CHILDREN’S health is going to suffer as a direct result of cuts to the school sports curriculum. That’s the message from Fermanagh school principals after the Department of Education last week confirmed it was to cut a £1.3 million programme that employed either an Ulster GAA coach or an IFA soccer coach in primary schools […]
FAMILY PLEA: ‘Please just let her rest in peace!’
A GRIEVING aunt has made a direct appeal to whoever is taking personal items from her niece’s grave to “let her rest in peace.” Young mother-of-four Carolyn Hicks from Enniskillen died shortly before Christmas last. She was laid to rest at Cross Cemetery. Over the past six weeks, however, wreaths and other items left on […]
Pay freeze health workers warn of huge strike action
Fermanagh health sector workers could be taking to picket lines in the new year if something isn’t done to improve their working conditions.
Annual Graan car draw launched
Taking place at the Killyhevlin Hotel on November 23rd, this year’s dinner dance features country singer Johnny Brady a
Current GP situation “unsustainable”
THERE have been renewed calls for health chiefs to meet with local representatives over ongoing issues of GP cover in the county, following the recent chaos in Lisnaskea. The town’s Maple Health Centre was already under pressure even before it saw its patient load significantly increase with GP retirements and the closure of other surgeries […]
Another arson attack at home of Quinn manager
Company urges authorities to prioritise investigation, with no arrests made to date.
Fermanagh man is new ambassador to Brazil
Sean Hoy has been Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, as well as to the Ivory Coast, Senegal and Ghana, for the past for four years.
Syrian families to make a new home in Fermanagh
FAMILIES fleeing war torn Syria are to make their home here in Fermanagh. A total of five families are to be resettled in Enniskillen as part of the part of the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme (VPRS). It’s the first time anyone from the scheme, which is aimed at helping families who have been affected by […]