Almost 20 years on from the Good Friday Agreement there are concerns over the polarising rhetoric of the recent election campaign.
Travel disruption as bus users braced for all-out strik
The No 30 route from Doengal to Dublin, via Fermanagh, is expected to be disrupted by the stike.
Nail biting finish for Fermanagh South Tyrone
It could be coming down to a battle between Maurice Morrow and Sean Lynch for the last seat.
DUP and SF looking strong as count begins
Two biggest parties so far looking strong, although it’s early days yet.
Sinn Fein rubbish claims they’re not pro-EU
SINN Fein have come under attack from an anti-Brexit lobby group on the week of the election, with the group saying it would not endorse the party’s candidates as being pro-EU. Early this week “The Forty-Eight Percent Plus” group, which campaigns against Brexit, endorsed three Fermanagh South Tyrone candidates as being pro-EU – the SDLP’s […]
Brexit may mean pet checkpoints along the border
“Pet passports” might be needed to cross the border following Brexit
Craze taking Fermanagh by storm
BOTH the cancer fundraising firewalk in Belleek next week, as well as last year’s Walk for Dad, were organised by Firewalking Ireland, based in Strabane. Stephen Brown, who himself did his first firewalk eight years ago, before starting the company over three years ago, explained they bring the firewalk to the fundraising teams, such as […]
Public urged to report dead birds in flu scare
ANYONE who comes across a dead bird in Fermanagh, particularly a dead swan or duck, is being urged to report their find as experts strive to control the spread of bird flu. So far there have been eight confirmed cases of avian influenza across Ireland in recent times. Two of these have been in […]
Gaming scam could have cost local couple hundreds
A FERMANAGH mother has issued a stark warning about online safety after her son’s iPad was hacked, costing the family hundreds of pounds and exposing the seven-year-old to online stranger-danger. The woman was speaking after her a game app her son plays, ‘Roblox’, was hacked, leading her and her husband to investigate the game more. […]