16 and 17 year olds to be allowed to vote
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SIXTEEN and 17-year-olds in Fermanagh will be able to vote at the next general election after the UK Government recently pledged its commitment to lower the voting age from 18 years of age. There has been widespread reaction locally to the news the UK Government has reduced the age for voting, while making a range […]


Border native Humphreys rules out presidential election


MONAGHAN politician Heather Humphreys, who hails from close to the Fermanagh border, will not be in the running to replace President Michael D Higgins when Ireland goes to the polls in a presidential election later this year. The Drum woman, who served in the Fine Gael cabinet as a minister for over ten years and […]


Pat Cullen slams austerity’s impact on local services


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MLA Armstrong encourages women to take up politics


DIANA Armstrong has been selected as the new MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. The Ulster Unionist Party announced this week the selection of Ms Armstrong to replace Tom Elliott as the MLA for the region. Speaking about her new appointment, Ms Armstrong said, “Today is a day I will certainly remember with pride as signed […]


Action on SWAH needed, says Fermanagh MP Pat Cullen


A SERIES of measures required to secure the success of the South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen have failed due to the cuts implemented by the former Conservative Government, according to the new MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Pat Cullen, who was previously the General Secretary for the Royal College of Nursing, told the Fermanagh […]


Sinn Féin’s Pat Cullen ‘privileged’ to be new MP


SINN Féin’s Pat Cullen said she felt very proud that 24,844 people in Fermanagh and South Tyrone “put their trust in me” as she and her party romped to a landslide victory in last night’s Westminster election. The former head of the Royal College of Nursing retained the seat for Sinn Féin, which was won […]