A SECURITY operation in the Wattlebridge area has ended after a device along with live ammunition was found at a bus shelter and declared a hoax by police. Last Tuesday motorists were asked to use alternative routes after PSNI and Gardai closed the Wattlebridge Road and Cavan Road in a cross border investigation. Speaking on […]
Public urged to stay on this side of border
THERE has been uproar in Fermanagh’s border counties after it was revealed a loophole means day trippers from the North cannot be fined or arrested for breaching social distancing rules in the South. An Garda Siochana are continuing to carry out checkpoints along the border as part of Operation Fanacht, and will turn back northern […]
Fresh fears for safety of QIH directors
Authorities have said the threat against the directors remains high.
GARDAI launch new search for missing Tony Lynch
Gardai began a search of Gortnawinny Lake and Drum Lough (Monaghan) today for missing person Tony Lynch. The father of four who disappeared eighteen years ago, was last seen at the Hibernia Hotel, Clones at 6pm on January 6 2002 and earlier on Fermanagh Street, Clones at 2pm. Sgt Niall Leech told the Herald that […]
New Garda support unit following Lunney attack
The new unit has started operation in the days that followed the abduction of Quinn director, Kevin Lunney close to the Fermanagh border.
New gardai on the border beat
WITH the border dominating conversations up and down the countryside at the minute, An Garda Siochana have announced scores of new officers in our nearest border counties, and more could be on the way. Whether the conversation is about Brexit or recent crime sprees, policing along the border is a hot topic right now. So […]
Guards track down mystery briquette man
A MAN who was filmed taking two bales of briquettes from outside a local shop before driving off without paying for them has been tracked down by the Garda, the Herald understands. On Monday, Rooney’s Centra in Belleek shared CCTV stills from the incident on Sunday evening on social media. The footage included a relatively […]
‘We won’t tolerate a return to hard border’
It has emerged that the PSNI and An Garda Siochana have been in discussions about how they would cooperate on policing the border post-Brexit.
Family in shock as brazen burglars make off with car
‘Anything we do have in our homes belongs to us because we have gone out and paid for it so no-one has a right to come in and take it’.
Driver failed to stop after killing sheep
A FARMER has been left counting the cost as 10 sheep were knocked down and killed on the outskirts of Roslea. On Friday night around 9.30pm Gardai were called to a suspected road traffic collision where 10 sheep were killed. The unknown vehicle, which is suspected to have been badly damaged in the incident, failed […]