SUNDAY 10 February will see the ordination of the new Catholic bishop of Clogher, Mgr Larry Duffy. Plans are in place for his ordination service which will be held at St Macartan’s Cathedral, Monaghan on Sunday 10 February at 3pm. The Monaghan man will fill the role which has been vacant for over two years […]
Man (21) assaulted his own mother and grandmother
Wracked with guilt over attack on victims ‘who do everything for me’
Council hints at another rates increase
The Council is getting set to debate the current rates level.
Woman used billhook to smash house windows
The woman had been heard shouting outside the house earlier that day.
Road ‘in urgent need of repairs’
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