TRANSLINK has introduced a new self-service ticket vending machine (TVM) at Enniskillen Ulsterbus station. The machine will enable passengers to pre-pay for their journeys using both cash and card payments. In the last few weeks, Translink introduced new on-bus ticket machines which accept Contactless payments on our Ulsterbus and Goldliner services in the Enniskillen, Omagh and Dungannon areas. Customers here can now […]
Fermanagh junior doctors’ strike to cause disruption
FERMANAGH patients have been warned that the health service will experience widespread disruption this week due to the two-day junior doctors’ strike. Junior doctors in Northern Ireland are staging the industrial action after pay talks with the Department of Health broke down earlier this year. The strike action will take place from 7am today (Wednesday) to 7am on Friday. […]
Fermanagh’s Arlene Foster in line for new job
THE British government has refused to reveal the appointment process after it was reported earlier this week that former first minister Baroness Arlene Foster was appointed chair of Intertrade UK. Concerns were raised about how Intertrade UK appointments are made, but the process that led to Ms Foster’s appointment to the trade body remains under wraps. […]
Serious crashes continue on Fermanagh’s roads
THE spate of recent road accidents continued in the county with two more serious incidents taking place within the last week. Police, ambulance crews and the Northern Ireland Air Ambulance were deployed to the scene of a two-vehicle road crash on the Tempo Road area of Enniskillen at around 5:25pm on Monday. Police said that three […]
Family survives food truck fire in Enniskillen
AN Enniskillen man and his young family narrowly escaped serious injury when the chip van they were working in suddenly went ablaze at the weekend. Van owner Paddy McDonnell was working in the Diamond area of Enniskillen on Saturday night when flames began shooting dramatically from his vehicle into the air and black smoke billowed skywards. Mr McDonnell […]
Junior doctors to stage more walkouts in the North
JUNIOR doctors in Northern Ireland have said they will stage further strike action after pay talks with the Department of Health broke down. It will see two 48-hour walkouts from May 22-24, followed by a similar walkout from June 6-8. Junior doctors previously went on strike for the first time on March 6. A Western Trust […]
Fracking ban motion good for Fermanagh
ECONOMY Minister Conor Murphy’s recent announcement at the Northern Ireland Assembly that he would bring forward a motion to stop fracking in the North was welcome news to residents of rural Fermanagh. The proposal to ban onshore oil and gas exploration and production in the North would cover all forms of onshore petroleum exploration and production – including […]
Fermanagh to raise glass to celebrate World Whiskey Day
IRISH people don’t need an excuse to have a drink, but there is even more of an incentive this weekend. Saturday is World Whiskey Day and events are taking place all over the globe to celebrate it. Having a wee dram is more popular now than ever. Whiskey connoisseur Pat Blake of Blake’s of the Hollow […]
Fermanagh crash victim was to become new dad
A MAN killed in an accident in Newtownbutler last week was due to become a new father. Ronan Cadden, who was in his 30s, died following the two-vehicle collision on the Clones Road on Wednesday, May 8. Mr Cadden from the Roslea Road area of Clones in Monaghan, was the driver of a Ford van which was involved in a collision […]
UPDATE: EE site closure in Enniskillen confirmed
IT was the worst-kept secret in town, but that didn’t make it any easier to accept. Yesterday it was confirmed that the EE, formerly BT, call centre in Enniskillen was closing. Staff members were told that the site would be shutting its doors for good during a morning meeting with a senior BT Group executive. The proposed closure […]