Enniskillen grandmother receives first Covid jab


ENNISKILLEN woman Margaret Keenan has become the first person in the UK to receive the Covid-19 jab.  Ms Keenan who turns 91 next week received the jab about 6.30am this morning at her local hospital in Coventry, marking the start of an historic vaccination programme. She described receiving the vaccine as the “best early birthday present”.    […]

Claim-complex would turn town core into a‘waste ground’


RETAILERS and residents were among those represented at a pre-determination hearing on a proposed sizeable retail and leisure complex. Several objectors made their opinions known. First to speak was Ciara McGriskin of Station Green, Enniskillen.  Ms McGriskin outlined that Station Green has live planning permission within the town centre boundary and when combined with vacant […]

Major plan to tackle anti-social car park problem


DRASTIC measures are being consider in a bid to control the escalating anti-social behaviour at a local car park, including completely redesigning its layout. Quay Lane Car Park in Enniskillen has for many years been a gathering spot for young people in cars, and there have often been incidents of anti-social behaviour. However, in recent […]

Families busy getting Santa orders in early


AS NON-ESSENTIAL retail stores brace themselves for a two-week lockdown just on the back of the Christmas surge in the lead up to December. Families right across Fermanagh have been busy getting their Santa orders in early this year, with fears that restrictions could be extended past the initial two weeks before Christmas. For Paul […]

Don’t take the heart of our town, urges businessman


LOCAL businesses in Enniskillen are not opposed to big brand stores coming to the town, and are instead against the proposed location of a major new retail and leisure development in the town.  That’s the view of one prominent and long-serving local business man, who was speaking ahead of a potential decision on the application […]

Christmas light festival will make up for no ‘switch-on


FERMANAGH Council is erecting Christmas lights in Enniskillen as usual and enhancing the offer with a Christmas Lights Festival. A council spokesman told the Herald, “Arrangements to support the provision of Christmas lights and trees in rural towns and villages and in the main centres of population is the same as in previous years. “In […]

Immediate action needed for more social housing


A MAJOR demand for social housing has caused concern for local councillors within the Fermanagh and Omagh area.  While the announcement made by Communities Minister Carál Ni Chuilin to create a major overhaul within the social housing provision system was welcomed by members of the Council during a meeting last week.   A number of […]