TRAFFIC lights at a busy junction in Enniskillen are changing “faster than usual” and causing major congestion and delays across the town. The misfiring traffic lights at the junction of Belmore Street and the Dublin Road near Gaol Square are creating a huge bottleneck, with motorists regularly getting gridlocked. In January, after a vehicle collided with a light […]
Derelict Railway Hotel will be redeveloped, says owner
A WELL-KNOWN local businessman who owns the former Railway Hotel premises in Enniskillen has given assurances that there are development plans for the derelict building. Last Monday a fire was started deliberately in the building and other instances of anti-social behaviour have been reportedly taking place within the property. Residents had voiced fears that worse incidents […]
Mental health expert calls for better BPD awareness
ONE of the North’s top mental health experts has said there should be ‘greater awareness, training and resources in the community’ to help those suffering from borderline personality disorder (BPD). Colin Hughes, a lecturer in Education in Mental Health Nursing, and Programme Director of the Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy Programme at Queen’s University Belfast believes there is scope for much more […]
Newstalk gets ‘Down to Business’ in Enniskillen
Some of the best local businesses were featured on the radio show, which was broadcast live from Enniskillen Castle.
Huge rise in Fermanagh families relying on food banks
“There’s around a 75 to 100 per cent rise in the number of families in need of help in the area.”
Lisnaskea woman punches her way to happiness
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 […]