Tourists coming to Fermanagh were along those left waiting at the airport when the bus was cancelled at the last minute.
Lisnaskea mum praises SWAH for saving her baby’s life
A LISNASKEA mother has praised the maternity and neonatal staff at the SWAH for saving her baby daughter’s life. Amanda Oldfield has thanked the hard working team for all their amazing care and support after baby Jessica arrived five weeks earlier than expected via emergency Caesarean section. Amanda said she wanted reassure women going through […]
Concern as mobile library service cut for the summer
THERE is concern over the reduction of rural library services in Fermanagh over the summer, with both the mobile library service and the ‘Homecall’ service cut completely for the month of July. Since 2014 there has only been one mobile library providing services to rural Fermanagh, with the service supplemented by the Homecall service which […]
Trust finds ‘no viable alternatives’ for SWAH surgery
Further details on this findings report are expected to be released later today.
Why Fermanagh’s a great place to live and work
“THE style of life here is the best in Northern Ireland, and maybe in the UK.” That’s the assessment of former senior consultant surgeon at the SWAH, Essam Ghareeb, who is originally from Egypt and moved to Fermanagh in the mid 1990s and set up his life here. Mr Ghareeb believes fellow consultants from across […]
Patients will die says former SWAH surgeon
A FORMER senior surgeon at the SWAH has made an impassioned appeal to the Western Trust to commit to restoring emergency general surgery (EGS) at the hospital, stating he has no doubt patients here will die if the service is lost. Essam Gharreb was a consultant general surgeon at the Erne Hospital and the SWAH […]
St Mary’s PS fights back against closure
“We will also be welcoming a new intake of children to Primary 1, as our school continues to go from strength to strength.”
Sectarian flags and graffiti in Fermanagh condemned
THERE are fears local community relations could be damaged by the appearance of sectarian flags and graffiti across Fermanagh since the start of the summer. Two UVF flags were recently erected in the Chanterhill area of Enniskillen, which some feel has been an attempt to intimidate nationalist residents and create tension. Dozens of Union flags are […]
Community represented in King’s birthday honours list
THE local area was well represented in King Charles’ first birthday honours list, with those who have made a difference to the local community and wider society recognised for their efforts. Take Genevieve Irvine, for example, who has been awarded a BEM (British Empire Medal) “for services to people affected by cancer in County Fermanagh.” Ms Irvine […]
No ambulance for teen who suffered serious injury
THE mother of a teenager who suffered a serious head injury at a local sporting event at the weekend had to drive her son to the SWAH herself as no ambulance was available when they called. The incident took place in Lisnaskea on Saturday, when a 15-year-old boy fell and landed badly on his head […]