WHILE Fermanagh has long been a battleground between “green and orange”, one of the candidates in this year’s Westminster election has noted a slow move away from the tribalism of the past. Cllr Adam Gannon was speaking after he overseen one of the biggest jump in the vote for the SDLP in Fermanagh South Tyrone […]
Speeding motorists big worry for roadside school
ROAD safety due to the speed of vehicles passing St Joseph’s primary school on the Dernawilt Road in Donagh has been highlighted again this week. The rural primary school is positioned just feet from the roadside. School pupils have been observing the speed of passing vehicles this week. The Fermanagh and Omagh Policing and Community […]
Old Collegiate site prime property for upmarket housing
A NEW build for Enniskillen Royal Grammar School is scheduled for completion for summer 2024. Since the amalgamation of the Collegiate Grammar School and Portora Royal School in 2016 the newly formed school operated across a split campus utilising the former sites of the respective schools. Speaking to the Herald this week, school principal Elizabeth […]
Hospital plea to public as winter pressures hit hard
THE LOCAL health service is under serious pressure all year round but over the next few weeks the demand on services gets even more acute. So much so that the Western Trust is implementing what it describes as a ‘winter resilience plan’ for SWAH to ensure that those in greatest need get top priority. Unscheduled […]
Silver Audi linked to string of burglaries
FERMANAGH has once again been the target of a series of burglaries and thefts. This week there are reports of crime across the county in both towns and remote rural areas. In the Drumbawn area of Enniskillen unoccupied properties were targeted on Sunday. A Police spokesman outlined, “Police received a report of a burglary in […]
Outrage as ‘Scrooge-like’ DVLA clamp over 30 vehicles
THERE has been widespread outrage right across the county about the increase in cars being clamped over road tax and other issues. The DVLA clamp-down is aimed at car owners that haven’t got their cars properly taxed and over 30 vehicles have been clamped here since Sunday. Some of the vehicles clamped may have been […]
Enniskillen dump in line for £1.7m upgrade
THE ENNISKILLEN dump is set to get a state-of-the-art upgrade. The Drummee Recycling Centre, just outside the county town, is to share a funding pot of £1.72 million, which the Council hopes will help it meet its 2020 recycling rate target of 50 percent. Currently, a total of 48.7 percent of all local waste is […]
Death of priest who devoted life to rural parish
THERE was widespread sorrow this week at the news of the death of Canon Patrick Lonergan, retired parish priest of Belleek and Garrison. Canon Lonergan died in the South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen after a short illness. Described as ‘an iconic figure’ he was one of the main influences in the establishment of St […]
£90k work to bring road up to southern standards
WORK HAS begun on the northern side of the Concession Road, which runs from Clones to Cavan through Fermanagh, to bring it up to standard with the South. Last minute shoppers from the South may have to contend with a little disruption this week, with diversions in place along the route, however according to local […]
Dirty nappies found at latest dumping site
YET MORE potentially hazardous waste has been found at another Fermanagh beauty spot, this time at Castle Archdale’s Millennium Forest. Back in October asbestos was identified at an illegal dumping spot in Spring Grove forest near Roslea. Now, more dumping has been discovered just off the main Enniskillen to Kesh Road, just past Lisnarick. The […]