Wheely bad… fears pothole problems are set to deepen


ONE OF the biggest challenges facing the new Assembly will be filling in the many, many potholes across Fermanagh.  Exactly ten years ago this week the Herald ran a six-page pothole special, highlighting surface problems around the county.  The spread is shocking to us today in that the potholes it featured no longer seem that […]

Dogs are seized by police in badger baiting crackdown


THERE ARE fears that the barbaric practice of badger baiting is on the increase in the Fermanagh area with a number of dogs believed to be used for killing badgers recently seized by police. Local Police have recently shared details of an investigation into badger baiting and confirmed one arrest had been made, 11 dogs […]

Belleek bishop named one of most influential in history


BISHOP Edward Daly has been recognised as one of the most influential people to have ever lived in these isles.  Bishop Daly, who was born in Ballyshannon in 1933 and brought up in Belleek, has been included in the latest edition of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (DNB), which is a collection of biographies […]

SEARCH RESUMES FOR MISSING MAN


EIGHTEEN YEARS ago this week Magheraveely man Tony Lynch was last seen in Fermanagh Street, Clones. From that day since the popular father-of-four has vanished without trace.  Now his heartbroken family are holding out fresh hopes that new technology may be able to solve the mystery of Tony’s disappearance. Over the past few days the […]

Brexit report warns of economic slowdown


  A MAJOR report has confirmed what most here in Fermanagh already knew, that businesses here are holding back investment, jobs and everyday lives have already been impacted, and our peace process has been impacted by Brexit.  As reported in last week’s Herald, the landslide win by the Conservatives in Britain and Prime Minister Boris […]

Outrage as ‘Scrooge-like’ DVLA clamp over 30 vehicles


THERE has been widespread outrage right across the county about the increase in cars being clamped over road tax and other issues. The DVLA clamp-down is aimed at car owners that haven’t got their cars properly taxed and over 30 vehicles have been clamped here since Sunday.  Some of the vehicles clamped may have been […]

Parents advised against buying quads as presents


FERMANAGH parents have been urged to “put safety first” and give serious second thoughts to buying their children quads and other off-road vehicles this Christmas.  With statistics in the South showing the three-out-of-four people killed on quads, scramblers and other similar vehicles were under 18 and the Garda have actively advised parents not to buy […]

National role for former St Michael’s president


A FERMANAGH priest has been promoted to a senior role within the Catholic Church in Ireland.  It will be officially announced today (Wednesday) that Lisnaskea native Mgr Joseph McGuinness  has been appointed to the post of executive secretary of the Irish Episcopal Conference.  The new job will see Mgr McGuinness, who was Clogher diocesan secretary […]

Enniskillen -Seasonal Saturdays Event Information 2019


Sponsored Content by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council  FERMANAGH and Omagh District Council has organised a programme of activities for Enniskillen/Omagh town centre over the festive season. Commenting on the festive events, Chair of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, Councillor Siobhán Currie, said: “Fermanagh and Omagh District Council is delighted to provide a programme of […]