Christmas caution urged as Covid cases continue to rise


AS COVID continues to run rampant in Fermanagh, with SWAH admissions soaring and a heartbreaking rise in local deaths in the past week, the community is being urged to be as cautious as possible this Christmas.  The current infection rate in Fermanagh is almost 180, just under the rate in London which was this week […]

Enniskillen grandmother receives first Covid jab


ENNISKILLEN woman Margaret Keenan has become the first person in the UK to receive the Covid-19 jab.  Ms Keenan who turns 91 next week received the jab about 6.30am this morning at her local hospital in Coventry, marking the start of an historic vaccination programme. She described receiving the vaccine as the “best early birthday present”.    […]

Millcrodft staff were ‘absolutely incredible’ says son


A FERMANAGH doctor whose father died after contracting Covid at a local nursing home has praised the hard work and dedication of the staff who cared for him. Cyril O’Hare (89) passed away peacefully at the end of October in the Millcroft Care Home in Enniskillen. A father-of-five, including to sons Dr Brendan O’Hare, GP […]

Covid numbers shoot up again


AFTER WEEKS of falling dramatically, by up to 30 percent at a time, the number of Covid cases in Fermanagh has shot up again this week.  In fact, the south of the county now has the third highest rate of infection in the North.  There have been 241 positive cases in the Fermanagh and Omagh […]

Learn to live with virus


A FERMANAGH doctor has said he fears Covid lockdowns are doing more harm than good in the community, and has urged the powers-that-be not to impose heavy restrictions at Christmas. Dr Brendan O’Hare, who lost his 89-year-old father to the virus just weeks ago, told the Herald he is “becoming increasingly concerned about the unintended […]