THE MOTHER of 15-year-old Enniskillen boy, Paul Maxwell, who was killed alongside Lord Mountbatten in an IRA bomb in 1979, has said Mary Lou McDonald’s apology for the atrocity “means very little”. Mary Hornsey was speaking to a newspaper this week, in which she said the Sinn Féin President’s apology was “shallow” because it didn’t come with […]
Looking at ways to future-proof high street businesses
IN THE second part of the Fermanagh Herald’s feature on the current state of play for the county’s town centres, we focus on Irvinestown. The buzz words coming from retail experts when discussing the future of the UK’s high streets is “kindness economy” and “sustainability”and Irvinestown already has that in spades, too. As concern about […]
Lamb prices to stay strong
As households sought spring lamb for the Easter Sunday lunch table, marts were reporting “fantastic trade” for sheep.
Mourners’ grief at death of young mother of three
“There has been a cloud hanging over the communities of Brookeborough and Lisnaskea since Sharon’s death.”
Fresh concerns over AstraZeneca roll-out
GPs and pharmacies across Fermanagh have been supplied with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for roll-out in the community.
Beautiful town’ becoming littered with rubbish
IT WOULD appear that litter is one of the unwelcome outcomes to arise from the pandemic over the past year with the local Council admitting they are “aware” of a problem. The Fermanagh Herald has been contacted by a member of the public who sent photographs along with an expression of disappointment at the way […]
Civil Rights campaigner Devlin recalls McManus’ ‘good punch’ in Commons
BERNADETTE Devlin McAliskey, the firebrand anti-establishment politician and Civil Rights campaigner, has spoken of how Lisnaskea solicitor and former Westminster MP, Frank McManus, “bounded” down from the back benches to defend her during an altercation in the British Houses of Parliament. Ms Devlin McAliskey was in interview with UTV’s Eamonn Mallie for his popular Face […]
Most affable man in Fermanagh policing retires
THE Fermanagh Herald caught up with PSNI Chief Inspector Roy Robinson on the week he retired from policing after 42 and a half years. In a long and distinguished career, Roy has witnessed changes in policing work, the police force and local society as a whole. The most affable man in policing has also navigated […]
Allister gets the ‘red card’ for comments on local GAA clubs
THERE has been animated reaction to comments made by unionist politician, Jim Allister, who recently referred to the villages of Derrygonnelly and Trillick as “obscure places”. The Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) party leader was invited on radio to discuss the allocation of the Sports NI Sport Sustainability Fund, which was announced last week. While on […]
Town centre’s ‘beating heart’ has changed
Historian Frankie recalls a lively Enniskillen town where there was plenty of banter.