Patients dispute Trust claims


LOCAL patients have been contesting claims by the Western Trust that it is not its normal practice to ask Fermanagh patients to make their own way to Altnagelvin for surgery. Since the suspension of the emergency general surgery service at the SWAH in December, local patients requiring unplanned surgery now have to be treated in […]


St Aidan’s mark 50th anniversary


ST AIDAN’S High School in Derrylin is to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a special Mass and reception this weekend, marking half a century of the school being at the heart of the community. The school has already been celebrating the half-century milestone since before Christmas, with its phenomenal musical ‘Annie’ attracting crowds from across […]


Public urged to be vigilant of potential ATM thefts


THE FERMANAGH public has been warned to be extra vigilant to potential ATM thefts, after three incidents in the county over the past two weeks. In the early hours of last Wednesday morning, March 15th, the door of an ATM at a shop on Main Street, Tempo was forced open and a sum of cash was taken. […]


Campaign for ‘New SWAH’ heats up


THE CAMPAIGN for a ‘new SWAH’ has hit the ground running in Fermanagh this past week, with tens of thousands across the county signing up for the plan in just a handful of days. The Save Our Acute Services group launched its new vision for the SWAH at Fermanagh House last Thursday, which included a five-point plan […]


New Lisnaskea health centre won’t be open until 2026


THERE are concerns the new Lisnaskea health centre could be “out of date by the time it gets built”, due to the long delay in the project being started. In a letter to the local Council last week permanent secretary at the Department of Health, Peter May, said the new £20 million 3,500sq metre centre, […]


Ovens recalls learning of North’s first Covid case


MOST of us have our own distinct recollections of the early days of the pandemic but for one Fermanagh man, who was one of the first to learn the virus had arrived in the North, every moment of the beginning of the outbreak here will live long in his memory. As special advisor (SpAd) to […]