FINANCE: AN ADDITIONAL €6 million has been announced for the Ulster Canal cross-border restoration project on Lough Erne. This brings to €12 million, the total of financial support provided by each of the governments north and south of the border on this stage of the project. The project will continue work that began 180 years […]
Forces join forces to tackle cross-border rural crime
FERMANAGH police have been joining forces with their colleagues in the south to help crack down on rural crime in the local area. Last week officers from Fermanagh joined their Garda colleagues for a joint operation focusing on rural crime and spanning the local border areas. “We are determined to prevent cross border crime and […]
Tourism ‘masterplan’ should be boost to Fermanagh
The plan aims to provide “world class visitor experiences based on the region’s natural and cultural assets.”
Cross border fines only for clearly breaching rules
ANYONE stopped crossing the border will only receive one of the new Garda fines if they are in clear breach of Covid restrictions, the local community has been assured. As of Monday this week, Garda officers operating Covid checkpoints have been given the power to fine people €100 fine for non-essential travel. The fine applies […]
Motorists reminded to get their green cards sorted!
The Herald understands it will be at the discretion of An Garda Siochana if they require a motorist to present their green card when stopped.
Anger at South’s Covid payments stopping at the border
Local councillors claim those paying tax in the South should be entilted to the Covid payment there.
Shoppers coming north ‘aren’t breaking guidelines’
Residents both north and south of the border are allowed to travel to supermarkets to do their essential food shopping.
Abandoned safe linked to break-in at filling station
A CROSS-BORDER investigation is underway after a safe believed to have been stolen from Palm Bush Filling Station has been found in east Donegal. The safe was found cut up and abandoned in a field by a member of the public on the road between Castlederg and Castlefinn. Two trailers were also found at the […]
PSNI team up with Garda to mount checkpoints
THERE HAS been a worrying spike in the number of rural crimes in recent week, especially along the border. From the theft of irreplaceable church records at Derrylin, residents being threatened in their homes in Kesh, tools being stolen from a van parked in an Enniskillen town centre carpark or to burglaries in Bellanaleck. As […]
Taoiseach gives SWAH serious shot in the arm!
Cross-border patients could make all the difference in saving hospital services