Public realm scheme steady progress despite set backs


DESPITE being behind schedule due to the Covid pandemic, the Enniskillen Public Realm scheme is continuing to make steady progress, with work continuing this month. Work on the £5 million revamp project, which will see the town centre getting a make over complete with new paths, art, lighting and landscaping, began in February last year. […]

Public urged to stay at home as Trust issues warning


THE WESTERN Trust is pleading with everyone in the community to stay at home and do all they can to stem the spread of the virus, with SWAH launching its “extreme surge planning” as it struggles to cope with the growing number of Covid patients. Trust management has warned the number of Covid positive patients […]

Care homes struggle with growing Covid challenges


JUST LIKE the SWAH, local care homes are struggling to cope with continued staff absences and the rising cases of Covid in the community.  Up until the end of December there had been 20 recorded outbreaks of Covid at care homes declared to the Western Trust. At the same time, homes in the Trust area […]

Massive surge in local Covid cases


FERMANAGH has recorded its highest number of positive Covid cases in a single week, with more than twice as many positive test results in the past seven days than in the entire first nine months of the pandemic combined. The total number of people to have tested positive in the Fermanagh and Omagh District has […]

Silent towns as lockdown strikes us again


The streets of Enniskillen were eerily quiet this week with next to no traffic and empty car parks. Throughout the town were deserted streets with just a few retailers’ doors open. It is a sure sign that the latest lockdown restrictions have begun. In normal circumstances the town would have been busy with shoppers milling […]

Tributes for popular social worker who died from Covid


“A GREAT void” has been left in the Western Trust by the passing of popular social worker Nuala McLaughlin, who died from Covid-19 just days before Christmas. Although she was from Tyrone, Nuala (nee McAnenly) was a well known face in Fermanagh and news of her untimely death from the virus has shocked the local community, with […]