Collegiate supporters vow to fight on despite setback


  The Collegiate will not give up the fight and will ‘robustly’ challenge their proposed amalgamation with Portora Royal School. Speaking directly after Thursday’s meeting Neville Hale from the Collegiate deputation said he felt ‘betrayed’ by Devenish College who he claimed had ‘sacrificed the Collegiate’ to gain their new build by backing the proposed amalgamation. […]

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Massive 91% support for new shared campus model for primary schools


  TWO primary schools in Brookeborough are leading the way in shared education across the North after a shared campus proposal received widespread backing from the local community. Two schools, Brookeborough Primary School – which is mainly Protestant – and Catholic primary school St Mary’s, Brookeborough, have launched a proposal which, if successful, would see […]


Maguire twins to follow American dream


  TWO of our brightest young sporting stars are off to America to pursue their dreams. 19-year-old twins Lisa and Leona Maguire from Swanlinbar will take up four year golf scholarships at Duke University in North Carolina, one of the most prestigious golfing schools in the world. The girls who have honed their game at […]


Belleek Native Best Actress at Enniskillen Drama Festival


Rachel O’Connor from Belleek was a local success story at the conclusion of the 34th Enniskillen Drama Festival at the Ardhowen Theatre at the weekend. Appearing as the recovering alcoholic singer Evy Meara in Neil Simon’s comedy ‘The Gingerbread Lady’ she impressed the adjudicator Jill Colby so much that she awarded her the Impartial Reporter […]


Brendan takes a bit of stick about his honeymoon break


  POPULAR Fermanagh SDLP councillor, Brendan Gallagher, took a bit of stick at Monday nights meeting, his first since breaking his arm in a fall whilst on honeymoon. “It must have been some honeymoon”, joked the chairman, Alex Baird. However, the reality was far from funny at the time, the first time that Brendan, a […]