Hedge cutting illegal before end of summer


FERMANAGH farmers and anyone hoping to give their boundaries a trim at the moment has been reminded it’s a criminal offence to cut hedges, trees or scrub before the end of August. Local police have shared a warning issued by the Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) after reports of hedge cutting taking place right across the […]


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Load of rubbish: International anglers faced with mess


FERMANAGH’S lakelands are renowned for their beauty, but walk along the Queen Elizabeth Road and you’ll see something completely different. Just off one of the busiest roads in the town you’ll come across unsightly rubbish has strewn along the river bank of the Erne. Approaching the tourism season and annual fishing competition on the Erne […]


Poison link as herd of cattle are wiped out


AROUND 130 cattle have died as a result of a suspected case of botulism at a dairy farm in Fermanagh. It is believed that the original herd of 170 cattle has been reduced to around 40 in the space of three days. Botulism, a form of food poisoning, is caused by the ingestion of preformed […]