THE ARMED response that was deployed temporarily along the Fermanagh border last year is to be expanded and made permanent. Last September Garda Commissioner Drew Harris announced the an armed support unit (ASU) was to begin patrolling the border in Cavan and Monaghan. The unit was made up of up to 20 gardai from other […]
Police say no evidence of ‘dogcatchers’ on the prowl
THE CONTINUING reports of suspicious activity in regard to pets here has seen local Police appeal to the general public to report anything suspicious. This week in the Brookeborough area a report of alleged suspicious activity was shared on social media along with images of a silver van, a man at a gate and a […]
HUMAN REMAINS FOUND IN CAR RECOVERED FROM LOUGH ERNE
Human remains have been found in a car recovered from Lough Corradilar, near Lisnaskea, during searches carried out for missing man Tony Lynch (54), the PSNI has confirmed. The father-of-four from Magheraveely mysteriously disappeared 18 years ago after he was last seen in Clones at around 6pm, Sunday 6 January 2002. No sight of either […]
BREAKTHROUGH IN MISSING MAN CASE
EIGHTEEN YEARS after his mysterious disappearance there has been a major breakthrough in the search for missing man Tony Lynch (54) after his vehicle was found submerged at the bottom of Lough Corradilar near Lisnaskea. The father-of-four from Magheraveely disappeared back in 2002, after he was last seen in Clones at around 6pm on Sunday […]
SEARCH RESUMES FOR MISSING MAN
EIGHTEEN YEARS ago this week Magheraveely man Tony Lynch was last seen in Fermanagh Street, Clones. From that day since the popular father-of-four has vanished without trace. Now his heartbroken family are holding out fresh hopes that new technology may be able to solve the mystery of Tony’s disappearance. Over the past few days the […]
Abandoned safe linked to break-in at filling station
A CROSS-BORDER investigation is underway after a safe believed to have been stolen from Palm Bush Filling Station has been found in east Donegal. The safe was found cut up and abandoned in a field by a member of the public on the road between Castlederg and Castlefinn. Two trailers were also found at the […]
PSNI team up with Garda to mount checkpoints
THERE HAS been a worrying spike in the number of rural crimes in recent week, especially along the border. From the theft of irreplaceable church records at Derrylin, residents being threatened in their homes in Kesh, tools being stolen from a van parked in an Enniskillen town centre carpark or to burglaries in Bellanaleck. As […]
Legal highs ‘cut with dried dog excrement’
IT HAS been revealed that legal highs, ‘readily available’ in Fermanagh, are in some cases being cut with dried dog excrement.