Husband fundraising to bring wife home from hospital


THE husband of an Enniskillen woman who is fighting a rare form of cancer and has been in hospital for the past eight months is raising funds to bring her home. Forty-three-year-old Veronica Earley from Kilmacormick in Enniskillen was diagnosed with Non Small Cell, Lung Cancer in February 2017. It is a rare form of […]

Fun, friendship and fundraising at Ladies Circle


IN A YEAR that is all about celebrating the achievements of women, it’s fitting the Enniskillen Ladies Circle has been revived and will be officially “rechartered” next month. Originally set up in 1959, the Circle was active until the 1980s when it died out. Now, thanks to a group of enthusiastic young women, it’s been […]

Rock the Lough is special for bereaved families


FOR two local families this year’s Rock the Lough is something special. Ciara and Billy Nicholl, parents of Ellie who died last year, and Sinead Judge, whose daughter Samantha died earlier this year will benefit from the fundraising day in the Crowe’s Nest this Sunday. The popular charity music day takes place this year in […]

Sunday cycle for a worthy cause


  A LOCAL man is calling on people here to get on their bike for his sixth annual charity cycle ride in aid of British Heart Foundation Northern Ireland (BHF NI). Carl Fivey’s annual Ride to Remember around Lough Erne will take place this Sunday, 25 June, with proceeds going to BHF NI. Heart and […]

Craze taking Fermanagh by storm


BOTH the cancer fundraising firewalk in Belleek next week, as well as last year’s Walk for Dad, were organised by Firewalking Ireland, based in Strabane. Stephen Brown, who himself did his first firewalk eight years ago, before starting the company over three years ago, explained they bring the firewalk to the fundraising teams, such as […]

Desperate plea to raise £55,000 for toddler’s treatment


A POPULAR chef at the Manor House Hotel and his wife are desperately hoping to raise money for life-saving medical treatment for their two-year-old daughter who is suffering from a rare form of cancer. The little girl, Nadezda Laporionok,  was born with Cleft palate, problems with swallowing, a hernia and a rare genetic disorder, Beckwith-Wiedeman […]