Fermanagh’s only hockey club forced to move to Tyrone


THE only hockey club in the county, has been forced to move its training sessions and matches out of the county as the council pitch the team had previously used has become unfit for purpose.  The decision taken by Enniskillen Ladies Hockey club earlier this year was not made lightly. The pitch at the Bawnacre […]

New Sinn Fein candidate is Birmingham mum-of-two


IT MAY not quite be Christmas yet, but in the fast moving world of local politics parties are already making preparations for next year’s district council elections.  Sinn Fein this week announced their candidates for two of Fermanagh’s electoral areas, Enniskillen and Erne East, and there’s a new face among them.  In the Enniskillen area, […]

£1m to put townland names on road signs


THE COUNCIL are to spend close to £1 million in an effort to preserve townland names on local road signs, just a few years after it brought in controversial changes critics warned would see the old townland names become obsolete. New signs have been popping up across the county in recent months featuring local townland […]

Restored church to reopen its doors


A historic Fermanagh church with links to early Christian settlement is set to reopen its doors this Sunday (25 November) following a significant restoration project which began in April past.  The Priory Church at Killadeas was built in 1881 but in recent years suffered from effects of penetrating damp in both the tower and main […]

Shock and dismay as thieves prey on Derrylin church


DECADES worth of ‘irreplaceable’ records have been stolen from the Church of Ireland Rectory in Derrylin. The church safe was taken from the Rectory attached to Kinawley and Holy Trinity Parish Church between the hours of 11.30am and 7.30pm on Thursday 8 November. The safe contained nothing of monetary value, however it did contain a […]

‘Politicians only interested when there’s a photoshoot’


WITH THE future of the border currently hanging in the balance, the people of Fermanagh are feeling used and abandoned by politicians in the Brexit negotiations.  While the proposed transition deal includes a widely welcomed backstop for the North, which would prevent a hard border, the DUP and others strongly opposing the deal, and it […]

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Flu fears causes church to suspend ‘peace’ handshake


ONE parish in Fermanagh has taken the decision to suspend the sign of peace at Mass until the end of the flu season, while other parishes are considering the decision.  The tradition has been suspended in the Parish of Aghlurcher as a precautionary measure due to the continuing risk of parishioners getting the flu.  Fr […]

Neighbouring schools do their bit for charity


PUPILS from Lisbellaw Primary School Choir hit the headlines last weekend as they took part in the hugely popular Children in Need TV programme. The show broadcast on BBC saw a number of the local pupils join forces with five other schools from across the North to take part in a ‘super-choir’ musical rendition of […]