Middle East conflict driving up local oil prices


IN A reversal of what we’ve become used to over the years, pump prices in Fermanagh are currently cheaper than in our neighbouring counties to the South. However, with the conflict in the Middle East seeing a surge oil prices, don’t expect to save on fuel or home heating costs this winter. While diesel is currently still cheaper south […]

Share Village lighting up the dark evenings


THE DARK evenings may be drawing in, but it’s still ‘all go’ at the Share Discovery Village in Lisnaskea. Next month BBC Radio 4’s popular panel programme ‘Any Questions?’ will be broadcasting live from the holiday and activity centre, and the local public are being urged to take part. The show, which airs on Friday […]

Royal boost for Lisnaskea Men’s Shed


LISNASKEA Men’s Shed’s work helping to preserve rural woodcrafts and protect local wildlife has been given a royal boost. The group, which is run by the Oak Healthy Living Centre, has been given a grant by the Royal Countryside Fund (RCF) – formerly known as the Prince’s Countryside Fund – for a new project. This project is […]

Concerns over ‘finality’ of SWAH consultation


THERE is concern over the apparent finality of the consultation on the removal of emergency general surgery (EGS) from the SWAH, after it emerged the Western Trust now deemed the process to be completed. A Freedom of Information disclosure to local campaign group Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) has revealed Trust chief executive, Neil Guckian, wrote […]

Public meeting is called on returning rail to Fermanagh


THE FERMANAGH public has been urged to have their voices heard on returning the railways to the county. A public consultation has been in place this month but the deadline for responses and comments is close to midnight tonight (Friday, September 29). There has been outrage since the publication of the proposed plan to bring […]

SWAH surgery situation raised in House of Lords


THE FIGHT to save SWAH surgery has been taken to the halls of Westminster. Last week Lord Brookeborough, who is a hereditary peer, raised the issue at the House of Lords, after having already written to MPs in the Commons urging them “to provide as much help and influence” as they can in helping restore […]