‘People will walk away from the church’ OVER 400 people have signed a petition to reinstate weekly Mass in Botha parish after the services were cut due to the shortage of priests. Clogher Diocese recently introduced changes which means Mass is now celebrated on alternate Sundays in Church of the Sacred Heart, Boho and […]
MLAs come out fighting in Stormont travel expenses row
TWO Fermanagh MLAs have defended their decision to obtain travel allowances of over £6,000 each solely for travel to Stormont – the highest figures claimed by any Assembly representatives The travel allowance was paid to MLAs for travelling to Stormont between the last election in March 2017 and June 2018 despite the North being without […]
Brollagh parents welcome U-turn in bus pass dispute
…but some children still have to walk on dangerous stretch road
Police in crackdown on rural criminals
PSNI officers have conducted over 189 vehicle checkpoints, seized nine vehicles and made two arrests during the operation.
‘We won’t tolerate a return to hard border’
It has emerged that the PSNI and An Garda Siochana have been in discussions about how they would cooperate on policing the border post-Brexit.
Two men accused of stealing £26K from car in Lisnaskea
They stand jointly charged with stealing £26,410 from a vehicle at Main Street, Lisnaskea in November.
‘Stupid’ Derrylin farmer is spared prison sentence
A DISQUALIFIED driver caught while subject to two live suspended prison sentences for identical offending, has managed to avoid custody, with a defence lawyer telling Enniskillen Magistrates Court his client’s parents “would be distressed if he is jailed.” Keith Henry John Crawford (43) from Kinmeen Road, Derrylin was detected driving a Volkswagen Golf on July […]
Patients face three-hour journey to pain relief clinic
PEOPLE in Fermanagh who require pain management or a chronic pain service are being forced to travel to Omagh or Derry to be seen by a consultant. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request carried out by Enniskillen woman Helen Hamill explains that the Western Trust is currently not providing a chronic pain service at South […]
‘Big Jack’ and Derrygonnelly ready for Ulster challenge
It was June 2013, Fergus and Gill Kelly have made the brave decision to move back home to Derrygonnelly from Oxford, England. Also making the trip across the Irish Sea were their two sons, Jack and Kieran. For 21-year-old Jack the rest is history. Back then he was a 16 year old who had never […]