DESPITE the fact it provides a vital service in the community, helping in the region of 400 local women a year, Fermanagh Women’s Aid (FWA) relies on grass-roots fundraising to help it continue its life-saving work. Indeed, only 40 percent of the service’s funding comes from statutory sources, with the rest of its funding coming […]
Family welcome ‘long overdue’ gambling reforms
WELCOME REFORMS: THE FAMILY of a Fermanagh man who took his own life because of a gambling addiction, have welcomed the news that some of the gambling reforms they have been campaigning for will be introduced by Stormont. Sadie and Peter Keogh lost their son, Lewis in 2013. Since then, the couple have been lobbying […]
Community support continuing as locals face restrictions
A FIVEMILETOWN community support group is continuing to provide assistance for locals as the area faces into another period of tightened restrictions. Fivemiletown Coronavirus Response Group co-ordinator, Iain Lendrum said it had been an extremely busy few weeks and the group still maintaining the foodbank and shop deliveries. “We felt that we could do some […]