THE Mayor of Huangshi city in China and the Chinese Ambassador to Northern Ireland made a historic visit to St Kevin’s College in Lisnaskea on Monday. Mayor Wu Zhiling and Madame Zhang Meifang arrived at the college with their Chinese delegation amid heavy rain, but the bad weather could not put a dampener on the big occasion. […]
Davy dedicates award to Rovers club members
LISNASKEA man Davy Wheeler said he was ‘very humbled’ after he received his BEM award at Hillsborough Castle on Tuesday morning. The 69-year-old was awarded a Order of the British Empire (BEM) award in the New Years’ Honours list for his services to association football in Fermanagh. The well-known Fermanagh man was presented with his award […]
Prayers continue for councillor in SWAH ICU
Cllr Garbhan McPhillips is being treated for meningitis at the South West Acute Hospital.
Blow to rural policing with closure of Fermanagh office
THE PSNI has confirmed no officers will be lost in the Lisnaskea area when the enquiry office at the town’s police station closes. The planned closure of the office, which will leave just one police enquiry office in Enniskillen serving the whole county, is being shut as part of a cost-cutting exercise by the force. On […]
No Garda update on Kelly Marie Lynch investigation
The body of the 23-year-old was found in the Ulster Canal on St Patrick’s Day, March 17, and an investigation was launched by the Gardaí.
Man with gun steals ‘substantial sum’ in Fermanagh
A MAN armed with a gun has stolen a “substantial sum of cash” during an armed robbery in Lisnaskea. Police said it happened at a business in the Cross Street area of Lisnakea last Sunday afternoon. Sources told the Herald that the business in question is Ladbrokes bookmakers in the town. A member of staff was […]
Armed robbery in Lisnaskea
The armed robbery took place at a business in Lisnaskea yesterday evening.
Lisnaskea legend laid to rest
Former Lisnaskea Emmetts and Fermanagh GAA stalwart Gerry McElroy was laid to rest at Holy Cross Church, Lisnaskea.
Mourners urged to remember happy times with Kelly Lynch
THE HEARTBROKEN friends of Kelly Lynch Gilroy have been urged to remember the happy times they spent with the 23-year-old, not the tragic circumstances surrounding her death. That was the message from Kelly’s devastated parents, Julieanne and Seán, delivered by Fr Jimmy McPhillips PP at her funeral at Holy Cross Church in Lisnaskea on Friday. […]
Donagh says sad farewell to Tony
Hundreds turned out to show their respect for the ‘beloved’ St Patrick’s Donagh GFC groundsman at St Patrick’s Church in Donagh yesterday.