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School leavers finding employment hard to come by
WORK isn’t easy to come across, especially if you’re just out of school. To make things worse, there have been some worrying reports across the UK which may potentially spell disaster for young people, with the the economy stagnating and now employers indicating a reluctance to hire younger workers. School leavers in the North are […]
Child poverty figures could be even worse than claimed
CHILD POVERTY in Fermanagh could be worse than figures in a new report suggests. A study by Loughborough University – which was commissioned by the End Child Poverty Coalition – shows that 22.2 per cent of children in Fermanagh are living below the poverty line. Both Belfast and Newry, Mourne & Down council areas have the highest […]
Health group requests meeting with new Maple managers
A COMMUNITY group set up in response to the GP crisis in the wider Lisnaskea area has requested a meeting with the new organisation that has taken over Maple Health Practice. Earlier this month news a Federation Support Unit (FSU), which is made up of a group of doctors and set up by the Department of […]
Greene slams Invest NI’s east of the Bann bias
A COUNCILLOR has hit out at Invest NI and former Fermanagh MLA, Arlene Foster, for creating a lop-sided investment balance between the County and regions east of the River Bann. Figures released earlier this month by The Independent Review of Invest NI showed that counties east of the Bann gained 72 per cent of Invest […]
Sadness at death of much loved Lisnaskea man Gerry
Gerry was the long-serving kit man for Lisnaskea Rovers and ‘his heart lay’ with the team.
Children’s playgroup programme at risk thanks to cuts
A PLAYGROUP worker has spoken of the devastating effect that education cuts will have on children. Michelle McGrory from Newtownbutler Playgroup helps run ‘The Railway Kids Programme’ for young children aged two to three-years-old and has been funded by the Pathway Fund that was set up to enhance amongst other things, the pre-school sector. However, […]
History of Fermanagh Civil Rights movement
A RETIRED teacher from Derrylea has published a book on the Fermanagh Civil Rights movement. Dermot Maguire, 76, who was an Art teacher for 30 years in Belfast, was inspired to write the history of the campaign during the initial Covid lockdown period. Documenting the period between 1969 to 1974, the book looks at the […]
Call for greater support for south Fermanagh tourism
THERE have been calls for greater effort to be made to promote tourism in the south of the county, and to make Upper Lough Erne as popular a visitor destination as Lower Lough Erne. Cllr Garbhan McPhillips has called for the Upper Lough Erne Tourist Group to be re-established to help promote the area, noting there […]
Public sector workers stage industrial action
PUBLIC SECTOR workers in Fermanagh joined teachers in walking out on strike today demanding better pay and conditions. Members of the trade union NIPSA were out in force protesting outside the Jobs & Benefits Centre in Enniskillen. James Carey, secretary of the NIPSA branch there, stated that the industrial action had been voted on by […]