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 […]


Caught on camera… Fermanagh now gets its own TV ad


FERMANAGH is to get its own TV ad as part of a new spring tourism campaign. In the past Fermanagh has featured, very briefly, in other TV tourism advertisements, such as a campaign in recent years by Discover Northern Ireland in recent years. Now local tourist marketing body, Fermanagh Lakeland Tourism (FLT), is to produce […]


Live streaming council meeting could cost £1,000 per hr


LOCAL Council meetings could soon be streamed live online, allowing the public to keep closer tabs on what their councillors are up to. However the Council has claimed it would cost up to £1,000 per hour to do so.  Aside from the increasing number of issues that are being discussed confidentially in recent times, all […]