FERMANAGH’S nurses could be taking to the picket lines as soon as this September, with strike action becoming increasingly likely if current union talks with the Department of Health breakdown. As reported in the Herald earlier this year, a strike over pay and working conditions has been considered for some time. Now the Royal College […]
Police come under attack in early morning disturbances
MISSILES were thrown at Police who came under attack in the Cornagrade Road area of Enniskillen in the early hours of Saturday morning. A group of people gathered in the area and had placed material in the road and attempted to set it on fire. Police received a number of calls at approximately 4.25am on […]
PUPPY DIES IN CAR AS TEMPERATURES SOAR
TWO people have been cautioned for animal cruelty following the death of a husky puppy which died after being left in a hot car during soaring temperatures. As temperatures reached well over 20 degrees on Sunday, members of the public in Enniskillen were alerted to a dog which had been locked inside a car in […]
West Fermanagh chosen as guinea pig for new census
THE PEOPLE of west Fermanagh are to be guinea pigs for the next census. While the census is not due to happen until March 2021, over 4,000 households in the west of the county will have to take part in a ‘test run’ of the process this October, over a year-and-a-half before the rest of […]
‘Half an hour extra and I might not have made it…’
AS LOCAL people gear up for tonight’s second public meeting on the future of the stroke unit at SWAH, one stroke survivor has spoken out about the care he received at the hospital after suffering a stroke at a football match. Hundreds of people are expected to attend the meeting in the Killyhevlin Hotel tonight […]
Warning after woman is stung in £5,500 phone scam
The woman’s device was hacked and scammers accessed her bank account.
Young men warned of ‘sextortion’ scam
Police have received a number of reports of local youths being targetted online.
Plans unveiled for major new housing development
A SIGNIFICANT new housing development could be in the pipeline for Irvinestown. If given the green light by planners, a development of 70 houses could transform the future property offering in the area. The application recently lodged sets out plans for a housing development on the Ardlougher Road. The proposed development is understood to refer […]
Police clock van driver doing 97mph on A4
ENNISKILLEN police who clocked a speeding driver travelling at 97mph have been commended. The speeding van driver was detected by p olice conducting a speed check on the A4 dual carriageway. The main route runs from Enniskillen through to the M1 Motorway and has over taking lanes near Fivemiletown and again near Lisbellaw. Commenting a […]
Hundreds of complaints-only a handful about A&E waiting
ALMOST 700 people lodged a complaint against the Western Trust in the last year, new figures from the Department of Health have revealed. However, with a total of 690, the Western Trust had the least number of complaints of all health and social care trusts in the North at 11.4 percent. It also saw […]