A NEW ‘Uber’ type taxi service for country areas could help revive Fermanagh’s rural pubs and improve social isolation. That was the view of publicans in the county regarding an ambitious plan currently being considered in the South, that could work equally well in Fermanagh. Proposed by Cork TD Jim Daly as a way […]
Town centre closed at night for critical engineer works
ENNISKILLEN town centre has been closed to motorists at night this week to complete a ‘critical piece of engineering.’ SGN Natural Gas has confirmed that it will be working at night in Enniskillen this week to carry out a critical piece of engineering at a ‘pinch point’ location in the town centre. The work began […]
Warning that transport review ‘could close schools’
BUS drivers have voiced their concern about the future of school transport in Fermanagh by holding a protest outside the Education Authority’s Sligo Road Depot. Led by Unite the Union, the protest was the reaction to a review of home to school transport recently launched by the Department of Education. Speaking to the Herald, Ciaran […]
Man arrested at sister’s wedding
Defendant pleads guilty to disorderly behaviour, resisting police and criminal damag
EU payments ‘account for up to 85% of farmers’ income
Full extent of huge reliance on European money is spelled out
Husband fundraising to bring wife home from hospital
THE husband of an Enniskillen woman who is fighting a rare form of cancer and has been in hospital for the past eight months is raising funds to bring her home. Forty-three-year-old Veronica Earley from Kilmacormick in Enniskillen was diagnosed with Non Small Cell, Lung Cancer in February 2017. It is a rare form of […]
Hit and run driver who killed his brother to hear fate
A PETTIGO MAN who admitted causing his brother’s death by careless driving, will learn his fate this week, just over five years after the tragedy occurred. Although spoken to shortly after the incident, then voluntarily attending again with the Garda, the defendant would not be charged for years, and only after being detained in Strabane. […]
Disbelief at road sign schoolboy error
There was shock and disbelief in Maguiresbridge after the bubble wrap was taken off a townland road sign to unveil “Brookeboorugh Road, Tattinderry”. The misspelt sign on the entrance to Maguiresbridge on the Fivemiletown side was noticed by eagle eyed locals who were left puzzled by the misspelling. Speaking to the Herald, one local resident, […]
Wedding bells for woman who had life-saving transplant
AFTER being postponed twice, Karen Lyon’s wedding day was ‘a dream come true’ for the double lung transplant patient. The 32 year old Enniskillen woman wed her Australian husband, Greg Piergrosse, on Friday at Enniskillen Townhall and celebrated with family and friends at the Ceili House in Monea. One year ago, Karen underwent a double […]
Two Quinn directors injured in alleged assualt
QIH has confirmed that two of its directors were assaulted in a local shop in Ballyconnell this Friday afternoon. The assailant fled the scene after QIH staff and members of the local community intervened to assist the QIH directors. Both men are seeking medical attention for injuries sustained. Gardai are investigating. Commenting, Liam McCaffrey, Chief […]