TURNOVER, profits and prospects for QuinnBet, the online gambling company started just a few years ago by Sean Quinn and his family, are all on the up. In 2020, revenue increased by over 50 per cent and profits by over 300 per cent. QuinnBet is also listed on several comparison websites as one of the […]
Councillor urges executive not to mismanage students
SINN Féin Councillor Sheamus Greene has called on the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure students are not subjected to pandemic mismanagement which others before them had to endure in the past two years. “Over the last two years, our student population found themselves paying for university courses and student accommodation which they had very limited […]
Fr Joe McVeigh in interview
THIS MONTH for the ‘Fermanagh Lives Lived’ series of in-depth interviews, the Herald was in conversation with Fr Joe McVeigh from Ederney. Fr Joe talks about his 50 years of ministry which began in Fermanagh the same year as internment was introduced, his early days in Moneyvriece and St Michael’s College, and his passion for […]
Maura was a ‘born educator’
Many people of a certain age in Enniskillen will remember Mrs MacMahon as a teacher in the old Abbey Street and St Michael’s primary schools.
Kelly family takes to social media to express outrage at proposed Troubles amnesty
THE FAMILY of murdered independent councillor and civil rights activist from Trillick, Patsy Kelly, have taken to social media to express their outrage and “trauma” at British government plans to introduce an amnesty for all Troubles murderers. Boris Johnson’s announcement of an amnesty last week was particularly hard for the Kelly family to accept as […]
Pat was a ‘father figure’ to many
THE community of Brookeborough and the wider GAA family is mourning one of its greatest members, in the passing of Pat Wray last week. Described as a “father figure to many”, Pat died peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, 22 July. While Theresa and the couple’s seven children, their grandchildren, […]
Police reissue appeal for missing sex offender
POLICE have reissued their appeal for information on the whereabouts of a convicted rapist from Fermanagh who is curently at large. James Taggart is currently on the run after his licence was revoked. Police first issued an appeal for his whereabouts in February this year. He is described as being 27-years-old, 5’7″ tall, of slim […]
Enniskillen relatives ‘heartbroken’ over amnesty plans
TWO RELATIVES of victims of the Enniskillen bomb have spoken about their ‘shock’ and ‘heartbreak’ at British government plans to prevent future prosecutions of either paramilitaries or members of security forces for atrocities that took place during the Troubles. In what is effectively an amnesty for the perpetrators of violence here, the government’s plan would […]
Teen from Fermanagh who became a leader of men in WWII
WHEN a young Bobby Robinson was learning to hunt around his family’s small farm in Tully near Churchill, little dd he know that the fieldcraft he learned as a boy in Fermanagh would help save his life and earn him early promotion in the British Army during World War Two. Rising to the rank of […]