A FERMANAGH jobseeker has told the Herald that the job centre offered him work experience picking up litter for £10 a week on top of his dole money. The Department for Communities’ “Work Experience Programme” – also known as “dole plus £10” – is offered on a voluntary basis to unemployed people. The scheme has been […]
Time, please! Charlie’s Bar ends loyalty card scheme
PATRONS of Charlie’s Bar in Enniskillen have been left drowning their sorrows after the news their loyalty card scheme is to end. The new legislation from the Department for Communities – a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive – now means that from April 6, 2023, bar licence-holders will be prohibited from operating a […]
Plans to close Post office accounts continue
POST OFFICE customers in receipt of benefits are being advised to open bank accounts “as soon as possible” as Department for Communities plans to stop making the payments to Post Office card accounts continue. The plans are being criticised locally, especially since the county has seen several bank branches closed here in recent months. Independednt […]
New public ferry service planned for historic island
Almost two years after suspending the service due to “budgetary pressures”, the Department for Communitiesis wants to resurrect ferry
Enniskillen streets in line for major £5.2m overhaul
Massive funding boost will improve the appearance of the town