£3.25m workhouse project will restore heritage hub


FUNDING: A CONTRACT has been awarded to QMAC Construction Ltd., for the construction and restoration of Enniskillen Workhouse Entrance Block, a historically significant B2 listed building. £2,343,000 was awarded by the National Lottery heritage Fund to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council in partnership with the South West College, to undertake the major capital project to […]


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Drugs worth £4,500 found during search in Enniskillen


District Support Team officers on patrol in the Enniskillen area recently stopped a vehicle which smelled so strongly of cannabis, they could smell it travelling in the car behind them. As a result, police stopped the vehicle and arrested two occupants on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs. A follow up search at their home address […]


Drugs though to be worth £11,000 seized in Enniskillen


BREAKING NEWS: POLICE in Enniskillen have seized suspected drugs worth an estimated street value of £11,000. The suspected drugs, including what is thought to be Class A cocaine and Class B Cannabis, together with a significant quantity of Diazepam, were seized in the Cornagrade Road area of the town last night.


Marty moves The Street Kitchen menu & venue


GREEN SHOOTS: Enniskillen chef, Marty McAdam, shows the green shoots of recovery are taking root in the town following the pandemic with the announcement that he is moving his “The Street Kitchen” concept  to permanent premises at Paget Lane. Still in Magee’s Spirit Store for now, Marty found just the right intimate setting with open-plan […]


Pubs frustrated by last minute Covid restrictions


FRUSTRATED: AS GOVERNMENT restrictions eased for the hospitality industry ahead of last weekend local publicans were frustrated to learn they were unable to open up to customers. The Fermanagh Herald spoke to Nicola and Damian Hanna of Molly’s Bar, Irvinestown and Michael Cadden from Pat’s Bar, Ennsikillen who told of their eleventh hour Council inspections […]


Foster raises concerns about Enniskillen bypass


CONCERNS: FIRST Minister Arlene Foster has said she will raise the concerns of Fermanagh people about the lack of progress made on plans for the southern bypass in Enniskillen. The bypass is supposed to provide a new transport link to the southern side of the town improving the connection between the Dublin and Sligo roads. […]