Hard work and resilience cause for celebration!


ST KEVIN’S COLLEGE have honoured top students as proud parents tune in ‘virtually’ to celebrate the outstanding success of their young people. “This is a very different prize giving ceremony, with strict social distancing in place, parents viewing their child receiving an award online rather than sitting down in the audience,” explained principal Gary Kelly. […]

Police issue warning over cold callers


POLICE are calling on residents in Fermanagh to be extra vigilant following reports of a number of cold callers in recent weeks. Superintendent Alywin Barton, pictured below, asked locals to report any suspicious activity of strangers offering unsolicited services or trying to gain access to homes.  He explained, “This could involve offers to clean driveways, […]

Shock at sudden death of GAA goalkeeper (33)


TRIBUTES have poured in from across Fermanagh,Tyrone and the entire GAA community after the shocking news that former Tyrone goalkeeper Johnny Curran had died suddenly on Sunday morning.   Mr Curran, who was just 33, was between the posts when Tyrone won the All Ireland minor final in 2004 and was also on the senior […]

Bishop calls on everyone to play their part


THE CATHOLIC Bishop of Clogher Larry Duffy has appealed to everyone in the community to do all they can to help stop the spread of Covid-19. With infection rates shooting up across the North and in neighbouring bordering counties, tighter lockdown restrictions were brought in all nine counties of Ulster last week, with Stormont announcing […]

Hundreds of workers paying heavy a price for lockdown


WITH many sectors of the local economy currently ‘locked down’ again, and with the furlough scheme coming to an end, many families across the Fermanagh are struggling to make ends meet.  In many cases families are finding it hard to pay their bills or feed their children, and with restrictions set to continue, so to […]

Road victim’s family distress as brother’s killer walks


THE FAMILY of a Fermanagh man who was killed in a motorbike crash in Dublin have said they are “disappointed and distressed” by what what they feel was an “unduly lenient” sentence handed down to the driver responsible for his death. Brookeborough man Stephen Fee, pictured,  died on December 10, 2018 after he was knocked […]

‘Our mistake’: roads agency owns up to lane confusion


THERE was much confusion in Enniskillen recently when motorists found the layout of one of the busiest junctions in the town appeared ‘off’.  Over the past two weeks there have been numerous close calls at the junction at the top of Queen Street. This is because, following recent road works, the lane markings on the […]