ALL THE major roadworks in the pipeline for the coming years across Fermanagh have been revealed. Last week the Department of Infrastructure’s roads section presented it draft programme of works for 2019 -2021 to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council. On first glance, it’s uplifting reading, with a number of major and much-needed projects and improvements […]
Deal on offer would ensure no hard border
IT’S BEEN a rollercoaster week in the world of Brexit, particularly here in Fermanagh where the everyday consequences of any deal, or no deal, will be felt the strongest. The proposed withdrawal agreement Prime Minister Theresa May revealed to the world last week has generally been welcomed locally. Both Sinn Fein and the SDLP […]
Singer Brendan looking for your vote in X Factor
Irish singer and X Factor finalist Brendan Murray has close connections to Fermanagh!
Quinn set to cement future with acquisition of limestone deposit
A LIMESTONE deposit near Fivemiletown is the latest acquisition for Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) and the company says the move will ensure raw materials for cement production will be secured ‘ for a generation’. Yesterday (Tuesday) the company confirmed that they had acquired a substantial limestone deposit from Acheson & Glover. The company had been […]
Syrian families to make a new home in Fermanagh
FAMILIES fleeing war torn Syria are to make their home here in Fermanagh. A total of five families are to be resettled in Enniskillen as part of the part of the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme (VPRS). It’s the first time anyone from the scheme, which is aimed at helping families who have been affected by […]
Patients face three-hour journey to pain relief clinic
PEOPLE in Fermanagh who require pain management or a chronic pain service are being forced to travel to Omagh or Derry to be seen by a consultant. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request carried out by Enniskillen woman Helen Hamill explains that the Western Trust is currently not providing a chronic pain service at South […]
Learning to bend – not break on World Mental Health day
By Shauna Cathcart IN thinking about the theme of Resilience for World Mental Health day 2018 I am reminded of an incident that happened to me the day storm Ali hit Fermanagh. I was pulling into the museum carpark when a man from the council came running towards me. He pointed to a huge tree […]
Health chief’s starkest warning yet on future of SWAH
IN THE clearest indication yet that services at South West Acute Hospital may need to be cut the second most senior executive of the Western Trust has warned that the hospital faces difficulties in ‘maintaining current services on a stable footing’. In an unusually forthright statement on the future of SWAH, deputy chief executive Kieran […]
Fermanagh sitting top of the heap for increase in jobs
FIGURES just released suggest that Fermanagh is seeing proportionately the largest growth in employment in the North. The total number of jobs has grown by just under 17,000 in the space of a year according to a survey carried out by the Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES). Locally, the Fermanagh and Omagh district […]
Graffiti artist back to brighten up the countryside
THEY’VE done it again! The creative souls behind community art group Sliabh Beagh have brought yet more colour to the fields of Fermanagh. Having previously brightened up the countryside in 2016 with their painted hay bales, the hard working Corranny-based arts group are once again turning heads long the county’s roads. “There’s a new set […]