Grounds for hope as Covid figures revealed


FERMANAGH’S Covid infection rate is much lower than previously feared, with parts of the county virtually virus free, the Herald can reveal. Up until now the only local breakdown of positive test results was based on council district, in our case Fermanagh and Omagh. However the Department of Health has now published a more local […]

Six hours’ notice to shut-up-shop


A FERMANAGH driving instructor has been left outraged after the Executive gave him “six hours notice” to stop all trade on Friday. After receiving confirmation via his car radio in the middle of a lesson with a student on Friday afternoon, Conor McCann told the Herald, “It’s just typical. We are licensed by the government […]

Border closed to all but essential travel


LAST WEEK it was only Donegal that was off limits for all but essential travel, this week there is nowhere south of the border where Fermanagh people can visit without a valid reason. As numbers continued to grow in the South, just like the North, it was announced on Monday the entire 26 counties were […]

We are realising that so much is out of our control


MORE than six months on from Covid-19 first became a topic of daily conversation uncertainty continues to cloud the long-term outlook of all aspects of life as we formerly knew it. With restrictions in place governing where we can freely go and what activities we can do, now perhaps more than ever people are seeking […]

Positive cases double in a fortnight as hundreds tested


THERE ARE now well over twice the number of positive Covid cases in the local area than there were at the end of the lockdown, with almost as many people testing positive in the last seven days as there were throughout the first four months of the pandemic. However there have been no deaths from […]

Police hand out fines for Covid restrictions


OVER 50 fines for flouting coronavirus rules have been issued in this area since the pandemic began in March, according to Police. In the Fermanagh and Omagh Council area more penalty notices were issued than neighbouring Mid Ulster, 20, and various other regions such as Antrim and Newtownabbey, 30 and Lisburn and Castlereagh City, 23. […]

Erne GAA season suspended


Fermanagh GAA has announced that all training and all games within the county have been suspended until further notice, at both club and county level, as a result of a spike in Covid-19 cases within the county. A spokesperson for Fermanagh GAA said: “At a meeting of An Coiste Bainistí yesterday evening via tele-conference, it […]

Funfair family insist safety is top priority


THE LOCAL family behind Cullen’s Amusements has assured the Fermanagh public it is going above and beyond with their Covid safety measures. A regular feature of Enniskillen summers for many a year, the family-run funfair rolled into town last week for the first time since the coronavirus crisis began. For some the sight of the […]