FEARS are growing in Fermanagh for the future of the border backstop now prime minister Theresa May has announced her resignation. Last week, during a trip to the Quinn plant in Derrylin, Brexit secretary Stephen Barclay tried his best to assure the people of Fermanagh there was nothing to worry about with regard the change […]
‘We’ll take to the streets over potholes ‘epidemic’
A STAGGERING 2,300 road surface “defects” have been reported in Fermanagh since the start of the year, yet only 951 have been repaired. The Department of Infrastructure confirmed the figures to the Herald after a local councillor vowed the people of the county would take to the streets if nothing was done to address the […]
Bird lovers ‘disgusted’ at cutting down of bushes
The Buttermarket is currently undergoing a renovation.
Quinn bosses lay it on line for Brexit secretary
Agreement with backstop needs to go through urgently, Barclay told
Massive pig plant planned for site on edge of Derrylin
‘We don’t know why they want to build it so close to the town, with the health effects it will have residents and so on’
Advisers’ quit Trust project linked to ‘gagging orders’
TWO of the Fermanagh ‘experts by experience’ who were assisting the Western Trust have stepped down after being asked to sign what have been called “gagging orders”. As part of the Pathfinder community engagement project, which was set up by the Trust last year with the promise of improving local services, seven members of the […]
Back to polling booths next week!
THE POSTERS from the Council elections were barely down last week when posters for the upcoming European Parliament elections began appearing on telegraph poles across Fermanagh, which take place next Thursday. If it wasn’t for the posters, though, many could be forgiven for not knowing there was another election at the end of the month. […]
Our out-of-work MLAs claim £300k expenses
While this week SWAH announced bed closures, our politicians are getting thousands in expenses and insist they are providing a ‘first class service’
Sinn Fein man hits out at Parachute regiment flags
Controversial flags ‘aimed at provoking nationalist community’
Voters ‘were turned away’ in polling station confusion
“So many people, I feel, in Enniskillen missed out on their right to vote because of the changes the electoral commission made.”