Appeal after southern bus attacked in Enniskillen


APPEALS for information have been issued by the PSNI after a passenger window was smashed in a Bus Eireann bus on the Derrylin Road, Enniskillen. The incident happened on Saturday 29 December around 7.50pm. A spokesman for the PSNI said, “Police in Enniskillen are appealing for information about a Bus Eireann bus being damaged while […]

Fire

HOUSE FIRE CLAIMS LIFE OF ‘TRUE GENT’


  THE FIRE Service are still investigating the cause of a tragic blaze at a house in Enniskillen which claimed the life on an edlery man over the Christmas holidays. Ben Donnelly (80) died as the result of a fire at his home in Enniskillen. At 11am on Christmas Eve the Fire Service were tasked […]

Traffic Chaos to Last for Months


NEXT YEAR looks set to be one of traffic mayhem in Enniskillen with a number of major infrastructure projects lined up, starting in January and lasting right through until 2020.  From January 7th, as part of the Gas to the West project, SGN Natural Gas will begin seven months of work in the town. This […]

Major investment for Enniskillen’s Buttermarket


THE area around the Buttermarket is set to be enhanced thanks to revitalisation funding for the town centre.  This £335,000 project for Down Street, Cross Street and the Buttermarket includes a shop front improvement scheme, an upgrade to the public toilets to ensure they are fit for purpose and accessible, new street furniture, improved signage, fencing, lighting and the provision of glass display to showcase a piece […]

Security for Santa switch-on ‘excessive’


Up to a dozen personnel hired in to ‘police’ Christmas lights event THE level of security at the Christmas light switch on in Enniskillen has been labelled ‘excessive’ with some onlookers reporting up to a dozen hired-in personnel to man the event at the Diamond Hundreds of people gathered in The Diamond in Enniskillen for […]

Tempo Road in line for major new housing development


THE Tempo Road in Enniskillen could be in line for a transformation as a major housing development is in the pipeline.  The proposed Cherry Dale residential development, just past the Cherrymount Link roundabout and near the Independent Methodist Church, will consist of around 65 houses – made up of semi-detached and detached houses. The proposed […]