Residents urged to help prevent local wildfires


THREE years after a devastating gorse fire threatened wildlife and damaged the countryside in Lisnaskea, Fermanagh residents have been urged to protect the local areas from fires. With the good weather finally here, Fermanagh residents have been urged to consider their actions and help the stretched Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service avoid any local […]


BREAKING: Body recovered from Lough Erne


POLICE has confirmed that a body has been recovered from Lough Erne, following extensive searches for a missing person last night (Wednesday). “Police conducting searches following the report of a missing person in the Belleek area on Wednesday 19th June located the body of a man at the River Erne on Wednesday evening,” they said. […]


BREAKING: Arson attack at house in Fermanagh


THE Police Service of Northern Ireland is appealing for information following an arson attack on a property in Enniskillen last night (Thursday). “Shortly before 8.15pm police received a report of a fire at a flat in the Derrin Park area of Enniskillen,” said Detective Sargent Murphy in a statement. “Officers along with colleagues from the […]


Serious crashes continue on Fermanagh’s roads


THE spate of recent road accidents continued in the county with two more serious incidents taking place within the last week. Police, ambulance crews and the Northern Ireland Air Ambulance were deployed to the scene of a two-vehicle road crash on the Tempo Road area of Enniskillen at around 5:25pm on Monday. Police said that three […]


Calls for enquiry as health waiting lists grow again


WITH doctors warning that pressure on GP services and emergency departments is being exacerbated by the number of patients languishing on ever growing waiting lists, the latest statistics from the Department of Health make grim reading. There are currently tens of thousands of local patients waiting either out patient or in patient treatment, and the […]