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 […]
Growing concerns over findings of stroke unit report
FEARS are growing for what an impending report may recommend for the future of stroke services at SWAH. Local stroke campaigners are currently investigating figures revealed in a response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request placed by Herald with the Department of Health. The Herald had asked how many responses had been received from […]
£10,000 – Council spend talking about Brexit last year
THE COUNCIL has spent more than £10,000 talking about Brexit in just over a year. It is now considering stopping or reducing the number of meetings it holds on the issue because, essentially, no one knows what is going to actually happen with Brexit. In a report that was due to be presented to the […]
Controversial Derrylin pig farm proposals are rejected
PLANS for a controversial pig farm close on the edge of Derrylin have been rejected. There had been fierce opposition from the local community to the proposed development, which would have included a shed catering for over 1,000 pigs, with over 700 objections lodged against the plans. Throughout the process the community had stressed it […]
Public plea for rates freeze ignored, hike vote passed
DESPITE promising a “minimal” increase this year, the Council has voted to raise rates for householders by even more than last year. Last week the Council voted to raise domestic rates by 2.79 percent. That’s more than last year’s increase of 2.3 percent, and brings the total increase in the Council’s domestic rates to almost […]
Cllr hopes Necarne can kickstart Irvinestown economy
THE COMMUNITY in Irvinestown and beyond have been assured the Necarne Estate will remain open to the public, regardless of any potential development. Last night a meeting was due to be held in Irvinestown, arranged by the Saving Necarne group in response to growing concerns in the community about the future of the historic site, […]