Motorists in the east of Fermanagh face months of traffic chaos as the main Lisnaskea to Maguiresbridge road is set to close for an extended period from the end of April. The road, which is used daily by thousands of commuters who travel from Lisnaskea, Newtownbutler, Roslea and Donagh to Enniskillen for work, will be […]
Special birthday for a special lady…
LISNASKEA woman, Sarah McElroy recently celebrated reaching a milestone birthday. Over 90 family, friends and neighbours gathered for a 100th birthday party to help celebrate the remarkable lady’s big birthday. For the past few months Sarah has been living with her daughter Patricia, but this did not deter lifelong neighbours from coming along to join […]
Teachers’ target practice …all in a good cause!
TEACHERS at St Kevin’s College were the target as kind hearted Aoife O’Donnell raised funds for the Paediatric Diabetic Unit at SWAH. Year 9 pupil Aoife O’Donnell organised a very successful ‘Soak the Teacher’ event on Thursday lunchtime. 13-year-old Aoife was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in April 2017. Since then, she has received […]
Lisnaskea letter turns up 60 years after it was posted
DOCUMENTS from the 1960s relating to a Lisnaskea lady turned up on a London doorstep in recent days. A brown envelope with the date stamp 3 March 1960 appeared on Irish man, Ken Kavanagh’s doorstep following a windy night last week. In the envelope was a great deal of information relating to a Ms Rose […]
Driver claims ginger cat caused car crash
A LISNASKEA MAN who claimed he crashed into an electricity pole after a cat ran out in front of him while he was driving home from work has been fined and given penalty points for careless driving. Barry McDermott (25) of Monancloy Road, Monanacloy appeared at Enniskillen Magistrates Court last Wednesday where he pleaded guilty […]
Prison for Lisnaskea teenage girl
A NINETEEN- year old girl has been sentenced to two months in prison after an electronic monitoring tag was damaged. Shirley Marie Reilly (19) of Main Street, Lisnaskea appeared at Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Wednesday charged with criminal damage to a tag belonging to G4S. On July 28th 2018, the electronic tag which Reilly should […]
Farmer spared prison over £14k missing mart money
Husband and wife alerted police to theft of cheques
Lisnaskea woman Brenda rated best midwife in North
A LISNASKEA woman has been named Midwife of the Year, in recognition of her incredible work with new mums in Fermanagh. Brenda McCabe is the ‘Emma’s Diary Mums’ Midwife of the Year 2019’ for the North, which is one of the Royal College of Midwives’ annual midwifery awards. The award gives mothers the chance to […]
Tragic loss of sisters inspires mental health campaign
A LOCAL woman who lost two of her sisters to suicide has organised a Masquerade Ball to support the mental health and suicide prevention programmes that Oak Healthy Living Centre delivers. In August, Emma Reilly was walking the Camino De Santiago in Spain when she came up with the idea of the Gala Ball to […]
Road ‘in urgent need of repairs’
THE busy Newbridge Road from Lisnaskea to Derrylin is in ‘urgent need of repair.’ The condition of the road has deteriorated, and from Lisnaskea town centre out, the road is very uneven with several potholes and rutting where the surface has broken down. Sinn Fein MLA Sean Lynch says that road repairs in the Lisnaskea […]