Glasgow glory for Clements


CLONES athlete Irene Clements was part of the Ireland team which claimed a silver medal at the British & Irish Masters Cross Country Championships at Tollcross Park in Glasgow. Hosted by team Scotland, Clements took part in a competitive 6000m race where women from 35 to 60 took part. To read more on this story […]

Dublin delight for Monaghan


IRVINESTOWN runner Edel Monaghan claimed the Dublin Senior Cross Country title at Santry Demesne on Sunday. Along with the difficult underfoot conditions, competitors in the women’s race faced an extra barrier as this was the first championship race in Ireland where their distance came into line with the men’s at 9000m. To read more on this […]

Kerr names his Fermanagh & Western select squad


THE Fermanagh and Western representative squad for Saturday’s game against Sligo/Leitrim District League has been named. Manager, Michael Kerr, has named a formidable 18 man squad that includes Player of the Year Ryan Campbell, Mulhern Cup winning captain Jason Keenan and Tummery Athletic league winning player-manager, Ryan Hanna. On Monday night, the Fermanagh and Western side played Monaghan […]

Woman in her 50s dies following single-vehicle collision


A WOMAN in her 50s has died after the car in which she was a passenger was involved in a single-vehicle collision in Co Monaghan early on Monday morning. The collision on the Roslea Road out of Clones, Co. Monaghan, occurred at approximately 5am and emergency services are currently at the scene. Two men in […]

Millions more granted for cross-border canal project


FINANCE: AN ADDITIONAL €6 million has been announced for the Ulster Canal cross-border restoration project on Lough Erne. This brings to €12 million, the total of financial support provided by each of the governments north and south of the border on this stage of the project.  The project will continue work that began 180 years […]

Death of popular Derrylin woman


DESCRIBED by family and friends as ‘a loving presence, a lovely lady’, the death of Philomena O’Rourke a former all-Ireland dancing winner, has been greeted with much sadness in the Derrylin area. She was the mother of former Fermanagh and Monaghan manager Malachy. Just a few months short of her 90th birthday, Philomena, of Grattan, […]

SEARCH RESUMES FOR MISSING MAN


EIGHTEEN YEARS ago this week Magheraveely man Tony Lynch was last seen in Fermanagh Street, Clones. From that day since the popular father-of-four has vanished without trace.  Now his heartbroken family are holding out fresh hopes that new technology may be able to solve the mystery of Tony’s disappearance. Over the past few days the […]

Civil disobedience ‘will be the norm’if border restored


THE PEOPLE of Fermanagh will take part in “every day civil disobedience” if a border is re-errected after Brexit.  There has been a lot of talk of a rise in tensions and even violence if the border returns post-Brexit, however peaceful civil disobedience has been used by Fermanagh people in the past to protest injustice, […]