POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 25-year-old man was found unconscious with a serious head injury in Enniskillen. On Saturday September 15th, the man was cycling along the Cornagrade Road, close to the Baptist Church in the direction of Cherrymount Road Roundabout, at around 2am. He was found unconscious with a serious head injury […]
Pay cut ‘won’t be enough to get politicians back to work’
The main man involved in the ‘We Deserve Better’ campaign thinks that the MLA pay cut will make very little difference.
Warning after elderly woman tells of scam scare
A PSNI spokesman said that they have received numerous complaints from people in Fermanagh about cold callers.
Not for sale! Community rallies round the Ardhowen
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council are currently considering “options” of what to do with the busy theatre, as it currently has a leak in a roof.
Ederney back in the big time
Ederney bridged a 12 year gap since their last senior final appearance with a 3-13 to 3-5 win over Erne Gaels. Now they are looking to bridge and even longer gap, back to 1968 and the club’s one and only senior title. The St Joseph’s men looked well in control at the break last Saturday […]
Number of Masses to be reduced as parishes ‘double up’
THE Number of Masses across Clogher diocese is to be reduced by around 15 per cent with some Catholic churches here to have Mass only on designated Sundays. In a pastoral letter diocesan administrator, Monsignor Joseph McGuinness outlined a reduction in the nummber of Masses which will come into effect from the weekend of […]
Main road to Cavan ‘could be closed over the winter’
THE main road between Lisnaskea and Cavan could be forced to close permanently in the winter if it continues to subside, a local councillor has warned. Speaking at the monthly meeting of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, Thomas O’Reilly said that there was a big danger that the Wattlebridge Road, Newtownbutler would “slip completely”. Mr […]
Fears of creeping GP privatisation in Fermanagh
THERE are fears GP services in Fermanagh could be privatised, following the opening of a private surgery in Co Tyrone recently, in an area facing a similar GP crisis as here in the county. Last month, following the retirement of a well known local doctor in the town earlier in the year, the Duality Health […]
Noon in Blacklion, but 1pm in Belcoo
‘FERMANAGH time’ could have a whole new meeting after Brexit, with the possibility now emerging not just of a hard border between here and the south, but of an entirely different time zone! Following a continent-wide public consultation which overwhelmingly backed the idea, the EU Commission has proposed scrapping the seasonal changing of the clocks. […]