Foodbank now feeding one in five people in Enniskillen


ALMOST 20 percent of the population of Enniskillen have relied on the Enniskillen Food Bank for support at some point in the last year.  John Shades, manager at the Food Bank explained that in 2018 over 2400 people received food parcels from the local Food Bank. In a town with a population of around 14,000 […]


Special birthday for a special lady…


LISNASKEA woman, Sarah McElroy recently celebrated reaching a milestone birthday. Over 90 family, friends and neighbours gathered for a 100th birthday party to help celebrate the remarkable lady’s big birthday.  For the past few months Sarah has been living with her daughter Patricia, but this did not deter lifelong neighbours from coming along to join […]


Former St Joseph’s pupil behind striking tower block


AN award winning Derrygonnelly architect is celebrating success after scooping a top award for Irish Construction Excellence.  Former St Joseph’s College student Declan O’Dare lifted the prestigious Building Information Modelling (BIM) Excellence award at a ceremony held in Dublin last Friday.  The young architect admits that some of Fermanagh’s prided historic buildings influenced his early […]


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St Kevin’s is now outperforming many grammar schools


NON-grammar schools in the Fermanagh area have recorded a strong A Level performance for 2019. Four local secondary schools ranked in the top 100 performers, alongside three Enniskillen grammar schools. The annual performance guide published by the Belfast Telegraph ranks all post-secondary schools where pupils sit A Level exams. Enniskillen Royal Grammar school was the […]


Herald readers get behind plans for leisure development


PUBLIC opinion is to be sought on the development of a new multi-million pound cinema and leisure complex in Enniskillen.  The complex which is expected to bring a five screen cinema, garden centre, coffee shop restaurant and other leisure outlets to Enniskillen is planned to be located on the old Unipork site, off the Cornagrade […]