A FERMANAGH social media group has been praised for giving a “great wee uplift every day” after it reached a record total of 34,000 followers with its audience reaching right across the world. Thousands of local residents are members of the Enniskillen Banter Facebook Group which provides a platform to connect people around the globe with […]
Fermanagh Best Kept awards get into another fine mess
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council’s (FODC) Best Kept Awards are starting to get messy.
Fermanagh Facebook group sets membership target
A FACEBOOK group which helps connect Fermanagh people living all across the world is on the brink of reaching a ‘new milestone’ as it nears a record 34,000 members. Enniskillen Banter Facebook Group was set up by well-known couple, Benny and Charlotte Cassidy, and it has grown and expanded significantly and is the largest Facebook […]
Fermanagh dog Ollie’s back on the road to recovery
THE shocking tale of an emaciated dog broke people’s hearts last month, but it looks like there will be a happy ending to the story. Fermanagh Herald readers were left heartbroken after Bright Eyes Animal Sanctuary revealed the alarming pictures of ‘Ollie’ who had been severely neglected. The Ballinamallard-based organisation launched an online fundraiser to support the ‘round-the-clock care’ needed to […]
Fermanagh influencers invited to Dublin event
Two of Fermanagh’s leading social media influencers were invited to attend the ‘live’ show of RTE programme ‘Dancing With The Stars’. Danielle Collins and Abigail Parkinson, who have risen to fame through their activity on social media, joined forces with prestigious skin care company Bellamianta Luxury Tanning for the day out in Dublin. Abigail has […]
Kesh social media star Abigail leads workshop
Fermanagh influencer Abigail Parkinson recently led a major online master class to inform her 29,000 followers on how she’s taken social media by storm. The Kesh woman recently teamed up with popular content creator Emma Jane Mooney for the online workshop which offered an insight into the role that social media is playing in society. Abigail […]
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 […]