THE HEALTH Minister has vowed to reduce the amount being paid to private providers to deliver public services, following a recent report in the ‘Herald. Minister Mike Nesbitt was responding to questions in the Assembly chamber about revelations in this paper that in the past four years £150 million was paid from the public purse to private providers to […]
FLASHBACK FRIDAY… Party night at the Killyhevlin!
There was plenty of glitz and glamour at a well-attended party night at the Killyhevlin Hotel in Enniskillen back in 2010. Check out our pictures from our gallery and tag your friends in our post on Facebook!
Fermanagh priest condemns domestic violence increase
A LOCAL priest has said that any form of violence against women is “never justified” after Fermanagh was named as one of the most dangerous places for a woman to live in Europe. The community was left shaken after the Herald revealed that six of the 42 females killed violently in the North, over the past eight years, […]
Huge turnout for book honouring Fermanagh historian
A LARGE crowd turned out to the Kinawley Community Centre for a special book launch which was organised to commemorate and honour one of the county’s top local historians. Well-known writer and author Eamon Anderson, who lived in Kinawley from 1897 to 1960, has been remembered in a new collection and book titled ‘Fermanagh & […]
‘Give it a lash lads’, says Irvinestown boss McDermott
FERMANAGH’S last team standing in Ulster Club competition is the Irvinestown minors and this Sunday (12.30pm) they travel to the Coláiste Feirste in West Belfast for their quarter-final meeting with Armagh champions, Clann Éireann. It’s familiar territory for the St Molaise minors but the tournament, run by the St Paul’s GAC in Belfast, hasn’t been very […]
Footballer Lafferty admits regret at sectarian remark
KESH footballer Kyle Lafferty has admitted he made “mistakes and you have to live with them” after he opened up on his 10-game ban for a sectarian remark which damaged his career. Now playing for lower division Scottish side Johnstone Burgh, the 37-year-old was banned for 10 games in September 2022, while playing for Kilmarnock, for a […]
Dromore dance tutor is viral TikTok sensation
By Niamh McGovern A LOCAL jiving group is dancing for joy after having gained almost 245,000 views on a recent social media video, in what was a welcome surprise. Modern Country Moves which was established by Drumquin woman, Tina McGurren, nearly 11 years ago along with her son, Conor, is geared at making learning to jive fun and […]
Kelly Lynch case examined in BBC Spotlight
A PROGRAMME reviewing the Garda investigation into the death of young Fermanagh woman, Kelly Lynch, was broadcast on Tuesday night. The new BBC Spotlight documentary, labelled ‘The Body Below the Bridge’, examines the Irish Police handling and the circumstances surrounding the death of the 23-year-old Lisnaskea woman, whose body was found in the Ulster Canal in Monaghan on St Patrick’s […]
Fermanagh mourns death of radio broadcaster ‘Big T’
TRIBUTES were paid from across the Fermanagh Country music scene to much-loved and popular radio broadcaster Trevor Campbell who was described as ‘a friend’ to many in the county. Well-known Downtown Radio presenter Mr Campbell, commonly known as ‘Big T’, passed away following a short illness, aged 78, prompting an outpouring of sadness from across […]
Majority of Fermanagh school routes won’t be gritted
LOCAL motorists have been left frustrated after it was confirmed that the majority of rural roads will not be treated every frosty morning during winter, days after a bus carrying school children crashed. The dangers of Fermanagh’s roads were highlighted after a school bus carrying eight post-primary children skidded off the icy Tattygar Road in Lisbellaw, […]