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Fermanagh parents unite to tackle crippling costs

With the new school year upon us, many Fermanagh families struggle with the rising cost of new school uniforms.

Fermanagh parents struggling to pay for school uniforms

“I didn’t know if I would get it in time for them starting school which meant that my food shopping money had to go on uniforms.”

Back to school… Parents are kitting children out for new uniforms

As a mother to five children who are in four different schools Zoe Tunney knows all too well, the cost of kitting kids out for school. This week she gives a first hand account of what it is like to get a family of school age children kitted out to return to the classroom. IN […]

Parents ‘up in arms’ over expensive school uniforms

“Clothes shops and shoe shops needed to be reopened before schools started back up.”

All pupils to return to school after Easter break

Pupils in all primary and post-primary schools will return to school after the Easter holidays. This follows a review during today’s Executive meeting when it was agreed that the remaining students in years 8 to 11 could resume face-to-face teaching from 12 April. Education Minister Peter Weir said, “A major milestone has been reached today […]

Fears over Covid-19 risk on buses

Local councillor and bus driver Sheamus Greene fears adequate safety measures have not yet been put in place to protect both drivers and pupils.

Families get together to share back to school costs

Parents are struggling to cope with ever increasing back-to-school costs. Some are even going into debt.

Recycling service helping with back-to-school costs

FERMANAGH families are going into debt in order to cover the cost of their children returning to school. However, the fast-growing Facebook community, Fermanagh Free-Cycle, is a growing resource for struggling parents too. Based on the premise of giving away old items free in order to encourage reuse and to reduce waste, increasingly parents of […]