LIVERPOOL’S crowning as Premier League champions at the Etihad stadium tomorrow night could be seen as a bitter sweet occasion, picking up the title after a 30 year wait without a single fan to cheer it on. However, for local supporters here in Fermanagh, they’re just happy to be dominating the league once again. To […]
Radical health plan could restrict public use of A&E
AS the health service ‘resets’ following the peak of the Covid crisis locally, it has been proposed that A&E access should be limited to ambulances only in future. Last week the Western Trust revealed the Emergency Department (ED) at SWAH had been becoming steadily busier in recent times and demand for the service had returned […]
Fears for school bus services when lockdown is lifted
THERE are concerns Fermanagh’s school bus drivers will be put at risk if they are not given adequate protection when children begin returning to the classrooms. At the moment, the plan is for some pupils to start returning to school from August 24 onwards, with all pupils expected to be back in class by September. […]
Union rep warns against post-Covid cuts to NHS
THE PUBLIC have been urged to be vigilant against any potential cuts to the local health service as it emerges out of the Covid surge. In recent weeks both the Department of Health and the Western Trust have announced their plans for resetting and rebuilding services. Jill Weir, who is a health campaigner and chairwoman […]
Positives may yet come out of the pandemic
THERE is no doubt Fermanagh’s the Covid crisis has been a tragedy, with local lives lost and the county’s economy left in tatters. However, believe it our not, the pandemic may actually lead to some positive and much needed changes in the county. In fact, with the transformation across the whole of society in recent […]
Lockdown forces Lourdes pilgrimage to go online
IT’S BEEN an annual feature of life in the diocese for the past 50 years, and now for the first time ever the summer pilgrimage to Lourdes is going virtual. The Clogher Diocesan Pilgrimage to the French holy site had to be canclled this year due to the Covid pandemic, however the diocese […]
Binmen kept busy coping with extra waste
FERMANAGH’S binmen have been lifting huge amounts of extra waste from local homes since the lockdown began. With recycling centres and dumps closed across the county for the majority of the lockdown, which began at the end of March, our frontline binmen were left with tonnes of extra work to do. A total of 673 […]
MOT centres set to reopen in July
WHILE most of us have been given an extension on our MOTs for the year, many motorists who were unable to avail of that extension have been forced to keep their vehicles off road during the lockdown. Thankfully that is now about to change. On Monday Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon announced plans for a phased […]
College confirms plans to reopen in September
STUDENTS will be returning to one of Enniskillen’s colleges this September, it has been confirmed. While some third level institutions are exploring remote learning for the upcoming academic year, it was confirmed at the weekend agriculture CAFRE would be physically opening, as much as possible, again in September. “Face-to-face delivery is the preferred option for […]
Binmen kept busy coping with extra waste over lockdown
FERMANAGH’S binmen have been lifting huge amounts of extra waste from local homes since the lockdown began. With recycling centres and dumps closed across the county for the majority of the lockdown, which began at the end of March, our frontline binmen were left with tonnes of extra work to do. A total of 673 […]