FERMANAGH singer and musician Samantha Breslin has taken another major step in her music career by releasing a new single. The Lisnaskea singer, who specialises in Country music, launched her new single ‘It’s Goodbye and so Long to you’, to the delight of her ever-growing fan base. ‘It’s Goodbye and so Long to you’ is […]
Serious crashes continue on Fermanagh’s roads
THE spate of recent road accidents continued in the county with two more serious incidents taking place within the last week. Police, ambulance crews and the Northern Ireland Air Ambulance were deployed to the scene of a two-vehicle road crash on the Tempo Road area of Enniskillen at around 5:25pm on Monday. Police said that three […]
Fermanagh rower Ross Corrigan ready for Word Cup II
FERMANAGH rower Ross Corrigan is set to represent Ireland in the Men’s Pair at World Cup II in Lucerne in Switzerland this weekend. The Kinawley man is set to partner with Queen’s University Belfast rower John Kearney for the event which kicks off on Friday [May 24] and runs until Sunday [May 26]. Check out next […]
WATCH: Fermanagh doctor makes history at the SWAH!
AN ENNISKILLEN doctor has made history at the South West Acute Hospital for her use of modern technology which is helping provide ‘first class medical education’ to young students. A Foundation Year 1 doctor at the South West Acute Hospital, Dr Grace Kettyle, recently teamed up with other doctors from Canada and around Europe. They […]
Family survives food truck fire in Enniskillen
AN Enniskillen man and his young family narrowly escaped serious injury when the chip van they were working in suddenly went ablaze at the weekend. Van owner Paddy McDonnell was working in the Diamond area of Enniskillen on Saturday night when flames began shooting dramatically from his vehicle into the air and black smoke billowed skywards. Mr McDonnell […]
Work picks up on McDonald’s drive-thru in Enniskillen
MCDONALD’S has said it’s hoping that the new drive-thru in Enniskillen will be opened later ‘this year’. Major work is ongoing at the site of the former TP Topping car dealership in the town, with excitement growing as to what the new drive-thru will mean for the major fast-food chain. Fermanagh and Omagh District Council […]
Fermanagh winners at Irish Restaurant Awards final
THREE local businesses claimed a top prize at the hugely popular and much-anticipated All-Ireland Final of the Irish Restaurant Awards last night (Monday). Taking place in the Clayton Hotel in Burlington Road in Dublin, over 1,200 leading lights from the hospitality industry on the island of Ireland attended the special awards ceremony. The Lough Erne […]
Fermanagh road closed due to serious crash
EMERGENCY services are at the scene of a serious two vehicle road crash on the Tempo Road. “Road users are advised the Tempo Road, Enniskillen, is currently closed due to a two vehicle road traffic collision this evening,” said a statement from the Police Service of Northern Ireland. “There are a number of diversions in […]
BREAKING: GP appointed for Fermanagh border practice
THE Swanlinbar community has said they’re ‘delighted’ after the appointment of a new GP. For the past three years the practice just across the border has been run on a full-time basis by a locum GP. On Friday afternoon, Swanlinbar Development Association confirmed that a new GP has been appointed to the Swanlinbar Health Centre […]
Free parking at South West Acute Hospital scrapped
FREE parking at the South West Acute Hospital and across the North is now over. Visitors, employees and patients at South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen availed of free parking since Monday, thanks to a Stormont blunder, but normal service had now been resumed. Check out Wednesday’s paper for more on the story. To read […]