Newborn babies receive knitted hats


THE spirit of giving is still very much alive this Christmas in Mount Lourdes Grammar School.  Students have generously donated knitted hats to the Maternity Ward of the South West Acute Hospital.   These hats were painstakingly knitted as part of their Post-16 Religious Education and Living Programme (REAL), which offers students the opportunity to […]

Food Service award for Colm


Belleek man Colm Daly, business manager for Sodexo at Allstate NI, has received the Business and Industry Award on behalf of his team at the annual Food Service Management Awards in London.   Colm is with colleagues Alaistair Armstrong, account manager, Government Services and Cathy Adamson, craft development chef for Sodexo in Northern Ireland, who was […]

Fears grow over fewer Masses


‘People will walk away from the church’   OVER 400 people have signed a petition to reinstate weekly Mass in Botha parish after the services were cut due to the shortage of priests. Clogher Diocese recently introduced changes which means Mass is now celebrated on alternate Sundays in Church of the Sacred Heart, Boho and […]

Shock at sudden death of popular Monea woman


THE sudden death of Monea woman Mary Meehan has shocked the communities of Botha this week. On Saturday Mary and her husband Pat were attending a niece’s wedding in the Kilmore Hotel, Cavan, when she took ill. She was immediately rushed to Cavan General Hospital where she passed away on Monday, surrounded by her loving […]

Four days of arts, theatre and entertainment


Four days of arts, theatre and entertainment are coming your way this week. It includes a mix of live enterainment and visual arts to suite a range of tastes. Fermanagh Live opened in Fermanagh House on Wednesday, with ‘The Last Confessions of Alexander Pearce’. It tells the story of 34 year-old Fermanagh farm labourer Alexander […]

River crossings milestone met as gas project powers on


Specialist engineering work taking place in Fermanagh including a series of key river crossings has been described as a “hugely significant element” of the project to bring natural gas to the western area. David Butler, Head of Engineering with SGN Natural Gas which is responsible for the multi-million-pound energy infrastructure project, confirmed that specialist drilling […]