The short film picked up the prestigious Audience Award for Best Short Film at the recent Clones Film Festival.
Townland signs not top priority, council told
THERE is no official requirement for townland and cross-road names to be included on Fermanagh’s road signs, which was the official answer from the roads agency recently when asked why townland signs were being removed. Many have noticed that in recent times signs containing the names of local townlands and crossroads were left out when […]
The Newtown priest who served in the US Civil War
The Society’s AGM will take place before next Monday’s talk.
13-year-old girl stabbed in Lisnaskea
A woman and girl were stabbed during what was described as a “terrifying ordeal” when a group of men forced their way into a house wielding machetes.
Residents in Belleek ‘living in fear in their own homes
ELDERLY residents are feeling unsafe in their own homes in Belleek, while many other residents and visitors are also feeling intimidated, after a spate of anti-social behaviour in the village. A group of teenagers are reportedly harassing business people, bullying other youths, and banging on the homes of older people in the middle of the […]
Want to make more money? Hit the road out of Fermanagh!
Report suggests people here have to accept long commutes for better paid job
Three arrested in connection to Lunney attack
Searches have also been carried out in Cavan, Longford and Dublin.
‘Stupid’ youths blamed for cemetery vandalism
THE DAMAGE caused by fireworks at an Enniskillen cemetery at the weekend has been described by police as “stupid”, “selfish”, and “dangerous.” The toilets at Breandrum Cemetery on the Tempo Road in the town have been closed for the immediate future after fireworks were let off inside the toilet block sometime between Sunday afternoon and […]
Up to five years’ wait for knee and hip operations
FERMANAGH patients needing new hips and knees are having to wait up to five years for an outpatients appointment, and at times over four years to be admitted as an impatient. In the Western Trust’s latest report into orthopaedic services, the area of health concerned with bones and joints, it was revealed the longest […]