Husband fundraising to bring wife home from hospital


THE husband of an Enniskillen woman who is fighting a rare form of cancer and has been in hospital for the past eight months is raising funds to bring her home. Forty-three-year-old Veronica Earley from Kilmacormick in Enniskillen was diagnosed with Non Small Cell, Lung Cancer in February 2017. It is a rare form of […]


Herald readers come out in support of refugees


THE FERMANAGH community has come out in force to say it welcomes the Syrian refugee families who are to make their home here. Five families are to be settled in Enniskillen as part of a special government programme to help vulnerable families fleeing the brutal war in Syria. Last week the Herald reported on how […]


NOSTALGIA: Enniskillen Facebook page stirring memories


AHEAD of its one year anniversary, a Facebook page offering Fermanagh folk a nostalgic trip down memory lane has taken the Internet by storm, gaining 13,500 likes in 45 countries worldwide. The ‘Old Enniskillen’ page was set up by Benny Cassidy in February 2016 but has proved hugely popular since its inception, attracting fans from […]


SDLP voters are ‘asses’, says Sinn Fein councillor


The Facebook status posted by Sinn Fein councillor Barry Doherty in the aftermath of last week’s election, put the blame on the SDLP for Michelle Gildernew’s Westminster defeat, and has been described as a ‘disgrace’ by SDLP MLA Fearghal McKinney.