We’ll be back in the morning for all the results from the remaining DEAs, Erne West, Erne North and Omagh.
Looking good for Sinn Fein across Fermanagh
The counting in the Fermanagh wards is only just beginning here at the Omagh Leisure Centre in the local election.
Trust refuses to say if it will restore SWAH surgery
Despite some recent success in its recruitment of surgeons, the Western Trust has refused to say if it will restore emergency surgery to the SWAH.
Search on for obs and gynae consultants for SWAH
Currently, obs and gynae is the only service performing emergency surgery at the SWAH.
Everything you need to know about the local election
For full coverage of the results as they happen over the weekend, make sure to tune into the Fermanagh Hearld live blog!
SOAS gathers scores of patient horror stories
OVER the past several months, since emergency general surgery was suspended at the SWAH in December, community campaign group Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) has been liasing with local patients on their surgery experiences and journeys. SOAS has recorded scores of these stories, anonymously and in confidence, and has provided the Herald with a summary of […]
Erne Paddlers lead community big litter pick
IT’S our most precious environmental and economic resource but, until last week, the shores of the Erne around the county town were a litter-strewn mess. Thanks to the hard work of Erne Paddlers, though, walkers will have noticed a distinct improvement in local litter levels over the past week. The group is now calling for a […]
Love of Fermanagh’s past set Séamas on literary path
FROM his early days feeding his imagination with the stories of Fermanagh’s past, to become an internationally-renowned bi-lingual writer, Séamas MacAnnaidh is well known across Ireland and beyond for his way with words. Having enjoyed a successful career in the literary world, he has been living back home in Fermanagh for the past 20 years, […]
Hundreds of stray dogs are going unclaimed each year
HUNDREDS of stray dogs were reported in the local area last year, however only a few dozen were eventually returned to their owners. The sad statistics show in Fermanagh and Omagh, between April and December 2022, the Council received 227 complaints in relation to stray dogs. A total 51 of those located were returned to their […]
Patient’s long, painful journey from SWAH to Altnagelvin
The daughter said what her mother, and other local patients, had gone through was “a disgrace”.