Blake’s of the Hollow gets the Powers


CHEERS: ONE of Fermanagh’s oldest and best-loved pubs, Blake’s of the Hollow in Enniskillen, has been selected to be the only place in the world where you can pick up a bottle of the exclusive Powers 2000 19-Year-Old Irish whiskey. Irish Distillers bottled and packaged a single cask of the exclusive whiskey blend which was […]

DUP abstains from Council motion opposing fracking


LOCAL DUP councillors have abstained from a motion which sought clarification as to why a consultancy firm hired by the Minister for Economy Diane Dodds, has not given priority consideration to environment and public health in its research. The motion, which was tabled by the SDLP’s John Coyle at the April Fermanagh and Omagh District […]

JURY SWORN FOR TRIAL OF MAN CHARGED WITH MURDERING WIFE


A jury has been sworn ahead of trial for a 44-year-old man accused of murdering his wife during a boating trip on Lough Erne. Stephen McKinney (44) who previously resided in Donegal but now lives at Castletown Square, Fintona, is accused of murdering Lu Na, on a date between 11 and 14 April 2017. The […]

Ulster Unionist challenge to bilingual street signage


AN Ulster Unionist-led challenge to a motion passed at the local Council to change policy around the erection of bilingual signage, has failed. Legal opinion was obtained on the validity of the motion brought by Sinn Fein, but this found insufficient evidence of a disproportionate adverse impact on a section of the community. During the […]