A DEFIBRILLATOR that had been used to save someone’s live, has been destroyed by thugs at Trillick GAA club. The at St Macartan’s GAC Club on Gargadis Road, Trillick which was stored on an outside wall of the clubhouse, was taken from the cabinet, and completely destroyed. The vandals also broke a window […]
Nuts and bolts of today’s elections
TODAY, Fermanagh voters go to the polls with a total of 12 candidates vying for five seats in Fermanagh South Tyrone. This is a PR (proportional representation) election which means voters put a ‘1’ against the name of their first choice candidate, a ‘2’ against their next choice, and so on down the list. […]
Sinn Fein rubbish claims they’re not pro-EU
SINN Fein have come under attack from an anti-Brexit lobby group on the week of the election, with the group saying it would not endorse the party’s candidates as being pro-EU. Early this week “The Forty-Eight Percent Plus” group, which campaigns against Brexit, endorsed three Fermanagh South Tyrone candidates as being pro-EU – the SDLP’s […]
Courtney reunited with iPhone thanks to kind stranger
AN Enniskillen girl has been touched by the kind hearted actions of a complete stranger from Limerick. Fourteen-year-old Courtney Breen lost her beloved iPhone 6 when she fell climbing Cuilcagh Mountain, on November 19th, 2016, and thought it was gone forever. Little did Courtney know that a kind lady had found the iPhone, took it […]
Teenager rushed to hospital after drink and drug mix
Defendant told she was lucky to have been arrested shortly before taking ill
Pensioner took ‘stupid decision’ to drink drive
A 75-YEAR-OLD Brookeborough man has been disqualified from driving after he crashed while two-and-a-half times the legal limit on the main Belfast Road. Richard Fee of Derrycullion, Brookeborough pleaded guilty to drink driving at Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Monday after he crashed his car on the A4 on January 25. When police arrived at the […]
Rose escort wanted to follow in John’s footsteps
Last year’s Rose of Tralee escort of the year hailed from Fermanagh, and John Slowey is now looking to pass on his title to someone who is ‘man enough’. Rose of Tralee Maggie McEldowney and the reigning Rose Escort of Year, John Slowey, launched the search on Valentine’s Day for lads aged 21 to 30 […]
Mother had child in car boot
A MOTHER who let her child move around freely in her boot as she drove has had her case adjourned so she can come to court to be told “how awful” the incident was. Laura Robinson (33) of Alderwood Park, Salloon, Ballinamallard, failed to turn up for her hearing at Enniskillen Magistrates Court on […]
Courtney confident of conquering the Rebels
A little bit of déjà vu. At this point in last year’s league programme Fermanagh were facing another tricky away assignment. That time they were denied at the death in the Athletic Grounds as Armagh took full points, leaving Pete McGrath’s men perched perilously in the division. Fermanagh recovered well from that setback last season, […]