Fermanagh won’t be forgotten, promises new SDLP deputy leader


ENNISKILLEN MAN Fearghal McKinney who is new deputy leader of the SDLP has said the party will continue to fight for funding and economic prosperity as he takes his role as the new deputy leader. On Saturday there were jubilant scenes at Armagh City Hotel as 32-year-old Colm Eastwood took over from party leader Alasdair […]


Big Christmas lights switch on tonight


The Christmas season in Enniskillen gets under way on this Saturday (21 November) with the annual ‘Christmas Lights Switch On’. A great programme of family entertainment has been arranged from 3:00pm in the town centre, including face painting, balloon modelling, stilt walkers and cartoon characters. Music will be provided by the Marty Fay Band, who […]


Children asleep in house targeted in latest shooting


THE village of Newtownbutler has for the second time in a year been caught up in a shooting. In the early hours last Wednesday, November 11, shots were fired at a property in Milltown Court and a vehicle set alight. Thankfully the householder and his family, which includes young children were unhurt, despite being in […]


Lose your job or move to Belfast, tax office staff told


THERE is much anger after it was announced the Fermanagh tax office was to close in the coming years, with the loss of 40 jobs to the local area. Last Thursday the HMRC announced their office at Abbey House in Enniskillen was to be shut in 2017/2018. The planned closure is part of their ten-year […]


Police appeal after masked men break into a house


Detectives are appealing for information following reports that three masked men broke into a property in the Coleshill Park area of Enniskillen.  The incident is believed to have taken place around 3am on November 18, when three masked men entered the property and threatened the householder, before making off with a sum of cash.  Constable […]