School

‘Don’t panic’ advice for A Level students


WITH hundreds of students across Fermanagh currently awaiting their exam results, the advice is not stay calm, consider your options and, above all, don’t panic.  The A Level results will be released online tomorrow morning, Thursday, at 8.30am. Pupils will also be able to receive their results from their school, where their teachers and classmates […]


Disused cafe with half-million pounds price tag


A disused cafe in Enniskillen town centre has been put on the market for half a million pounds. The former Cafe Cellini on East Bridge Street, which has been boarded up for several years and was formerly Florence’s women’s clothes shop, is up for sale for offers over £495,000, with rates estimated to be just […]


‘Pride festival game-changer, but keep politics out’


PEOPLE need to “put political and religious opinions aside” and welcome a gay pride festival in Fermanagh to much needed support for the countless LGBT people in our community, according to a local man who attended the event.  Last weekend tens of thousands of revellers descended on Belfast for the annual Pride parade. For one […]


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Crowds pose threat to Cuilcagh


FEARS are growing the Cuilcagh Mountain boardwalk has become so popular it is now threatening the fragile ecosytem it was built to protect. The popularity of the boardwalk has grown so rapidly over the past four years the Marble Arch Geopark has been struggling to cope. The geopark has been working continually to counter this […]


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Nisha set to conquer her fear of heights


A FERMANAGH teenager who is terrified of heights is planning on jumping out of a plane to help others struggling with mental health issues. St Kevin’s student Nisha Maguire is preparing for a 13,000ft sky dive for the end of August, all to raise funds for the Aisling Centre in Enniskillen. It is a cause […]


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Pig farm protesters in appeal for crossborder support


A LOCAL community group has been lobbying neighbouring councils south of the border for help objecting to a proposed pig farm. Around 60 people turned out for a meeting organised by the Derrylin Community Association at St Ninnidh’s Hall last Thursday, which focused mainly on a planning application for a piggery close to the village. […]


Recycling service helping with back-to-school costs


FERMANAGH families are going into debt in order to cover the cost of their children returning to school.  However, the fast-growing Facebook community, Fermanagh Free-Cycle, is a growing resource for struggling parents too. Based on the premise of giving away old items free in order to encourage reuse and to reduce waste, increasingly parents of […]