THE Lough Erne RSPB team has been celebrating the return of the curlew to local lands, where the once-familiar call can now be heard once again. While the curlew had returned to nest on Trasna Island on the lower lough, thanks to the work of the RSPB NI over the last five years, last week said it […]
Accessible bikes are a huge hit at Forum Fun Day
AT the recent JustUs sports event at in Enniskillen, the Lakeland Forum’s accessible bikes proved the biggest hit of the day. Unfortunately, despite the joy they bring to many, the accessible bikes are simply not that accessible! Shelley Cowan, founder of JustUs explained that, unlike other areas including Omagh, those who fancy a cycle cannot simply call up […]
King’s Speech – How new laws will impact Fermanagh
FROM Lord Brookeborough losing his seat in the Lords, to hope for local families seeking justice for their loved ones, to a new legal obligation on our public bodies to be truthful with the community, there was plenty for Fermanagh to digest in last week’s King’s Speech. As part of the official opening of parliament ceremony, King Charles delivered […]
How new Westminster laws will impact Fermanagh
There was plenty for Fermanagh to digest in last week’s King’s Speech.
The Fermanagh woman in the White House
Sheila Nix, whose mother Tess (nee Feely) is from Garrison, is in the running to become one of the most powerful players in US politics.
Calls on Downing Street to return Fermanagh G8 table
The wooden table that took pride of place at the G8 summit when it was held in Fermanagh is now in the Thatcher Room at No 10.
Fermanagh doctors featured in WWII Roll of Honour
FERMANAGH doctors who served in World War II, including a pioneering Enniskillen man who transformed breakfast tables across the globe, have been commemorated in a new book. Dr Denis Burkitt, of Laragh, Ballinamallard, is among the doctors celebrated in ‘Irish Doctors in the Second World War’ by Patrick J Casey, Kevin T Cullen and Joe P Duigan. The book contains […]
Golden swallows take flight in Enniskillen
CHILDREN around the world have grown up hearing Oscar Wilde’s famous fairytale of the statue of a prince that enlists the help of the swallows living at his feet to provide aid to the people of the town he overlooks. Wilde was inspired to write The Happy Prince during his time at Portora school in Enniskillen, where his dormitory […]
Green light given for new Newtown community hub
A DECADE after first being proposed, plans are finally underway to transform the site of the old police station in Newtownbutler into a hub for all the community. With planning officials recommending granting permission for the project, members of the Council’s planning committee will meet tonight (Wednesday) to rubber stamp the application for the community hub […]
Concern as Fermanagh farm incomes plummet
Fermanagh farmers have seen their incomes slashed by almost half in the past year.