“There is not a day goes by that we do not think of Tasha and our heart breaks.”
Mental health a top priority at St Kevin’s College
“Students can’t just go home and switch off…social media has them connected 24/7”
Police warning after latest spate of attacks on ATMs
The latest warning follows attempts to steal ATM machines last weekend.
Lisnaskea youngsters resurrect scarecrow tradition…
CHILDREN from the two main primary schools in Lisnaskea have come together to resurrect a forgotten tradition. St Ronan’s primary school joined forces with the Moat primary school and contacted businesses around Lisnaskea to ask if they would create and display a scarecrow. The aim was to get an event running that involved everyone, so […]
Death of an islander and ‘a giant of a man’
ONE of Fermanagh’s most colourful characters has died peacefully in hospital after a short illness. John James Reihill from Derrylin Road, Lisnaskea, and formerly of Innishcorkish Island was 87 and was described as ‘a cornerstone for his family’, during the funeral Mass on Sunday. Fr Jimmy McPhillips told mourners they were laying to rest an […]
Early birds ‘camping out’ to snap up new homes
A HIGH demand for residential homes in Enniskillen is expected to be illustrated again this month as a number of three bed semi-detached homes go on the market. This month the Herald revealed that Enniskillen is in line for a massive residential boost with over 500 new homes in the pipeline. To date a growing […]
Local residents ‘living in fear’
AFTER a 13-year-old girl was left critically injured over the weekend, residents of the Trasna Way area have been left to feel unsafe in their own homes. One resident voiced their concerns by saying: “A child got seriously hurt, that’s not right in any community, nobody is above the law especially when this happens on […]
Two men jailed over death of young mother
Two men who engaged in a high-speed car chase leading to the death of Letterbreen woman Natasha Carruthers have been jailed. Natasha, a 23-year-old mother of one was killed when the car she was a passenger in hit a tree near Derrylin in 2017. Detectives from PSNI’s Major Investigation Team have welcomed the conviction of […]
Townland signs not top priority, council told
THERE is no official requirement for townland and cross-road names to be included on Fermanagh’s road signs, which was the official answer from the roads agency recently when asked why townland signs were being removed. Many have noticed that in recent times signs containing the names of local townlands and crossroads were left out when […]