It may be hard to believe, but the local area had one of the largest resource budgets for road repairs and improvements in the North.
Kind Newtown family helping children this Christmas
“At the end of the day, we don’t know how lucky we are to even have a roof over our heads.”
Quinn writes to MLAs
FOLLOWING on from his letter to the Oireachtas Justice Committee in Dublin, Seán Quinn has now written to all MLAs in the North, alleging the PSNI had failed to investigate reports of “multiple acts of fraud and criminality.” Last month Mr Quinn wrote to TDs and senators who are members of the Justice Committee, calling for an investigation into alleged fraud during […]
Devenish College’s video pulls at the heartstrings
A short film made by the school’s Year 9 girls illustrates the loneliness some students feel at this time of year.
Cross-border ‘boy racers meet’ delayed ambulance
The ‘diffing and drifting’ events, which are believed to be pre-organised on social media and attract drivers from across the country.
English study shows inequity facing Fermanagh patients
A study in England on distances to GP services access has laid bare the disparity between NHS patients living on both sides of the Irish Sea.
Ted shares lung cancer journey to help others
IT’S one of the scariest diagnoses a patient can get, but with the right support, proper awareness, and ever-advancing treatments, lung cancer doesn’t have to be a life sentence, even at its later stages. That’s the message from Derrylin man Ted O’Driscoll who has been living with Stage 3 lung cancer for over six years now. He has called for a […]
Fermanagh GAA backs SWAH campaign
Fermanagh GAA has given its strong backing to the community campaign to restore emergency general surgery at the South West Acute Hospital.
Irvinestown businesses join forces for festive fun
Irvinestown Chamber of Commerce is organising Christmas market this Saturday.
Court date set for St Mary’s legal challenge
THE CAMPAIGN to save St Mary’s Primary School in Fivemiletown took another step forward this week, when a date for the legal challenge against its closure was set for the High Court in Belfast. Since the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) and the Education Authority (EA) earmarked the school for closure in January this year, […]