Windows smashed in attack on priest’s home


A parish priest has been left badly shaken after vandals attacked his Parochial House yesterday evening. Fr Joe McVeigh, who is Priest in Residence at St Mary’s in Lisbellaw, returned home on Sunday night to find three ground floor windows smashed at his home on the Tattygar Road. The incident, which police have described as […]


PSNI issues fresh warning about drivers using mobiles


DRIVERS in Fermanagh have been give a fresh warning about the dangers of using mobile phones when at the wheel as latest figures showed that 57 people have already died on the roads of the North this year. The warning comes as last month it was found that Fermanagh and Tyrone court division had the […]


No insurance mum ‘was collecting her sick child’


A LISNASKEA woman who was arrested after she didn’t realise her case was before a local court has been fined and disqualified for driving without insurance.  Naomi Wilson (24) of Newbridge Road in Lisnaskea was charged with unaccompanied driving, failing to display L plates, having no valid test certificate, and driving without insurance.   She […]


Plans to build a new centre for the Knocks


IN what could be a model for other small communities, local groups in the Knocks have come together in order to develop the area for future generations.  A new group, Knocks Community Development Project, has been formed in the area which will take in current local groups such as the Knocks Community Association and the […]


Little boy used in shoplifting scam


YOUNG children are now being used in attempts to steal from local shops, it has emerged.  Last week Enniskillen Magistrates Court heard how a small boy, by himself, was caught wheeling a trolley full of hundreds of pounds worth of goods out of a local supermarket without paying.    The little boy fled when approached […]