ISSUES with the flow of supply in veterinary medicine has left local vets facing up to rationing during what is one of the busiest seasons of the farming calendar. Local vet Innes Redmond of Lakeland Veterinary Services, with practices in Derrygonnelly and Belleek outlined challenges in getting essential products such as surgical scrubs and local […]
Mart closures hammer blow for Fermanagh’s farmers
AS marts cancelled livestock sales farmers here have been forced to hold onto cattle and sheep longer than normal. Aside from that, the temporary closure of marts has removed a social outlet for many farmers. Enniskillen Ulster Farmers Mart announced it was temporally suspending sales toward the end of March. A statement released notified the […]
Warning for DIY hairdressers!
WITH hairdressers closed as a result of current Covid-19 restrictions, local men and women have taken to social media to ask for guidance on how to cope at a time when they can’t nip out for a hair cut or attend their regular colour appointment. In a bid to bust the myths about box dyes […]
Lockdown… What lockdown?
HERALD readers have been left “outraged” over the number of people saw outdoors, driving on roads and doing social shopping over the last two days as temperatures increased and the sun came out across the county. Despite warnings to stay at home and save lives, it would appear that many people are conjuring up their […]
Urgent search for more safety gear for brave workers
THE WESTERN Trust has been “relentlessly trying” to source more supplies of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) for its local staff, as it gears up for an expected surge in Covid-19 patients this week. Since the outbreak began concerns have been growing that staff at SWAH and other health care workers in the area did not […]
Covid warning letters for those most at risk
Anyone in the local community who received a ‘shielding letter’ in the post has been urged not to panic!
Households here are ‘facing into a financial tsunami’
THERE will be “a second tsunami” of financial distress for Fermanagh households coming after the Covid-19 crisis is over, and the powers-that-be must do more to help when it comes. That is the message from a local debt advice expert who works closely with families and individuals in the local area who are in financial […]
Answering the call: retired nurse returns to frontline
FRANCIS Smith, a former sister over the Critical Care Unit at SWAH has came out of retirement in order to help her colleagues in one of the toughest and most frightening battles she has faced in a career that spans over 29 years. Speaking to the Herald about this experience and coming back to the […]
New community phone service breaking isolation
NEW phone befriending service reaching out to those isolated in our community has been launched by Fermanagh House. Although the building is closed there has been lots of hard work going on behind the scenes to quickly turn around a dedicated phone service ‘Connect Fermanagh’. Spearheaded by Fermanagh Trust Director Lauri McCusker and his team […]
Family strives to protect ‘little warrior’ from Covid
Six-month-old Dylan was born with a Congenital Heart Defect and is awaiting further heart surgery.