LOCAL MAN Ryan Elliott has certainly put his best foot forward this Christmas, after the Ballinamallard solicitor raised £2,850 by undertaking a half-marathon challenge in support of Women’s Aid. While festivities got underway in households elsewhere, the Newry based solicitor took to the roads with his cousin Maria Elliott on Christmas morning to complete a […]
Local firm cashes in on Facebook expansion
A FERMANAGH company, that is helping social media giant Facebook expand its massive Irish data centre, has reported a surge in its profits. Severfield in Ballinamallard has reported its revenue over the last financial year has jumped from £274.9 million in 2019 to £327.4 million. It’s pre-tax profits jumped from £24.7 million to £28.6 million. […]
Club dismisses rumours Covid rumours
Club insists everyone was notified after Ballinamallard Under 18 game.
New housing to transform old secondary school site
AFTER YEARS of lying derelict, the site of the old Duke of Westminster Secondary School is being transformed into over 30 new homes in Ballinamallard. The major new development comprises of detached and semi-detached homes within a few minutes walking distance from the middle of the village. Westminster Court located on the Makenny Road takes […]
Mallards season over without promotion
It looks as though Ballinamallard United’s excellent season has come to to an end without promotion. Club chairman Tom Elliott said he was hugely disappointed but not totally surprised that Ballinamallard United are likely to miss out on promotion after the Northern Ireland Football League (NIFL) announced that the Championship season was […]
Police ‘missed catching shop thieves by minutes’
BURGLARS who broke into a shop in Ballinamallard’s main street got away just minutes before the police arrived, it is believed. Now detectives investigating a burglary at the Spar shop and filling station in the village are appealing for information. The culprits broke in around 2am on Monday morning and a considerable amount of damage […]
Home baking bonanza has sales of eggs sky rocketing!
THEY say it is the most important meal of the day but for many busy people breakfast has been long forgotten. But now families in lockdown are rediscovering the lost pleasure of a leisurely breakfast. As everyone embraces a return to long-forgotten morning routines, sales of eggs are soaring. The owner of one of Fermanagh’s […]
Coping without sport… We all need it to give us a life
The Herald speaks to Harry McConkey, Ballinamallard Utd manager and former physical education teacher, on sport in Fermanagh. How he views the importance of sport in our county, how we are dealing without it and what lies ahead for us. How important has sport been in Fermanagh? “I feel sport is in the very heart […]
Ryan puts his best foot forward for Women’s Aid
LOCAL MAN Ryan Elliott has certainly put his best foot forward this Christmas, after the Ballinamallard solicitor raised £2,850 by undertaking a half-marathon challenge in support of Women’s Aid. While festivities got underway in households elsewhere, the Newry based solicitor took to the roads with his cousin Maria Elliott on Christmas morning to complete a […]
Ferney club pays tribute to its ‘friend and stalwart’
Ballinamallard United Football Club has paid tribute to life long ‘friend and stalwart’ Bertie Elliott. Eighty six-year-old Richard Herbert (Bertie) Elliott of Breandrum Park, Enniskillen passed away last Wednesday at South West Acute Hospital. A large crowd attended his funeral at St Macartin’s Cathedral in Enniskillen on Friday. Bertie was married to Joan, and had […]