Business as usual!


QUINN Industrial Holdings (QIH) has strongly denied what it called “mischievous rumours and innuendo” in the wake of the vicious attack on company director Kevin Lunney.  Since the shocking attack on the QIH’s chief operating officer in September, during which his attackers threatened to kill him if he did not resign, speculation has been rife […]

Parents advised against buying quads as presents


FERMANAGH parents have been urged to “put safety first” and give serious second thoughts to buying their children quads and other off-road vehicles this Christmas.  With statistics in the South showing the three-out-of-four people killed on quads, scramblers and other similar vehicles were under 18 and the Garda have actively advised parents not to buy […]

National role for former St Michael’s president


A FERMANAGH priest has been promoted to a senior role within the Catholic Church in Ireland.  It will be officially announced today (Wednesday) that Lisnaskea native Mgr Joseph McGuinness  has been appointed to the post of executive secretary of the Irish Episcopal Conference.  The new job will see Mgr McGuinness, who was Clogher diocesan secretary […]

Calls for action as traffic grinds to stand still


AN URGENT review is needed of Enniskillen’s traffic system, with the town already in gridlock even before the Christmas rush begins in earnest.  That was the call from one of the town’s councillors, in the wake of ever growing congestion.  For the last couple of weeks in November, and more so now that December is […]

Drumee’s fat cats slacking off on rat-catching duties!


THE CATS at a local recycling centre are slacking off, it seems, with reports of rat sightings at the site.  The Herald has been contacted by readers who have reported seeing an increasing number of rodents when visiting the Drumee Recycling Centre outside Enniskillen in recent times. One person said they even had to leave […]

Ardhowen Theatre

Plans for Ardhowen Theatre still up in the air


A YEAR on since it was announced the local landmark was in line for a major overhaul, and possibly even relocation, the Council has yet to confirm its plans for the future of the Ardhowen Theatre. Last September the Herald revealed the Council were considering five options for the 30-year-old building, which included relocating the […]

‘Joe Magee’ cot is launched to save endangered curlew


A NEW boat has been launched to help save the some of Fermanagh’s most endangered birds.  A  new traditional cot, which will be used to transport livestock and machinery from the islands of Lower Lough Erne, has been launched by the RSPB. The boat will be named after the Joe Magee, a pioneering Fermanagh bird […]