YET MORE potentially hazardous waste has been found at another Fermanagh beauty spot, this time at Castle Archdale’s Millennium Forest. Back in October asbestos was identified at an illegal dumping spot in Spring Grove forest near Roslea. Now, more dumping has been discovered just off the main Enniskillen to Kesh Road, just past Lisnarick. The […]
Historic night in Fermanagh and across the North
Sinn Fein victorious, but both the SDLP and Alliance up their vote locally
Sinn Fein celebrate after another dramatic night in FST
The constituency is famous for its closely run parliamentary races, and this year it was true to form.
Foodbank set for busiest Christmas ever
Universal Credit has been the biggest factor driving people to use the local foodbank this year.
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 […]