FEARS are growing about the future of rural funding in Fermanagh post-Brexit, with the Westminster government being urged to give assurances tens of millions in lost EU financial support will be fully replaced. Last week the agriculture and rural affairs ministers from the North, Scotland, and Wales, including Minister Edwin Poots, wrote an open letter […]
‘Scandalous lack of support’for schools in Covid crisis
THERE ARE fears some local schools will not be able to afford to keep up with their much-needed social distancing and Covid safety measures due to a lack of funding. When the Herald recently spoke to some Fermanagh schools about how they were coping with their reopening in these challenging times, all were doing OK […]
Singalongs proving a hit with care home residents
ELDERLY people everywhere are well known for singing along to their favourite tunes. Well, Fermanagh is no different with residents in many care homes lifting their spirits by joining in sing-songs with the help of a local tenor. Fermanagh tenor Andrew Irwin who last week won the ‘Audience Prize’ at the Northern Ireland Opera Festival, […]
Pressure on Fermanagh to invest in greenway
THE PRESSURE is on Fermanagh to progress its end of a cross-border greenway project after the Irish government released funds for the southern side of the project, which will come right up to our county border. As recently reported by the Herald, the creation of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties (SLNCR) Greenway project would […]
Farmers ‘let down’ by £20m funding package
It has been confirmed that farm businesses can avail of funding to help them offset losses incurred as a result of short term market disturbance.
Multi-million plan for biggest primary school
It is hoped the funding means a new school will be one step closer.
Irvinestown Primary is to benefit from new investment
Irvinestown Primary School is to benefit from new government investment. The announcement came on Tuesday, just days after the restoration of devolved government. The school is one of 12 primary schools five post-primary schools and one special school set to benefit from an estimated capital investment of £45 million. Capital schemes across the North are […]
Irvinestown Healthy Living Centre awarded £364,000
THE Arc Healthy Living Centre in Irvinestown has been awarded £364,000 after winning the contract for the Enniskillen / West Fermanagh area following a competitive tendering exercise. This health and well-being hub will work on a cross border basis, facilitating people to improve their health and well-being in areas such as physical activity, mental health, […]
£2.6m Lottery Fund boost for the birds and the bees
Lough Erne Landscape Partnership has been granted the investment from the Heritage Lottery Fund for wildlife conservation over the next years.
Local schools struggling as funding crisis looms large
Local school principals have called for urgent action to address the growing crisis in funding in the local education system.