Police have reminded jet skiers and speed boat users that there are speed limits on the lough.
Lough Erne RNLI crews urge boaters to be prepared
Both Fermanagh stations helped a total of seven people, including four children, at the weekend.
Fundraising drive for busy local RNLI livesavers
“Our annual Mayday fundraising campaign is our call for your support to help keep you and your family safe this summer.”
Five friends lap the lough
FIVE local men have braved the elements and taken to the road in a bid to raise funds for a Brookeborough church. Kenny Dunlop, Iain Lendrum, Drew Robinson, Adrian Dunlop and Aghavea parish rector, Rev Johnny McLoughlin set off on a lap of lower Lough Erne on Friday. Four cyclists and the rector on his […]
TV actor Dunbar supports bid to sort raw sewage issue
RESIDENTS of an Enniskillen housing estate are up in arms because they say sewage which regularly overflows into the street is posing a serious real health risk. The residents at Galliagh Shore on Rossorry Church Road, have been fighting for several years to have the problem resolved after the developer went bust leaving a sewerage […]
Swimmer Ellie’s taken to the lough for training
LOCKDOWN hasn’t bothered swimmer Ellie McCartney too much. The talented Enniskillen swimmer has been concentrating on her training routine in novel ways. Recently she has taken to Lough Erne to put in the hours needed to be an elite swimmer with Ireland. Now she’s heading to Spain with her mother Mary for a short […]
Top national award for Manor House hotel
THE winning of the Irish Hotel’s Country House Hotel of the Year for 2020 has come at the perfect time, as the Manor House Country Hotel reopens its doors this Friday. The popular hotel was also awarded Best Wedding Venue of the Year Ulster along with the overall awards for Best Hotel Breakfast. General Manager […]
Hotel hopes to tap into demand for ‘stay-cations’
ONE of Enniskillen’s most popular hotels has welcomed the announcement that the reopening date for hotels has been brought forward. The Lough Erne Resort set it’s reopening date as 20 July on the back of previous government guidance and yesterday (Tuesday) Joanne Walsh, general manager confirmed that the Resort would not bring forward its reopening […]
Getting Creative in Covid – the Royal presents radio play
Under normal circumstances, Enniskillen Royal Grammar school’s Junior Drama Club would be in the throes of rehearsing during lunch and after school for their annual summer production. Not one to be deterred by a global pandemic, drama teacher and Junior Drama Club director, Mrs McDowell came up with the creative idea of writing […]
‘Joe Magee’ cot is launched to save endangered curlew
A NEW boat has been launched to help save the some of Fermanagh’s most endangered birds. A new traditional cot, which will be used to transport livestock and machinery from the islands of Lower Lough Erne, has been launched by the RSPB. The boat will be named after the Joe Magee, a pioneering Fermanagh bird […]