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 […]
Local businesses give old water service site a new lease of life
Bold moveby Fermanagh Enterprise is a real vote of confidence in local economy
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 […]
Pat picks up €77,000 in Winning Streak
FORMER Belcoo gaelic footballer, Pat McGowan well and truly scored when he picked up a cool €77,000 in last Saturday’s National Lottery Winning Streak Game Show on RTE.
A bet’s a bet…
In October 2013, the Westville Hotel won the Fermanagh Herald Best Tourism Service Provider Award and as pre-agreed, the two ‘losing’ finalists had to clean a bedroom in the winner’s hotel (scroll to the bottom for the video). Hence, Michael Cadden of the Enniskillen Hotel and Terry McCartney of the Belmore Court & Motel were […]
Bringing four largest churches together is the focus of new project
THE Queen’s visit to Enniskillen in June, 2012, and her subsequent meeting with local clergy in their churches, has led to a novel approach to forging closer ties between the four main churches and their flock. The Irish Churches Peace Project (ICPP) project has been at work quietly over the past several months among the […]
Butter buried in bog in Tempo could be up to 1,500 years old
A 3lb block of ancient butter unearthed in a Tempo bog, and now permanently housed at the Fermanagh County Museum, could be 1,500 years old!
Gas plan seen as boost to long-term future of Aventas
UP TO 7,000 homes and businesses across Enniskillen and Derrylin will have access to natural gas as an ambitious plan to invest £200m in gas pipeline gets underway.
Standing room only as farmers voice alarm over payment cuts
The farming community here is united in opposition to proposed cuts to their CAP (Common Agricultural Practice) payments.