Calls for ‘common sense’ approach to broadband improvement scheme


  THERE have been calls for a more “common sense” approach to the major rural broadband improvement scheme that is currently being rolled out by the Executive, with many Fermanagh homes in need of an upgrade being left out of the project. Since the announcement of the postcodes in line for improvement under Project Stratum, […]

‘I have been made feel like family’


OVER the past 18 months our local health workers have been going above and beyond in their roles caring for the community, among them many for whom Fermanagh is their adopted home. In recent years international recruitment of medical staff has been a challenge at SWAH, but the tide has begun to turn, with the […]

Hundreds not showing up for appointments


THE LOCAL public is being urged to support the local health service by making sure they attend their hospital appointments, after it was revealed well over 500 people didn’t turn up to for their appointments at SWAH in one month. Cllr Victor Warrington, who works closely with the Western Trust in his role as a […]

Rolling out domestic violence support across the local community


DOMESTIC violence is a pervasive problem across society, and now the hard working team at Fermanagh Women’s Aid (FWA) is on a mission to make support for victims just as pervasive. In recent years FWA has run a number of very successful training programmes with local police and hairdressers in the area, which have led […]

Covid cases continue to climb as hundreds queue for vaccine


WHILE Covid cases continue to grow in Fermanagh, there were heartening scenes at the weekend as hundreds of locals, many of them young people, queued for hours to make sure they got their vaccine. Only one postcode area of Fermanagh saw a reduction in its positive Covid cases this week, with the biggest increase in […]