A VET has raised more than £950 to give back to the charity that helped her beat cancer. Femke Beacom, who is originally from Delft in The Netherlands but lives in Enniskillen, decided to celebrate her 40th birthday last week by holding a fundraising coffee and cake day at her workplace, Erne Veterinary Group. That, […]
Council opposed to fracking but powerless to impose ban
THE Council has admitted that while it opposes fracking taking place in the county, it might be powerless to stop it. Following the UK Tory government’s lifting of the fracking ban in England, a number of adverts have been placed in newspapers in England and also the North of Ireland have appeared in classified sections […]
Man told by Court to forfeit more than £30,000
The PSNI have revealed that a man with addresses in both Fermanagh and Donegal has had funds worth more than £30,000 forfeited under the Account Freezing Order. It follows the first Account Freezing Order obtained by the Proceeds of Crime Act, which resulted in the forfeit of £7000 worth of funds Detective Chief Inspector Ian Wilson […]
Republic day-trip shoppers boost Enniskillen businesses
SHOPPERS coming over the border from down south are “critical” to Enniskillen’s local economy. Noelle McAloon of the Enniskillen Business Improvement District (BID) says that Republic of Ireland car number plates are a welcome sight as day-trippers from over the border are boosting the town’s coffers by spending their euros here. A number of residents […]
Christmas Lights switch-on may be at risk
Enniskillen could be left in the dark as speculation grows as to whether or not the Christmas Lights switch-on will be the latest event to fall foul of the Council’s axe. Following this week’s decision to cancel next Monday’s Halloween Fireworks display, concerns have been expressed as to whether on not the festive lights will […]
Halloween fireworks goes up in smoke
THIS year’s Halloween celebrations will not be going off with a bang after the Council cancelled Monday’s fireworks night. Finances and an ‘awareness of the cost of living crisis’ have been cited as factors for extinguishing the event’s fuse just days before it was set to take place. The last time Enniskillen’s skyline was lit […]
A ‘spooktacular’ time in store for Halloween
HALLOWEEN night is set to light up the sky and bring out all of Enniskillen’s ghosts and ghouls. The spooktacular occasion will see the Council lay on a grand fireworks display at the Broadmeadow with Omagh staging a similar event at the OASIS Plaza With both events starting at 6pm on Monday, October 31 – Halloween […]
Pondweed could destroy Lough Erne tourism
An invasive species could deal a severe blow to Fermanagh’s tourist economy. The warning comes after a study from the National Diversity Data Centre in the Irish Republic found the widespread growth of Nuttall’s Pondweed throughout the North. Lough Erne is one of the lakes that has seen the weed – native to North America […]
Striker Lafferty gets 10-game ban for sectarian remark
NORTHERN Ireland star, Kyle Lafferty, has been slapped with a 10-game ban after being filmed making a sectarian comment. The Enniskillen-born striker who currently plays for Scottish Premier League side Kilmarnock was given the ban by the Scottish Football Association (SFA) when footage emerged of Lafferty making the comment after being asked to pose for […]
Fears SWAH may be downgraded
THERE are fears the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) could be downgraded to a “glorified clinic” after the Western Trust warned the hospital’s ever-shrinking acute surgery workforce was approaching unsafe levels. It had been expected that the acute surgery service, also known as emergency surgery, would be withdrawn this week, which would result in Fermanagh […]