AS NON-ESSENTIAL retail stores brace themselves for a two-week lockdown just on the back of the Christmas surge in the lead up to December. Families right across Fermanagh have been busy getting their Santa orders in early this year, with fears that restrictions could be extended past the initial two weeks before Christmas. For Paul […]
‘Getting 80% of minimum wage is not enough to live on’
“The minimum was calculated on the basis that it’s what you need to live, and they’re only getting 80 percent of that.”
Covid has dramatically altered daily life – Bishop
…but he asks everyone to look to the future with hope
Package is no ‘Christmas present’ for hospitality
“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 […]