“I understand that health comes first, and I would happily stay closed for whatever time is needed as long as the financial support is there.”
Every household in Fermanagh to get pre-paid cash card
While full details of the £95 million initiative have yet to be finalised, it is understood peole receive pre-paid cash cards of around £100.
Business owners ‘heartbroken’ by latest lockdown
‘To date we have been paid zero of the money promised to help support our small business.’
Hairdressers working hard ahead of lockdown
“I’m full of dread of how I am letting clients down again, letting staff down again. Everyone I’ve spoken to is in bits.”
Niamh and Conor tie the knot… eventually!
WHILE Covid restrictions on weddings continue to cause heartbreak among many local couples. For new bride Niamh McGovern, planning her big day within ‘five weeks’ to husband Conor last month proved to be no task, having loved him since the age of 16. Speaking on their journey to the altar, Niamh told the Herald, “In […]
Learn to live with virus
A FERMANAGH doctor has said he fears Covid lockdowns are doing more harm than good in the community, and has urged the powers-that-be not to impose heavy restrictions at Christmas. Dr Brendan O’Hare, who lost his 89-year-old father to the virus just weeks ago, told the Herald he is “becoming increasingly concerned about the unintended […]
Hundreds of workers paying heavy a price for lockdown
WITH many sectors of the local economy currently ‘locked down’ again, and with the furlough scheme coming to an end, many families across the Fermanagh are struggling to make ends meet. In many cases families are finding it hard to pay their bills or feed their children, and with restrictions set to continue, so to […]
New restrictions pose headache for crossborder workers
COUNCILLORS on both sides of the border have called for an “All-Ireland approach” with regards to Covid restrictions. On Monday night, Cabinet Ministers in the South agreed to put the country into highest alert level five from today (Wednesday) for six weeks. Despite this, further lockdown restrictions imposed by Stormont last Friday do not amount […]
‘Here we go again’ businesses brace for the worst
FOR Cocoon Health and Beauty owner Carmel McElroy, Stormont’s announcement came as a “knife through the heart.” Speaking to the Herald, the Lisnaskea business woman and mother-of-one revealed, “We were closed for four months and to think that now we are faced with at least another month is heartbreaking. “The short notice meant that myself […]
Six hours’ notice to shut-up-shop
A FERMANAGH driving instructor has been left outraged after the Executive gave him “six hours notice” to stop all trade on Friday. After receiving confirmation via his car radio in the middle of a lesson with a student on Friday afternoon, Conor McCann told the Herald, “It’s just typical. We are licensed by the government […]