifetime.” The Kinawley native proudly represented the Erne County in Kerry at the Rose of Tralee International Festival.    Speech and language therapist, Mairead was one of 65 ladies in the running for the crown which was claimed by the Chicago […]

Accused of threats to kill and sexual assault


  A 50-year-old man appeared before Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Monday, charged with nine counts of making threats to kill, harassment, sexual assault and sending menacing text messages.    William Birney with an address at Hillview Road in Enniskillen is charged in relation to the offences against a female, who cannot be named for legal […]

Local volunteers to lend helping hand for African orphanage


    A team of six volunteers from The Lakes Vineyard Church in Enniskillen will set off for Kenya next week to lend a helping hand in an orphanage in a local village.   The Kenya Mission Trip 2016 team will head away on Monday next, Monday 19th for ten days to the Faith Victory […]

Woman caught speeding ‘wanted to keep curfew’


  A WOMAN who was caught speeding while driving a car full of household items told police she was in a hurry to get home in time for her curfew.    Enniskillen Magistrates Court was told on Monday that police were on mobile patrol on the A4 Belfast Road at Maguiresbridge at 6.52pm on June […]

From Aughakillymaude to the Alps: the balloons that crossed a continent


    A FUN charity event in a small Fermanagh community has literally been reaching for the sky over the past week, causing waves right across Europe.    There were scenes reminiscent of Disney’s ‘Up’ in Aughakillymaude earlier this month when they launched 1,300 balloons into the air as part of a fundraising drive for […]

Standing up and speaking out about suicide


  WORLD Suicide Prevention Day took place last weekend and while there were events to mark the occasion across Fermanagh, work to combat the ongoing tragedy of suicide is continuing year-round here in the county.    Events last Saturday included the lighting up Enniskillen Castle, a special planting of a “Tree of Hope” in Belleek, […]