THE restoration of one of Enniskillen’s most historic buildings is one step closer following the appointment of architects to develop teh £2.3m scheme. The old Enniskillen workhouses is to be transformed into a modern business enterprise and heritage centre. Belfast-based Kriterion Conservation Architects will develop project plans and drawings to support a round two application […]
Survey suggests society here is becoming more sectarian
A JUST published survey claims that fewer people believe relations have improved between the two main traditions here compared to five years ago. Less than 50 percent of the population in the north believe that relationships between Protestants and Catholics are better – a marked decreased on five years ago. This is according to new […]
Batten down the hatches… another storm on the way
HOLD on to your hats, another big storm is on the way! Just three weeks ago the county was rocked by Storm Ali, as winds reached up to 80 miles per hour and caused chaos throughout the county with trees falling and blocking roads at a number of rural locations across the county. Thousands of […]
Cost of home heating looks set to soar
AS the nights gets darker and the temperature drops, the price of electricity and heating has soared adding further pressures to households ahead of a long winter. Gas company Flogas and electricity supplier Power N| have both increased their prices significantly from October 1st. Customers of Flogas in Fermanagh have recently received letters detailing that […]
Traffic disuption as main border road to remain closed
THE MAIN road from Lisnaskea to Roslea and on to Monaghan is to remain closed for the next two weeks while essential work is carried out to improve road safety. Traffic disruption is expected as motorists will have to follow diversions on minor roads through the Knocks area and with significant crossborder traffic using the […]
Learning to bend – not break on World Mental Health day
By Shauna Cathcart IN thinking about the theme of Resilience for World Mental Health day 2018 I am reminded of an incident that happened to me the day storm Ali hit Fermanagh. I was pulling into the museum carpark when a man from the council came running towards me. He pointed to a huge tree […]
Health chief’s starkest warning yet on future of SWAH
IN THE clearest indication yet that services at South West Acute Hospital may need to be cut the second most senior executive of the Western Trust has warned that the hospital faces difficulties in ‘maintaining current services on a stable footing’. In an unusually forthright statement on the future of SWAH, deputy chief executive Kieran […]
Shock at sudden death of popular Monea woman
THE sudden death of Monea woman Mary Meehan has shocked the communities of Botha this week. On Saturday Mary and her husband Pat were attending a niece’s wedding in the Kilmore Hotel, Cavan, when she took ill. She was immediately rushed to Cavan General Hospital where she passed away on Monday, surrounded by her loving […]
More windfarms on the way with Labour in power
THE prospect of many more windfarms dotted across the Fermanagh landscape could become a reality if the Labour Party gets into power in the next general election. The number of wind farms could almost double, creating thousands of jobs in the renewable energy sector in the next few years with the Labour Party proposing to […]
Father avoids jail for assaulting his five-year-old son
AN Enniskillen man who struck his five-year old child so hard he left bruising, and claimed to have exercised “lawful chastisement”, has been given a suspended prison sentence, for the second time, after committing a similar assault on his other child beforehand. The accused, who is aged in his thirties, cannot be named to […]