A SOUTH West College student is setting his sights on Brazil and the world’s largest international skills competition having earned selection for the UK’s WorldSkills squad.
Tragic Belleek orphan girls to be recalled in poignant ‘homecoming’
LAST Saturday, a descendant of a Belleek orphan who was an inmate in Ballyshannon Workhouse and was shipped off, along with her sister and 17 others to Australia at the height of the Potato Famine bridged a 166-year gap.
No signs of a fix for road to Belleek Health Centre
THE state of the road leading to the health centre in Belleek continues to stir debate among people in the area.
Belleek’s thatch getting a makeover!
ONE of Belleek’s most famous and most iconic buildings is getting a new roof!
Belleek set to welcome the ‘barges’
THE past six months have been busy for a selection of committed Belleek residents who have been preparing for the inaugural ‘Belleek Water Festival’, which starts next week.
‘Lights out’ at marina an ongoing problem
A BELLEEK boat owner has raised questions over the provisions at the local marina in the village, with no lighting a major concern.
Tributes paid to tragic drown victim
Tributes have been paid to the popular Belleek father who drowned tragically over the weekend.
Small businesses bucking the trend in busy Belleek
WHILE A body blow has been dealt in Belleek with the closure of Shannagh nursing home this week and the loss of up to 40 jobs – small businesses in the area are bucking the trend.
Body recovered from Lough Erne
IT is understood that a body has been recovered from Lough Erne earlier this evening (Sunday, August 3).
Eyesore to be patched up on village main street
WORK ON a derelict building on Belleek’s main street has begun – with locals pleased to see the eyesore being patched up as of last week.