AS if defeat to Donegal last Wednesday evening didn’t leave Fermanagh minor footballers feeling bad enough, they felt even sicker soon after it. This was due to a bout of suspected food poisoning that spread through the squad and their management team, which forced their match against Cavan in the Ulster Minor League in Derrygonnelly last Saturday to be called off. The majority of the […]
Newtownbutler Chinese proves to be a cracker
WHEN Tony and Becky He met in a Chinese takeaway in Newtownbutler in 2008, it was love at first sight. Sixteen years later they’ve formed a formidable partnership and own a chain of top-class takeaways. Originally from Fucheng in China, Tony He, the head chef at the Lucky House Takeaway, packed his bags and made the […]
Kettyle’s beef is always a cut above the rest
WHEN you’re supplying beef and meat on a weekly basis to the likes of famous chefs Gordon Ramsey and Michael Deane, you know you must be doing something right. Since 2004, Kettyle Irish Foods, established by Lisnaskea farmer Maurice Kettyle, has become a leading force in the supplying of high-end beef to some of the top […]
Fermanagh businesses win provincial awards
THE best of the Fermanagh hospitality industry received provincial recognition at this year’s Irish Restaurant Awards. Held at the Hillgrove Hotel in Monaghan last Monday, almost 800 restaurant and business owners from around Ulster dressed up in their finery to compete for top honours in the ‘Ulster Regional’ section of the national awards. The big Fermanagh […]
Funding boost for Irvinestown healthy living centre
“The ARC Healthy Living Centre exists to promote benefit to our local community.”
Caroline and Alfonso’s recipe for success
First opened in December 2013 in Enniskillen, the couple said they came up with the idea as “an adventure”, while they were travelling some years back
Sinead’s tasty dishes going down a treat
Sinead Tummon is making waves with her eye catching and mouth watering meals.
50% off initiative has eating places buzzing!
THE NEW ‘eat out to help out’ initiative has been hailed a success in Enniskillen as hotels, restaurants and cafes make their way through the opening week of the scheme. On Monday Enniskillen was buzzing with visitors, the streets were noticeably busier with restaurants here reporting a strong trade on first day that the scheme […]
Restaurants find a big appetite for takeaway options
ENNISKILLEN restaurants are selling out of takeaway dinners as residents dig into tasty dishes. Last weekend a number of well-known local restaurants offered a takeaway service, adapting their business operations to overcome difficulties presented by to Covid-19. Restaurants and coffee shops remain closed to the public for sit down meals. In a bid to keep […]
Festival Lough Erne celebrates food and waterways
Pictured at the launch of Festival Lough Erne, from left, Tanya Cathcart, Fermanagh Lakeland Tourism, Sarah McHugh, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, Trevor Foster, Erne Paddlers, Siobhan and Sophie Reilly from The Giddy Box, Councillor Stephen McCann, Roisin MacRory, Waterways Ireland, Noelle McAloon, Enniskillen BID, and Declan O’Donoghue from The Erne Larder Ireland’s only island […]