FROM Lord Brookeborough losing his seat in the Lords, to hope for local families seeking justice for their loved ones, to a new legal obligation on our public bodies to be truthful with the community, there was plenty for Fermanagh to digest in last week’s King’s Speech. As part of the official opening of parliament ceremony, King Charles delivered […]
Ex-footballer driving home the message of gambling addiction
A FORMER Fermanagh and Western footballer is hoping to drive home the message that gambling addiction can cost lives over the coming weeks, months and beyond. Pete Keogh, whose son Lewis took his own life in 2013 because he had a gambling addiction, is the chairman of the charity Gambling With Lives which has been […]
Change in legislation was fatal blow to nursing home
THE private residential care home in Belleek that is due to close at the end of the month, with the loss of 40 full and part-time jobs, went into decline due to a new State-funded support scheme introduced in 2009.