Doctor shortage as SWAH struggles to attract top talent


IT’S PROBABLY the most admired hospital building in the country, yet the state-of-the-art South West Acute Hospital is still struggling to recruit the small number of medical staff it needs to operate properly. The Western Trust has insisted that no services are under threat at SWAH, despite a critical shortage of consultants at the hospital. […]

Positive cases double in a fortnight as hundreds tested


THERE ARE now well over twice the number of positive Covid cases in the local area than there were at the end of the lockdown, with almost as many people testing positive in the last seven days as there were throughout the first four months of the pandemic. However there have been no deaths from […]

Police hand out fines for Covid restrictions


OVER 50 fines for flouting coronavirus rules have been issued in this area since the pandemic began in March, according to Police. In the Fermanagh and Omagh Council area more penalty notices were issued than neighbouring Mid Ulster, 20, and various other regions such as Antrim and Newtownabbey, 30 and Lisburn and Castlereagh City, 23. […]

Erne GAA season suspended


Fermanagh GAA has announced that all training and all games within the county have been suspended until further notice, at both club and county level, as a result of a spike in Covid-19 cases within the county. A spokesperson for Fermanagh GAA said: “At a meeting of An Coiste Bainistí yesterday evening via tele-conference, it […]

Mental health warning as winter edges closer


VERY FEW Fermanagh folk look forward to winter. For many who suffer from SAD (seasonal affective disorder) shorter evenings and darker mornings can be almost unbearable. “For me it’s just the worst time of year,” explained Enniskillen wellbeing coach, Linda Johnston. “I myself suffer from SAD and have done since my teenage years. It’s only […]

BREAKING: Firefighters called to Erne Egg Plant


Firefighters from a number of stations in Fermanagh are fighting a serious blaze at the headquarters of Erne Eggs on the outskirts of Lisnaskea this morning.  They arrived to a scene of billowing black smoke from one of the units on the Moorlough Road. 

Ageing health centre now ‘leaking like a sieve’


DESPITE the current centre “leaking like a sieve” and being “unfit for purpose”, a new health centre for Lisnaskea remains at least three years away. However, progress is being made on the project. The problems with the current Maple Health Centre in the town were raised again at Stormont this week, when local MLA Sean […]

Funfair family insist safety is top priority


THE LOCAL family behind Cullen’s Amusements has assured the Fermanagh public it is going above and beyond with their Covid safety measures. A regular feature of Enniskillen summers for many a year, the family-run funfair rolled into town last week for the first time since the coronavirus crisis began. For some the sight of the […]

Garda checkpoints go up as Donegal goes into lockdown


WITHIN hours of the Donegal being ‘locked down’ again at the weekend, Garda checkpoints went up at various crossings from Fermanagh into the county.  After it was announced Donegal was to be moved to Level 3 of the south’s Covid restrictions system last Thursday night, An Garda Siochana announced on Friday it was resuming ‘Operation […]