IN WHAT is a highly significant development for border areas like Fermanagh, an agreement between the Fire Service north and south is set to speed up response times to road traffic accidents. Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) have signed a ‘road safety’ agreement with Monaghan Council Fire and Rescue Service which will enhance […]
Fermanagh sitting top of the heap for increase in jobs
FIGURES just released suggest that Fermanagh is seeing proportionately the largest growth in employment in the North. The total number of jobs has grown by just under 17,000 in the space of a year according to a survey carried out by the Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES). Locally, the Fermanagh and Omagh district […]
TEENAGER is Killed in latest tragedy
THE Lisnaskea community has been plunged into mourning following the tragic death of 18 year old Pearse McElroy. The three vehicle collision which claimed the young man’s life occurred just after 10pm on Monday night (1 October). Police, ambulance and fire crews attended the scene on the Moorlough Road between Lisnaskea and Newtownbutler. A woman […]
Large stash of drugs found near Cornagrade playpark
FOR the second time in two months, drugs have been found in a public place in the Cornagrade area of Enniskillen. Police carried out a search of a nature reserve in the Cornagrade area of Enniskillen on Monday September 29th and seized a large quantity of suspected cannabis resin. The area, close to Devenish Partnership, […]
Police helicopter called in to deal with rooftop drama
A MAN hurled tiles at onlookers below during a roof-top stand off in Enniskillen which cost at least £8,000, the High Court has heard. Part of the town’s centre had to be cordoned off for an entire evening as police spent more than seven hours trying to get Mark Sheridan down, a judge was told. […]
Four days of arts, theatre and entertainment
Four days of arts, theatre and entertainment are coming your way this week. It includes a mix of live enterainment and visual arts to suite a range of tastes. Fermanagh Live opened in Fermanagh House on Wednesday, with ‘The Last Confessions of Alexander Pearce’. It tells the story of 34 year-old Fermanagh farm labourer Alexander […]
SWAH to get extra funds for innovative heart programme
ASSURANCES have been given that Enniskillen’s South West Acute Hospital will get its fair share of funding for a new preventative cardiology programme according to Dr Susan Connolly, Consultant Cardiologist based at SWAH. “You can be sure that the people in Fermanagh will get as much of this service as they need. The activity […]
Roslea man in court over ‘vulnerable’ woman
A fifty-two-year-old man has appeared in court accused of breaching a restraining order, by being in the company of a vulnerable woman. William Thomas Birney from Dernawilt Road, Roslea is accused of committing the offence on September 25. He initially appeared before Dungannon Magistrates Court on Friday (September 28) where bail was opposed. A […]
New store set for Enniskillen
ENNISKILLEN High Street is set to see a shopping boost with household goods retailer Menarys planning to open a new store just in advance of Christmas. The DV8 store has closed it’s doors to make way for the department store’s arrival. Stephen McCammon, Menarys Managing Director said, “Menarys are delighted to announce that we will […]
Animals burned to death in arson attack on farm
THREE animals have been killed and machinery destroyed in an arson attack at a farm in Irvinestown. The blaze is believed to have broken out around 10.30pm on 26 September at a farm on the Killsmullen Road in Tedd. A cow and two calves were inside the closed shed when it was deliberately set […]