Col George Walter ‘Sandy’ Saunderson was murdered by the IRA at a school in Teemore 50 years ago.
SOAS working with health bodies to restore SWAH surgery
The hard working team at Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) are still working tirelessly in the background to restore emergency surgery at the SWAH.
Fermanagh public urged to have its say on fracking
A public consultation on the future of the future of fracking in Fermanagh is due to close next week.
Fermanagh invites extended to US Special Envoy
THE INVITES to US Special Envoy Joe Kennedy III to return to the local area for a visit just keep coming. Last week Mairaid Kelly, who led the successful campaign to save St Mary’s Primary School in Fivemiletown, travelled to Boston as part of an Ulster University (UU) leadership programme. While there Ms Kelly, who was selected […]
Pay rise for Pilgrim Food Masters workers
WORKERS at Pilgrim’s Food Masters in Enniskillen have agreed an inflation-busting pay rise, with the boost being lauded as a trade union victory. Members of union Unite at the processing factory, which was formerly Kerry Foods, have ended their industrial dispute with bosses after accepting a pay rise of £1.02 per hour. The new offer […]
Rio Ferdinand reveals Fermanagh connections
RIO Ferdinand has revealed he is part-Fermanagh man, with his wife Kate also having strong connections to the county. The former Manchester United star and England international was speaking at a cross-border youth event in Sligo last week that brought together young people from across the border counties, including Fermanagh, at the Sligo Rovers’s home […]
Fermanagh set to lose 15 phone boxes
IT’S THE end of an era, with Fermanagh set to lose up to 15 public pay phones, with BT stating they are simply not being used often enough. With almost everyone now habitually carrying a mobile phone with them, the use of public payphones has plummeted over the past decade or two. With many removed from the […]
Exodus of Fermanagh health workers moving south
THE local health service is hemorrhaging experienced professional staff, who are hopping across the border where they are getting “significantly” better pay for doing the same jobs. The Western Trust has warned of a “challenging” situation in retaining Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) in the local service, with over 40 staff leaving the area to go south over the […]
Fermanagh patient’s 25-hour wait for emergency surgery
A FERMANAGH man who recently required emergency surgery has spoken of his horrible experience of travelling to Derry and waiting over 24 hours to be treated for a condition his doctor had deemed to be very urgent. The man, who stressed he was not normally the type to contact newspapers with complaints, got in touch with the Herald after […]
Mourners urged to remember happy times with Kelly Lynch
THE HEARTBROKEN friends of Kelly Lynch Gilroy have been urged to remember the happy times they spent with the 23-year-old, not the tragic circumstances surrounding her death. That was the message from Kelly’s devastated parents, Julieanne and Seán, delivered by Fr Jimmy McPhillips PP at her funeral at Holy Cross Church in Lisnaskea on Friday. […]