Empty posts puts feis in danger


THE annual Feis Fhearmanach, which in recent years has been hit by a shortage of helpers, has again renewed its appeal for people to come forward to fill empty posts.


Alcoholic farmer allegedly drove tractor at elderly man


  A 60-year-old farmer has been accused of driving his tractor at an elderly man who was farming on land which he previously lost in a bitter divorce.   Patrick Donnelly, of Old Junction Road, Irvinestown, was accused of using a tractor grabber to remove a gate and driving at speed through a field to […]


Sadness at passing of ‘friendly face’ at hospital


  A FRIENDLY face at the South West Acute Hosptial, Sister Monica (Kitty) Gallagher, died peacefully there on Sunday week last, 13th September.   News of her death, following a seven-month illness, evoked genuine shock and regret among patients and staff alike and within the Mercy community and her own family.   Sr Monica was […]


Family ‘overwhelmed’ by show of support for Ellie


FUNDRAISING to help fund research and a cure for brave Fermanagh girl Ellie Nicholl has now went past the £11,000 mark. The eight-year-old has a progressive neurological condition known as H-ABC (Hypomyelination with atrophy of the basal ganglia and cerebellum) Syndrome, one of the rarest in the world and her parents Ciara and Billy are […]


Local coffee mornings for MacMillan Cancer


TO commemorate the 25th Anniversary of Macmillan’s world’s biggest coffee morning two events will be held in the county tomorrow, Friday.   Both the Westville Hotel and Marks and Spencer, Enniskillen will host coffee mornings. From 10am to 12 noon at the Westville has been very kindly donated the use of vintage china from Vintage […]