Petition launched to help slow down traffic in Belcoo


A PETITION has been set up calling for physical traffic calming measures to be introduced in Belcoo, where locals are worried about motorists continually breaking the speed limit. The petition on change.org, set up by the group Belcoo Traffic Calming, was only started last week and already had garnered hundreds of signatures from concerned local residents. […]


‘Back off Boris’ protest at Belcoo this weekend


THERE will be a protest on Belcoo bridge this Saturday to demonstrate local concern over the British Government’s threat to trigger Article 16, and to show support for the Brexit Protocol. The demonstration will be part of a series of protests taking place at various points on the border calling on Boris Johnson to ‘back off’. […]


Claire embarks on new job in Belcoo shop!


AS the saying goes, there is always life without limits and you should never let the things that you can’t do, stop you from doing the things that you can do. For Blacklion native, Claire, there is no truer statement. Clarie, a student on the ‘Access’ programme at the National Learning Network, Manorhamilton, has secured […]


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Man and woman released on police bail pending further enquiries


DETECTIVES have now released a man and woman both aged in their 20s on police bail pending further enquiries after they were both arrested on suspicion of theft. The arrest was in connection with a number of reports of thefts from vehicles at properties at Lisbellaw, Maguiresbridge and Belcoo, and from properties at Maguiresbridge and […]


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PSNI appealing for information following damage to council property in Belcoo


  Police in Enniskillen are appealing for information following an incident of criminal damage to council property in Belcoo. The damage occurred between 10pm on Sunday night (15 August) and 9.30am on Monday morning (16 August). Constable Curran said: “We received a report that part of the fence beside the Cotton Lawn field on Main […]


Pressure for Fermanagh to catch up on Sligo Rd. work


PROJECT: WITH work continuing at pace upgrading the southern side of the Enniskillen to Sligo road, the pressure is now on for the northern authorities to provide a similar investment on the Fermanagh side of the route. The N16 realignment project will soon be inching towards the Fermanagh border from Sligo. The project, which was […]


Pandemic highlights problem of loneliness


WHILE everyone in the community has faced challenges over the past year of the pandemic, for Fermanagh’s dedicated volunteers and health workers the Covid crisis has highlighted just how pervasive the problem of loneliness is locally. Like many charities and organisations across the UK and Ireland, Belcoo-based Lakeland Community Care (LCC) has been busier than […]