Emer’s ‘Dry January’ will boost funds for Aisling Centre


‘BETTER days are to come’, for anyone suffering with mental health, according to Emer Jones from Enniskillen, who has taken on the ‘Dry January’ challenge to raise vital funds for the Aisling Centre. “In October I lost my sister Erne to suicide, it has been a very difficult time for me and my family,” explained […]


Erne trio rise to challenge of ‘ideas worth having’


THREE FERMANAGH women have recently taken to the world stage, as part of the TED initiative to showcase their “ideas worth having” as millions tuned in from across the globe. Emma Weaver, her sister Karen Weaver and Mairead Mackle joined 12 other speakers as they made history becoming the first ever Fermanagh women to appear […]


Extended flu vaccinations underway at Castle Park


EXTENDED flu vaccinations got underway at the Castle Park Leisure Centre, Lisnaskea, with Maple group staff “delighted” to be rolling out the essential service for patients aged 50 to 64. “This year the Board recommended that the usual flu vaccine would be extended to patients aged 50 to 64 that don’t have underlying health  problems […]


University students find themselves ‘in limbo’


‘FORGOTTEN’ and ‘left in the dark’ are just some of the words used by university students across the county who have found themselves in limbo once again. As the beginning of second semester approaches, students have been asked ‘not’ to return to campus due to Covid restrictions, while rent agreements continue to be enforced and […]


Treatment of students is the untold scandal of pandemic


LOCAL councillor Sheamus Greene, pictured below, has called out the government for its ‘despicable’ treatment of students during a time when support is needed most. “The way our student population are being treated is a reflection on our society,” he warned. “Students were encouraged to return to college in September by government then threw in […]


New dawn.. Vaccination roll out in health centre


COVID vaccinations got underway at Devenish Practice, Enniskillen, on Monday afternoon with patients ‘hopeful’ that a new dawn is on the horizon after an unprecedented year. Speaking shortly before Monday’s rollout of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, practice manager, Jackie Owens told the Herald, “We only got the vaccine late last week, so we’re starting this afternoon […]


Overwhelming response to SWAH ‘urgent appeal’ for help


LOCALS across the Fermanagh area took to social media in their droves on Sunday night after the Western Trust sent out an ‘urgent appeal’ for staff needed at SWAH. Due to increasing pressures on the healthcare system regionally, the South West Acute Hospital was left with no other option but to accept patient diverts caused […]