Priest calls for parades to be confined to ‘own area’


A HUMAN rights campaigner has demanded that Orange Order parades be confined to their own areas in order to prevent violent clashes taking place. Fermanagh native, Fr Sean McManus – who is President of the Irish National Caucus in Washington DC – said that parades themselves were fine as long as the residents of the area where […]

Fermanagh sizzles in scorcher


FERMANAGH basked in glorious summer sunshine this week, as the county picked up the tail end of the extreme weather that saw southern Irish counties and a large swathe of Britain bake in record temperatures. While it was slightly cooler here – or slightly less hot, to be more accurate – the beginning of the week brought the warmest days of […]

Heartbreak at death of young mum


THE COMMMUNITY in Derrylin and far beyond has been left devastated by the death of popular young mother Lorraine Cox-Connolly. The 43-year-old, who passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday, leaves a lasting legacy to others facing a terminal illness, after her pioneering campaign during her own five-year battle with motor neurone disease resulted in a […]

Study confirms fracking would devastate county


FRACKING in Fermanagh would see an unprecedented “industrial revolution” that would transform large swathes of the county’s farmland for industrial use in just five years, cost the county hundreds of millions, and would “despoil” the local landscape. That’s the stark conclusion of a new study into the impact of fracking in Fermanagh, commissioned by the local […]