A LISNASKEA man stole over £100 of steak from a local supermarket to repay a debt, his barrister has said. Matthew Slate (39) of Carrowshee Park appeared at Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Monday where he pleaded guilty to the theft of food from Lidl, Lisnaskea on November 6th last year. Slate had been seen taking […]
Threat with screwdriver
A MAN in his 70s has been left shaken after three men threatened him with a screwdriver and stole money from him at his home in Kesh. On Sunday night, it was reported that shortly before 7pm a man, aged in his 70s, was about to enter his house on Brookhill Road in Kesh when three […]
Deal on offer would ensure no hard border
IT’S BEEN a rollercoaster week in the world of Brexit, particularly here in Fermanagh where the everyday consequences of any deal, or no deal, will be felt the strongest. The proposed withdrawal agreement Prime Minister Theresa May revealed to the world last week has generally been welcomed locally. Both Sinn Fein and the SDLP […]
Anger over closure of school bus depot in Lisnaskea
THE Education Authority has announced the closure of the school bus depot in Lisnaskea. The closure is due to take place next Friday, November 30th with the EA bus depot services being moved to Enniskillen. Vehicle maintenance services which were previously carried out in Lisnaskea have already been transferred to Enniskillen, while a small amount […]
Fermanagh’s only hockey club forced to move to Tyrone
THE only hockey club in the county, has been forced to move its training sessions and matches out of the county as the council pitch the team had previously used has become unfit for purpose. The decision taken by Enniskillen Ladies Hockey club earlier this year was not made lightly. The pitch at the Bawnacre […]
New Sinn Fein candidate is Birmingham mum-of-two
IT MAY not quite be Christmas yet, but in the fast moving world of local politics parties are already making preparations for next year’s district council elections. Sinn Fein this week announced their candidates for two of Fermanagh’s electoral areas, Enniskillen and Erne East, and there’s a new face among them. In the Enniskillen area, […]
£1m to put townland names on road signs
THE COUNCIL are to spend close to £1 million in an effort to preserve townland names on local road signs, just a few years after it brought in controversial changes critics warned would see the old townland names become obsolete. New signs have been popping up across the county in recent months featuring local townland […]
Restored church to reopen its doors
A historic Fermanagh church with links to early Christian settlement is set to reopen its doors this Sunday (25 November) following a significant restoration project which began in April past. The Priory Church at Killadeas was built in 1881 but in recent years suffered from effects of penetrating damp in both the tower and main […]
Shock and dismay as thieves prey on Derrylin church
DECADES worth of ‘irreplaceable’ records have been stolen from the Church of Ireland Rectory in Derrylin. The church safe was taken from the Rectory attached to Kinawley and Holy Trinity Parish Church between the hours of 11.30am and 7.30pm on Thursday 8 November. The safe contained nothing of monetary value, however it did contain a […]
‘Politicians only interested when there’s a photoshoot’
WITH THE future of the border currently hanging in the balance, the people of Fermanagh are feeling used and abandoned by politicians in the Brexit negotiations. While the proposed transition deal includes a widely welcomed backstop for the North, which would prevent a hard border, the DUP and others strongly opposing the deal, and it […]