Local crime rate on the rise


CRIME is up in Fermanagh, with over 150 extra incidents reported in the local area so far this year, but police have assured the local public the county remains one of the safest in the North.  Last month the Council wrote to the PSNI regarding the alleged attempted shooting of an off duty police office […]


Road surface is blamed for crashes at same spot


THERE have been calls for urgent action to be taken after four cars crashed at the very same spot on a Brookeborough road in the past week.  Since the beginning of this winter, at least nine cars are thought to have crashed at the same corner on Teiges Hill Road, between Brookeborough and Moanes Cross, […]


Fears that Translink debts could see rural bus cut


RURAL Fermanagh is once again facing a possible battle to save its local bus services.  For a number of years now public transport provider Translink has warned of mounting debts and a reduced budget. This week, officials at the Department of Infrastructure warned the service was now “in jeopardy” if it did not receive a […]


Tourists flock to Fermanagh for ‘a day in the bog’


WHEN people think of Fermanagh’s beautiful landscape they usually conjure images of lakes and forests, or the caves and Cuilcagh. A turf bog wouldn’t normally be what first comes to mind.  Thanks to the creative thinking of a Belleek family, however, scores of foreign tourists have been leaving the county with memories of not only […]