Bid to give young people’s mental health a boost


ENNISKILLEN Rotary Club needs your help to raise money for Action Mental Health’s new service dedicated to the wellbeing of young people across Fermanagh. Club members hosting a coffee in aid of AMH’s new ‘Boost’ service at New Horizons in Enniskillen on Saturday, October 7th at St Macartin’s Cathedral Hall. The kettle will be going […]

150 years of Enniskillen Model School


ON September 2nd 1867, the first pupils passed through the doors of Enniskillen Model Primary School. Today 452 pupils and 50 teaching and non-teaching staff members are based at the Castlecoole Road site. Now 150 years from on that momentous day, this milestone event will be marked by pupils and staff, past and present at […]

Yet another setback for SWAH linked to sick leave


THERE are currently no consultants working within the respiratory and lung cancer services in Fermanagh, the Herald has learned. Ahead of tomorrow night’s meeting about proposed cuts to the services at South West Acute Hospital, the Trust has confirmed that there are ongoing issues affecting the provision of respiratory services across the Western Trust, particularly […]

Prison sentence for assaulting former partner


A Scottish man living in Fermanagh has been given a prison sentence for assaulting his ex-partner. Reece Williams (21), of Lisolvan Park, Brookeborough but originally from Scotland, appeared at Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Monday where he pleaded guilty to three counts of common assault and three counts of criminal damage in relation to two incidents. […]

Warning as BT scams ‘linked to local numbers’


SEVERAL people across the county have reportedly been subject to bogus callers from people claiming to be from BT. On Monday morning, a woman answered the phone to a person who said they were from BT Outreach and that someone was using her Wifi. The number in which the call came from appeared to be […]

Man claimed benefits while working


A MAGUIRESBRIDGE man has been given community service for claiming over £2,000 while failing to declare he had been working. Desmond Ross (38) of Tattinderry Heights pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to declare a change in his circumstances to the Social Security Agency at Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Monday, relating to two periods […]

‘Queen’s honours? I’d rather get my nails pulled out’


UNIONISTS have hit out at comments by a Sinn Fein councillor who said he ‘would rather have his nails pulled with pliers’ than make a nomination for Queen Elizabeth’s birthday honours list. Brookeborough-based Sinn Fein councillor Sheamus Greene sparked anger this week with his remarks to a council official when asked to nominate local people […]

More traffic congestion as roadworks resume


JUST as motorists thought the traffic gridlock in Enniskillen was over, a new £95,000 road improvement scheme is due to start on the Sligo Road with more diversions to be put in place. The new £95,000 scheme which extends from Reilly’s Cross for a distance 350m towards Belcoo is scheduled to start on Monday September […]