A “DANGEROUS” road surface near Maguiresbridge has been flagged to the Department of Infrastructure, the agency with responsibility for roads. The section of road surface on Gardiners Cross Road has fallen away leaving it very uneven and “dangerous” for drivers. The impact of deteriorating road surface is worsened by its location on a sharp corner […]
Fears for school bus services when lockdown is lifted
THERE are concerns Fermanagh’s school bus drivers will be put at risk if they are not given adequate protection when children begin returning to the classrooms. At the moment, the plan is for some pupils to start returning to school from August 24 onwards, with all pupils expected to be back in class by September. […]
Call to reopen shut school to aid social distancing
ALMOST three years after it shut its doors for the last time there are now calls for St Eugene’s College in Roslea to be reopened to help accommodate social distancing when students return to school. While there are still no concrete details on when or how our young people will be returning to their classrooms, […]
Potholes growing problem on our roads
A SIZEABLE pothole has created problems for drivers travelling around the Knocks area. For weeks now the Coalhill Road outside Brookeborough has been closed with drivers having to take alternate routes. Local councillor Sheamus Greene said he had brought the issue to the attention of the Department of Infrastructure, the agency with responsibility for the […]
Road surface is blamed for crashes at same spot
THERE have been calls for urgent action to be taken after four cars crashed at the very same spot on a Brookeborough road in the past week. Since the beginning of this winter, at least nine cars are thought to have crashed at the same corner on Teiges Hill Road, between Brookeborough and Moanes Cross, […]
Wheely bad… fears pothole problems are set to deepen
ONE OF the biggest challenges facing the new Assembly will be filling in the many, many potholes across Fermanagh. Exactly ten years ago this week the Herald ran a six-page pothole special, highlighting surface problems around the county. The spread is shocking to us today in that the potholes it featured no longer seem that […]
Social media solves mystery of Donagh’s missing defib
THERE was relief in Donagh last week after the power of social media helped secure the safe and speedy return of the village’s defibrillator. The live-saving piece of equipment, which is located at the Millennium Hall, had been reported missing last week. However, within hours of Facebook appeals by both the Donagh Development Information page […]
Outrage as ‘Scrooge-like’ DVLA clamp over 30 vehicles
THERE has been widespread outrage right across the county about the increase in cars being clamped over road tax and other issues. The DVLA clamp-down is aimed at car owners that haven’t got their cars properly taxed and over 30 vehicles have been clamped here since Sunday. Some of the vehicles clamped may have been […]
Keeping pressure on for motorway to Fermanagh
A FERMANAGH councillor has brought up what he believes is “possibly the longest-running roads saga in history” once again. At the latest monthly meeting of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, Sinn Fein’s Sheamus Greene raised the issue of the motorway that was promised to Enniskillen when the railways were closed in the county in the […]
I was wrong to vote for Brexit, says McCluskey
AFTER the revelation at a recent Brexit committee meeting from Cllr John McCluskey that he had voted for to leave the EU, the Herald got in touch with the Roslea councillor to find out why and if he would vote the same way again. Cllr McCluskey’s answer was a resounding ‘no.’ Explaining that he voted […]