THE busy Newbridge Road from Lisnaskea to Derrylin is in ‘urgent need of repair.’ The condition of the road has deteriorated, and from Lisnaskea town centre out, the road is very uneven with several potholes and rutting where the surface has broken down. Sinn Fein MLA Sean Lynch says that road repairs in the Lisnaskea […]
Enniskillen shoplifter gets prison sentence
AN ENNISKILLEN woman has been sentenced to eight months in prison for a number of thefts. Julia Stokes (27) of Drumbeg appeared at Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Monday via video link from Hydebank Prison. Stokes faced a total of 11 sets of charges, mostly for theft but which also included breaches of probation and community […]
‘Rural Uber’ could save the day for country pubs
A NEW ‘Uber’ type taxi service for country areas could help revive Fermanagh’s rural pubs and improve social isolation. That was the view of publicans in the county regarding an ambitious plan currently being considered in the South, that could work equally well in Fermanagh. Proposed by Cork TD Jim Daly as a way […]
Town centre closed at night for critical engineer works
ENNISKILLEN town centre has been closed to motorists at night this week to complete a ‘critical piece of engineering.’ SGN Natural Gas has confirmed that it will be working at night in Enniskillen this week to carry out a critical piece of engineering at a ‘pinch point’ location in the town centre. The work began […]
Warning that transport review ‘could close schools’
BUS drivers have voiced their concern about the future of school transport in Fermanagh by holding a protest outside the Education Authority’s Sligo Road Depot. Led by Unite the Union, the protest was the reaction to a review of home to school transport recently launched by the Department of Education. Speaking to the Herald, Ciaran […]
Man arrested at sister’s wedding
Defendant pleads guilty to disorderly behaviour, resisting police and criminal damag
EU payments ‘account for up to 85% of farmers’ income
Full extent of huge reliance on European money is spelled out
Husband fundraising to bring wife home from hospital
THE husband of an Enniskillen woman who is fighting a rare form of cancer and has been in hospital for the past eight months is raising funds to bring her home. Forty-three-year-old Veronica Earley from Kilmacormick in Enniskillen was diagnosed with Non Small Cell, Lung Cancer in February 2017. It is a rare form of […]
Hit and run driver who killed his brother to hear fate
A PETTIGO MAN who admitted causing his brother’s death by careless driving, will learn his fate this week, just over five years after the tragedy occurred. Although spoken to shortly after the incident, then voluntarily attending again with the Garda, the defendant would not be charged for years, and only after being detained in Strabane. […]
Disbelief at road sign schoolboy error
There was shock and disbelief in Maguiresbridge after the bubble wrap was taken off a townland road sign to unveil “Brookeboorugh Road, Tattinderry”. The misspelt sign on the entrance to Maguiresbridge on the Fivemiletown side was noticed by eagle eyed locals who were left puzzled by the misspelling. Speaking to the Herald, one local resident, […]