THE collapse of Stormont could have a detrimental impact on rural healthcare services here in Fermanagh warns one local councillor. Speaking to the Herald after a recent public meeting with staff from Maple healthcentre based in Lisnaskea, Cllr Eamon Keenan revealed that funding allocated by the department of health to provide multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) to […]
New booking system will give better access to GPs
A NEW system that will help patients have “better access” to booking GP appointments has been introduced at Maple Healthcare in Lisnaskea the Herald can reveal. The local GP practice has come under fire due to patient concerns over the lack of access to appointments and prolonged waiting periods over the telephone, with many unable to get through […]
Lisnaskea community champion helps Housing Executive celebrate 50th
LISNASKEA woman won the Housing Executive’s Rural Community Champion Award 2020, is helping the social housing organisation celebrate its 50th year. The popular and much-loved Kathleen Breen is one of a number of contributors taking part in a series of special video interviews with tenants and organisations engaged in important work at grass-roots level. Kathleen, from […]
Approval for new Lisnaskea Health and Care Centre
The new centre will be built on the site of the old high school.
St Kevin’s awarded £11,000 to launch rural community pollinator garden scheme
ST KEVIN’S College, Lisnaskea has been awarded £11,000 as part of a brand-new Rural Community Pollinator Grants Scheme. The initiative, financed by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) and managed by the civic-pride campaign ‘Live Here Love Here’ is designed to allow community groups and schools across rural areas in the North to benefit […]
Popular store gets set to re-open in Lisnaskea
First established back in 1923 by Frank Dowler, the long-standing business will now go under the new name of Dowlers Limited.
Bird of prey causes ‘buzz’ around Lisnaskea
IT WASN’T too long ago this would have been a rare sight, a beautiful bird of prey soaring across the skies of a local town. Thanks to the resurgence in buzzard populations across Ireland and the UK in recent years, though, this feathered Fermanagh resident may be a familiar face to many locals in Lisnaskea. […]
Clarke’s Quarry resurfaces bridge that they initially built almost 70 years ago
CLARKE’S Quarry in Lisnaskea, have taken a trip down memory lane after work was recently carried out to resurface the ‘Ramparts Bridge’ in Enniskillen, which was built by members of the Clarke family in the 1950s. The local bridge which was constructed by the P. Clarke and Sons Ltd. almost 70 years ago has carried […]
Two injured in morning crash outside Lisnaskea
A number of emergency vehicles attended the scene of this morning’s crash.
Fermanagh to get its very first ice rink!
The indoor synthetic ice rink will be open just in time for the Halloween holidays.