LOCAL residents have breathed a sigh of relief after it was revealed that Irvinestown’s busy recycling centre has reopened. Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (FODC) announced the temporary closure of the centre from Monday, April 29, for essential maintenance works to resolve drainage issues. During the period of closure, recycling facilities will be available at Kesh or Drumee […]
Fly-tipping on the rise in Fermanagh
AS the warm weather appears, so does the rubbish. With many doing a spring clean and declutter, the rural countryside takes a hit. Many roadsides, beauty-spots and out-of-the-way areas are suffering visually and physically from the increasing blight of illegal dumping. Not only does the dumping damages the physical appeal of the rural areas effected, but […]
Anger as Irvinestown Recycling Centre closes temporarily
LOCAL residents were left angry and confused after it was revealed that Irvinestown’s busy recycling centre was to close for eight weeks. In a statement last week, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (FODC) announced the temporary closure and the reason for it. “Irvinestown Household Recycling Centre will be closed from Monday, 29 April, 2024 for 8 weeks […]
Work continues at Fermanagh recycling centre
EXTENSIVE work and development is ongoing at Drummee Recycling Centre as the Council aims to have the project completed ‘as planned by October’. While Drummee Recycling Centre remains operation, major development works have been carried out at the Enniskillen landfill site in a bid to make the facility a more efficient and sustainable place. Dromore firm McCusker Contracts […]
Binmen kept busy coping with extra waste
FERMANAGH’S binmen have been lifting huge amounts of extra waste from local homes since the lockdown began. With recycling centres and dumps closed across the county for the majority of the lockdown, which began at the end of March, our frontline binmen were left with tonnes of extra work to do. A total of 673 […]
Rat infested toxic dump is left festering in Roslea
A RAT infested dumping site that has been found to contain toxic cancer-causing asbestos has still not been cleared up more than two months after it was first reported to the authorities, much to the distress of local residents. In October industrial scale dumping was discovered at Spring Grove forest in Roslea, very close […]
River beauty ruined by local litter criminals
KINAWLEY residents have expressed their anger and disgust after litter louts dumped household waste including mattresses, dirty nappies and Christmas decorations in one of the county’s most beautiful rivers.