A FURTHER €1.5 million (£1.28 million) has been announced by the Irish government for the long-awaited Sligo to Enniskillen greenway. Nicknamed the ‘Marble Arch Greenway’, the proposed 75km walking and cycling route follows the former Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway (SLNCR), connecting Enniskillen to Sligo via Belcoo and Blacklion. Last week it was announced […]
Greenway workshop in Belcoo next week
The workshop takes place at the Belcoo Community Centre from 10am-12pm next Wednesday, October 18th.
Tourism ‘masterplan’ should be boost to Fermanagh
The plan aims to provide “world class visitor experiences based on the region’s natural and cultural assets.”
Still no Stormont support for major tourism project
It was the second time this year the greenway missed out on funding, despite being named in the ‘New Decade, New Approach’ Stormont deal.
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 […]
New greenway project could be a gamechanger for tourism
THE push is on to secure completion of a crossborder Greenway which would take in Enniskillen. And the importance of securing progress on the project has become more obvious during Covid-19 pandemic. Early in 219 First Minister Arlene Foster and other Fermanagh representatives made their way to the home of the Ballroom of Romance, Glenfarne, […]
Cycle trail could link up Fermanagh and Galway
The ambitious new greenway project could “join the fields of Athenry with the lakelands of Fermanagh”.
‘Greenway’ plan could see old railways reborn as cycle paths
Plans are afoot to create a walking/cycling trail along the old Great Northern Railway track connecting Donegal Town to Bundoran, taking in Belleek, Kesh and Pettigo.