FERMANAGH pensioners are being urged to make sure they are getting all they are entitled to, with thousands in the county currently under-claiming their benefits. Earlier this year there was outrage both locally and across the UK after the new Labour government announced it was cutting the annual Winter Fuel Payment. Those in receipt of […]
Fermanagh students learn about benefits of gas
A FERMANAGH school recently took part in a number of “educational workshops” on how to stay safe with gas usage as the supplier continues to make major strides in the town and county. Evolve, which recently carried out major work in the Tempo Road area of Enniskillen, stopped off at the Erne Integrated College to […]
Fermanagh pensioners ‘struggling to cope’
LOCAL pensioners are being urged to apply for “one of the most underclaimed benefits” by this Monday, to help cope with the loss of winter fuel payment. The manager at Community Advice Fermanagh has said changes to the Winter Fuel Payment is “another blow” to local elderly residents who have been left devastated by the […]
Hopes high as vaccine benefits start to show
THERE IS good and bad news on the Covid front this week, but thankfully there is more good than bad, particularly on the vaccine front. The first piece of good news is that the county is continuing to keep its Covid numbers encouragingly low, with just 49 people in the Fermanagh and Omagh area testing […]
Public urged to attend meeting on Universal Credit
The new benefits system has been described as “draconian”
Pensioner wrongly claimed £5,600 in benefits
A RETIRED bus driver has been convicted of claiming benefits of over £5,000 that he was not entitled to. William Jennings (69) of Castlehill Road, Brookeborough appeared before Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Wednesday when he pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to declare a change in circumstances. The court heard that Jennings had claimed […]