Drink driver crashed into combine harvester


A 48-year-driver who crashed into a combine harvester outside Enniskillen was almost four times over the limit. After the collision the driver, Damien Martin Cassidy, of Woodview Crescent, Trillick fled the scene and was found by police at a local pub. He was disqualified from driving for two years, given a four month custodial sentence, […]

Fermanagh takes action to aid in refugee crisis


THE PEOPLE of Fermanagh have taken action to tackle the refugee crisis across Europe, with a lorryload of supplies soon to be delivered to those in need. A group on Facebook entitled ‘Fermanagh – Calais. Refugee Solidarity Action’ was started on Thursday and since then six drop-points for donations have been established in the county […]

‘Very fabric of life here under threat from emigration’


Parish priest Fr Jimmy McPhillips warns that the drift of young people away from rural Fermanagh is having serious consequences for communities here. “It’s only two years since I arrived into the parish of Botha, a parish that has 560 families on record. But, these families are older than the average family because many of […]

Oisin’s parents back organ donation campaign


THE parents of Oisin McGrath, the 13-year old St Michael’s College student, from Belcoo, who died as a result of a playground incident in the school in February this year have thrown their weight behind organ donation. Nigel and Sharon McGrath donated their son’s heart to save the life of a little girl. This week […]