It’s time to return the railway to Fermanagh


WITH the Department of Infrastructure now considering the submissions to the All-Island Rail Review Strategy, campaigners have been making the case for the return of the railways to Fermanagh. As reported in last week’s Herald, the deadline for submissions to the public consultation to the review was last Friday, and locals were strongly encouraged by […]

Barton speaks out in Stormont Assembly on gender-based violence


SPEAKING at Stormont, a Fermanagh MLA has called for “a zero tolerance approach” to dealing with gender-based violence and for the introduction of an education programme to raise awareness of the issue among young people. Rosemary Barton MLA, a former teacher, was speaking after in the wake of the shock and grief and the murder or 23-year-old […]

Fermanagh facing a childcare crisis


FERMANAGH families are struggling to find childcare and, like the whole of the North, the county could see its economy harmed if the escalating crisis is not resolved. Those were the findings of the latest Northern Ireland Childcare Survey, which revealed the struggles already facing employers in recruiting and retaining staff were being worsened by parents’ […]

More homes to be included in broadband upgrade scheme


THOUSANDS of more homes are to be added to the rural broadband improvement scheme, it was announced recently. The £165 million Project Stratum, which is currently being rolled out by Fibrus, aims to provide superfast broadband to thousands of local homes that receive unworkably slow broadband speeds. Since the roll out of the scheme, however, the […]

Public to have say on railway review


THE PEOPLE of Fermanagh will make a case for bringing the railways back to the county. The local community was urged to have its say on the current consultation on the All-Island Strategic Rail Review, which closed on Friday, January 21. The consultation was launched by Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon in the North and Minister for Transport […]

Petition launched to help slow down traffic in Belcoo


A PETITION has been set up calling for physical traffic calming measures to be introduced in Belcoo, where locals are worried about motorists continually breaking the speed limit. The petition on change.org, set up by the group Belcoo Traffic Calming, was only started last week and already had garnered hundreds of signatures from concerned local residents. […]

GP crisis set to deepen as local doctor resigns


WITH a chronic shortage of general practitioners already causing serious difficulties in the local area, the crisis is set to deepen in the year ahead with more resignations and retirements on the horizon. The latest doctor preparing to hang up his GP coat is Dr Declan Morgan from the Dromore and Trillick Surgery, who has informed […]