FRUSTRATED Fermanagh residents have been left incensed after their brown food waste bins were left uncollected for the past few weeks. As part of the weekly rounds, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council confirmed that brown bins had not been collected in the Shore Road, Churchill, Derrygonnelly and Garrison areas. The Council also reported that food waste bins […]
Fracking ban motion good for Fermanagh
ECONOMY Minister Conor Murphy’s recent announcement at the Northern Ireland Assembly that he would bring forward a motion to stop fracking in the North was welcome news to residents of rural Fermanagh. The proposal to ban onshore oil and gas exploration and production in the North would cover all forms of onshore petroleum exploration and production – including […]
Anger as Irvinestown Recycling Centre closes temporarily
LOCAL residents were left angry and confused after it was revealed that Irvinestown’s busy recycling centre was to close for eight weeks. In a statement last week, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (FODC) announced the temporary closure and the reason for it. “Irvinestown Household Recycling Centre will be closed from Monday, 29 April, 2024 for 8 weeks […]
Council hands out most parking tickets in North
NEW data has revealed that the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (FODC) area has dished out the most parking tickets in the past year. Figures analysed by CompareNI.com shows the council areas that received the most and least parking tickets in Northern Ireland. The data showed that, out of the ten council areas reviewed, Fermanagh and […]
Call for local parking fines to be rescinded
WITH the problems with the new car parking payment system continuing in Enniskillen, local councillors have called for all fines to be rescinded and the ‘stealth’ charges to be stopped. Within days of the new parking system being implemented the complaints started flowing. As reported by last week’s Herald, many have reported being over charged, for […]
Serious safety concerns over state of main road
THERE are fears it’s just a matter of time before there is another tragedy on the main Enniskillen to Irvinestown road, with a local family living on the route speaking out about the dangers they are witnessing daily. The A32, as one of the main arteries in and out of the county town, is one of […]
FODC staff salaries higher than First Minister
THE Chief Executive of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (FODC) and three other staff members have been named on a list of the top-earning local government workers in the North. It was revealed by the Tax Payers Alliance that the chief executive of FODC, Alison McCullagh, earns £148,393 per year and is one of 47 […]
Looking good for Sinn Fein across Fermanagh
The counting in the Fermanagh wards is only just beginning here at the Omagh Leisure Centre in the local election.
Foul play – dog owners urged to clean up mess
FERMANAGH dog owners have been urged to clean up after their pets, particularly when visiting local cemeteries where fouling is on the increase. The Council made the appeal last week after a surge in reports of the stinky problem at cemeteries in the local area. “We have been made aware that there has been a significant increase […]
Councillors critical of roads maintenance process here
AT A RECENT meeting of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, several members spoke of their disappointment with the roads maintenance programme here, which has not addressed the scale of the problem. Despite much correspondence between the Council and its individual members and the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) and other bodies, many Fermanagh roads remain in […]