‘I have been made feel like family’


OVER the past 18 months our local health workers have been going above and beyond in their roles caring for the community, among them many for whom Fermanagh is their adopted home. In recent years international recruitment of medical staff has been a challenge at SWAH, but the tide has begun to turn, with the […]

Hundreds not showing up for appointments


THE LOCAL public is being urged to support the local health service by making sure they attend their hospital appointments, after it was revealed well over 500 people didn’t turn up to for their appointments at SWAH in one month. Cllr Victor Warrington, who works closely with the Western Trust in his role as a […]

Rolling out domestic violence support across the local community


DOMESTIC violence is a pervasive problem across society, and now the hard working team at Fermanagh Women’s Aid (FWA) is on a mission to make support for victims just as pervasive. In recent years FWA has run a number of very successful training programmes with local police and hairdressers in the area, which have led […]

Covid cases continue to climb as hundreds queue for vaccine


WHILE Covid cases continue to grow in Fermanagh, there were heartening scenes at the weekend as hundreds of locals, many of them young people, queued for hours to make sure they got their vaccine. Only one postcode area of Fermanagh saw a reduction in its positive Covid cases this week, with the biggest increase in […]

Bishop questioned over plans to proceed with sacraments


BISHOP of Clogher, Larry Duffy, has drawn attention from An Taoiseach Micheál Martin and the UK government’s Minister for Northern Ireland, Brandon Lewis on two separate clerical matters. Bishop Duffy has joined two other bishops in dioceses south of the border, who have stated they are preparing to hold communions and confirmations in their parishes […]

Plans to close Post office accounts continue


POST OFFICE customers in receipt of benefits are being advised to open bank accounts “as soon as possible” as Department for Communities plans to stop making the payments to Post Office card accounts continue. The plans are being criticised locally, especially since the county has seen several bank branches closed here in recent months. Independednt […]