Future looks bright as Lisnaskea in line for new centre


THE Carrosyl Community centre is right at the heartbeat of the Sylvan Hill and Carrowshee neighbourhood, the non-profit group organisation was founded back in 2001, with the mission to improve the quality of life for all residents of Carrowshee Park and Sylvan Hill.  Over the years, the non-profit organisation has only grew from strength to […]

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Silver Audi linked to string of burglaries


FERMANAGH has once again been the target of a series of burglaries and thefts. This week there are reports of crime  across the county in both towns and remote rural areas. In the Drumbawn area of Enniskillen unoccupied properties were targeted on Sunday.  A Police spokesman outlined, “Police received a report of a burglary in […]

Plans for school that was once at heart of community


THE building of the old St Eugene’s Primary School located in the Knocks area between Brookeborough and Lisnaskea is all set for a brand new re-boot, six years after the rural school faced permanent closure.  As our photographer, Andrew Paton, reveals the little country school remains virtually unchanged since the day it closed. Now, however, […]

National role for former St Michael’s president


A FERMANAGH priest has been promoted to a senior role within the Catholic Church in Ireland.  It will be officially announced today (Wednesday) that Lisnaskea native Mgr Joseph McGuinness  has been appointed to the post of executive secretary of the Irish Episcopal Conference.  The new job will see Mgr McGuinness, who was Clogher diocesan secretary […]

Lisnaskea youngsters resurrect scarecrow tradition…


CHILDREN from the two main primary schools in Lisnaskea have come together to resurrect a forgotten tradition. St Ronan’s primary school joined forces with the Moat primary school and contacted businesses around Lisnaskea to ask if they would create and display a scarecrow.  The aim was to get an event running that involved everyone, so […]

Death of an islander and ‘a giant of a man’


ONE of Fermanagh’s most colourful characters has died peacefully in hospital after a short illness. John James Reihill from Derrylin Road, Lisnaskea, and formerly of Innishcorkish Island was 87 and was described as ‘a cornerstone for his family’, during the funeral Mass on Sunday. Fr Jimmy McPhillips told mourners they were laying to rest an […]

Local residents ‘living in fear’


AFTER  a 13-year-old girl was left critically injured over the weekend, residents of the Trasna Way area have been left to feel unsafe in their own homes. One resident voiced their concerns by saying: “A child got seriously hurt, that’s not right in any community, nobody is above the law especially when this happens on […]

Fears criminal gangs behind latest border break-ins


A SPATE of cross-border crime swept across east Fermanagh in the past week. Reports of burglaries in the Newtownbutler and Roslea area have been reported, as did a series of break-ins understood to have taken place in the Clones area last Wednesday, all reportedly between 3.30pm – 6pm.  It is believed that a silver/grey Audi […]