A LOCAL woman has landed a haymaker on her doubts and plans to go the distance healthwise thanks to boxing. Two years ago Hannah Spokes from Lisnaskea ruptured two discs in her back while working as a nurse at the A&E Department of Cavan General Hospital. She suddenly hit a downward spiral due to her […]
Time, please! Charlie’s Bar ends loyalty card scheme
PATRONS of Charlie’s Bar in Enniskillen have been left drowning their sorrows after the news their loyalty card scheme is to end. The new legislation from the Department for Communities – a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive – now means that from April 6, 2023, bar licence-holders will be prohibited from operating a […]
National award for spreading kindness far and wide
AN inspiring charity project, which started in Fermanagh before spreading across the North and far beyond, has won a major national award. The Kindness Postbox, set up by Enniskillen woman Nuala O’Toole during the pandemic to link schoolchildren with isolated care-home residents, was named runner-up in the Ireland section at the Creative Lives Awards in Leeds last […]
Irvinestown man working with his heroes Horslips
WHEN Fermanagh man Cormac O’Kane was asked to remaster all of Horslips’ music, he jumped at the chance, but it was no easy feat. For the past two years, Cormac, who is originally from Irvinestown, has been working on the huge remastering project at his Redbox Recording studio in Belfast. Now completed and called ‘More Than You […]
Fermanagh on verge of serious childcare crisis
A CHILDCARE business owner in Fermanagh has called for urgent support to help the struggling sector, which she says is in crisis. Clare Maguire owns Burrendale Day Nursery in Enniskillen and revealed the desperate state of the local industry. “My light and heating costs have gone up from £9,000 to £25,000 in one year. My […]
Local house prices going up despite interest rate rise
THE average house price in Northern Ireland has grown by 5.7 per cent to reach an average of £185,009 despite a rise in interest rates, a new report has revealed. That left the North with the strongest annual growth of 12 UK regions, according to research from lender Halifax. Across the UK as a whole, annual house […]
Buyer found for old South West College Fairview campus
THE sale of the old Fairview campus of the South West College in Enniskillen has been agreed upon. Sources have told the Herald that a deal is being finalised and it is believed to be the well-respected Byrne family of Modern Tyres – Ireland’s largest independent tyre retailers, which was established almost 60 years ago – are the prospective […]
Cheltenham win would be perfect tonic for Christie
A FIRST win at Cheltenham for David Christie next week will mean even more to the local horse trainer as he has been struggling with ill health recently. A mystery virus first laid him low at the South West Acute Hospital, before matters took a turn for the worse and he contracted meningitis followed by […]
Social worker tells of ‘growing BPD epidemic’ in county
A Western Trust social worker has supported a local mother’s fears that borderline personality disorder (BPD) is claiming young people’s lives needlessly. Erin Donnelly’s 18-year-old daughter Katie had been suffering from the disorder when she died suddenly at the Fermanagh and Tyrone Hospital in Omagh last September. Lack of treatment and understanding of the mental illness are two of the biggest issues vulnerable […]
How BPD is making teenagers’ lives hell
A LOCAL mother has urged for more to be done to highlight the dangers of borderline personality disorder (BPD) after the tragic death of her daughter. Erin Donnelly’s 18-year-old daughter, Katie, had been suffering from the disorder when she died suddenly at the Fermanagh and Tyrone Hospital in Omagh last September. Lack of treatment and understanding of […]