THERE HAS been a worrying spike in the number of rural crimes in recent week, especially along the border. From the theft of irreplaceable church records at Derrylin, residents being threatened in their homes in Kesh, tools being stolen from a van parked in an Enniskillen town centre carpark or to burglaries in Bellanaleck. As […]
Traffic Chaos to Last for Months
NEXT YEAR looks set to be one of traffic mayhem in Enniskillen with a number of major infrastructure projects lined up, starting in January and lasting right through until 2020. From January 7th, as part of the Gas to the West project, SGN Natural Gas will begin seven months of work in the town. This […]
Poverty can knock up to three years off your life
INEQUALITIES in Fermanagh society are affecting our health, according to a new report that shows alcohol, drugs and self-harm remain a scourge of many parts of our community. The Health Inequalities Annual Report 2018, recently published by the Department of Health, outlines the gaps in issues affect the most well off and most deprived areas […]
Council ‘nowhere near ready for Hard Brexit’
With Brexit now weeks away council is preparing for worst case scenario
Fears rural school buses may be facing new cutbacks
‘A child of five could be expected to walk further than two miles to school in the morning and two home’
Agency slated over state of the main Dublin road
Fermanagh’s busiest cross-border route labelled ‘an absolute disgrace’
Hospital chief admits pressure is mounting on A&E
“People need to realise that it is for emergencies, it isn’t for common colds or flus or minor aliments.”
Tempo man is cleared of assault on pub doormen
The man had been on a night out at the time of the incident.
