Graan draw will have added significance this year


THE traditional annual Graan draw will take place this December. And it will have an added significance as the Passionist community is celebrating 300 years in existence. The popular draw, which usually promotes a new car as its first prize, will be a little different this year because of Covid-19 and its restrictions. Graan Rector […]


Christmas light festival will make up for no ‘switch-on


FERMANAGH Council is erecting Christmas lights in Enniskillen as usual and enhancing the offer with a Christmas Lights Festival. A council spokesman told the Herald, “Arrangements to support the provision of Christmas lights and trees in rural towns and villages and in the main centres of population is the same as in previous years. “In […]


Start Christmas shopping now to stay safe!


IT MAY only be September, but the Fermanagh public is being urged to start their Christmas shopping as soon as possible, both to support local retailers and to keep themselves safe. Many of the more organised among us, particularly both parents and Santa Claus, will no doubt already have their shopping well underway. Everyone else […]


It’s long odds on a white Christmas…


Bookmakers and forecasters believe parts of the UK will see snow this Christmas, however odds for the North aren’t looking to promising with a 5/1 chance of snowfall.  Any dreams of seeing Fermanagh covered in a white blanket of snow after years of hoping appear to have been dashed as early predictions show no sign […]


Parents advised against buying quads as presents


FERMANAGH parents have been urged to “put safety first” and give serious second thoughts to buying their children quads and other off-road vehicles this Christmas.  With statistics in the South showing the three-out-of-four people killed on quads, scramblers and other similar vehicles were under 18 and the Garda have actively advised parents not to buy […]