“There are undoubtedly more examples out there that need to be recorded, but this requires help from the Fermanagh public.”
Council charging health service over £5k rent per week
The Council said it was unable to offer use of its facilities free of charge, and said it did all it could to keep its charges to a minimum.
Fraudsters capitalising on Covid scam warning
This week, the Police are warning of a phishing text that is circulating falsely informing people they are eligible for a Covid vaccine.
True visionary Joe Pat passes away peacefully
Joe Pat Prunty (88), of Lettergreen, Newtownbutler, died peacefully at Gortacharn nursing home last Friday after a short illness.
Fermanagh women did not escape horrors of mother and baby prisons
FERMANAGH women and their babies did not escape the horrors of the South’s mother and baby homes, the recently published commission report into the institutions has revealed. While another report into the operation of institutions for women and babies in the North was due to be published yesterday afternoon (Tuesday), the Mother and Baby Homes […]
Security threat prevents SWAH getting Covid-19 support
BRITISH military personnel will not be deployed to help at the SWAH due to security concerns. Last week it was announced over 100 medically trained members of the military were to be brought in to the North to assist and support hospital staff in their continuing fight against Covid. The announcement was not been as […]
Family fundraising for cause close to many local hearts
THE FAMILY of the late Cecil Hunter, who died suddenly last year, have been supporting a cause close to many local people’s hearts. The community was left shocked when the Kesh man died from a blood clot last August. A father-of-three and a grandfather-of-five, Mr Hunter was a well known building contractor in the area. […]
Concern local farmers missing out over CAP
FERMANAGH’S farmers face being “left behind” their neighbours to the south as the consequences of Brexit continue. That’s the fear of many in the county, with local Cllr Anthony Feely expressing concern that farmers and rural communities here “could be left behind as the south moves ahead with implementing its €10.5 billion share of the […]
Covid forces Lourdes pilgrimage cancellation for a second year
FOR THE second year in a row, Covid has forced the annual Fermanagh pilgrimage to Lourdes. It’s been an annual feature of the life in the local diocese for the past 50 years, however the Diocese of Clogher Pilgrimage to Lourdes, which was due to take place from July 5-11, has decided not to go […]