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, […]
Fermanagh MLAs react to pay cut
FERMANAGH’S MLAs have had their salaries cut by a whopping £14,000. The move was made by the UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris, following the continued failure of MLAs to elect a speaker for the Assembly at Stormont and to form an Executive government. This deduction of earnings by 27.5 per cent means that […]
‘Hidden’ homelessness growing in Fermanagh
“Proper record keeping on the hidden homeless population could play a key role in preventative services and predicting future need.”
Red diesel rule change ‘will hit businesses hard’
“This change seems to be designed to increase revenues for the British Treasury in Westminster.”