Appeal to find Fermanagh man unlawfully at large


Police are appealing for information to assist in locating 25 year old Mark Sheridan, who is currently unlawfully at large. Sheridan, who was serving a sentence of 2 years and 2 months for Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm was released on licence from prison on 19 May 2021. He has since breached the conditions of […]


Slight rise in positive local Covid number


WHILE there was a slight rise in the number of local Covid cases last week, the infection rate in the south of the county continues to fall. There were 163 cases in the Fermanagh and Omagh area over the past seven days, with an infection rate of 139.5. That’s up from last week, when there […]


Jump in number of people infected in county


THERE has been a jump in the total number of people suffering from Covid-19 in the local area.  The most recent figures published by the Public Health Agency revealed there are now 27 confirmed in the Fermanagh and Omagh area, a jump of 10 from the previous figure of 17.  It is important to note […]


Local crime rate on the rise


CRIME is up in Fermanagh, with over 150 extra incidents reported in the local area so far this year, but police have assured the local public the county remains one of the safest in the North.  Last month the Council wrote to the PSNI regarding the alleged attempted shooting of an off duty police office […]


£1.5 million for local broadband ‘not enough’


BROADBAND infrastructure in the Fermanagh and Omagh area is set to get a boost but the £1.5 million funding pledge to improving services has been blasted as ‘nowhere near the investment required.’ £1.5 million funding has been awarded to the Council to deliver full fibre broadband to a number of public sector sites within the district. […]


Local roads are among most deadly in the UK


FERMANAGH roads are officially among the most deadly in the North with almost 50 lives being lost on local roads in five years, shocking new figures have revealed. Between 2012 and 2016, 47 people lost their lives on the roads in Fermanagh and Omagh, the UK’s third highest rate of fatal traffic accidents. The study […]