THE PICTURESQUE village of Lisbellaw is looking even prettier after receiving an investment boost from a Covid recovery scheme. Funded to the tune of £122,500 from the Covid Recovery Small Settlement Regeneration Programme, locals recently celebrated the completion of the Lisbellaw Village Enhancement Project. The project was supported by Femanagh and Omagh Council (FODC), and saw improvements made throughout […]
Final call for BT payphones in Fermanagh
IT’S the end of an era for Fermanagh payphones after BT confirmed that it’s set to remove in the region of 19 existing phone boxes which remain in the county as part of its major new overhaul. BT, otherwise known as British Telecom’s, recently confirmed that it was set to close down and remove the […]
Maguire blasts golf’s gender pay gap
BALLYCONNELL golfer Leona Maguire has said players are being left with a “choice” whether to compete in some events or not after a worrying gender pay gap was revealed at the Irish Open. Maguire placed tied for 15 in the KPMG Women’s Irish Open event which took place at Carton House. Englishwoman Annabel Dimmock won the […]
Women get ready to tractor pull for new Hub project
Fifty women are getting ready to put their strength to the test as they prepare to pull a tractor from Irvinestown to Ballinamallard. This mighty challenge will take place on Saturday 14 September to raise some vital funds to complete Phase 1 of the Ballinamallard Community Hub project. The Hub, a not-for-profit community initiative led by Ballinamallard […]
Dolan hits the target
THEY say you shouldn’t meet your heroes because they’ll only let you down, but this was not the case for me. I’m a big fan of local darts star Brendan Dolan and I got the opportunity to meet him at a recent fundraising event in aid of Dementia NI at Culley’s Bar in Enniskillen. At one stage […]
Oisin’s car run fundraiser raises £6,000
AN AMAZING amount of £6,000 has been handed over to Air Ambulance N.I. by the family of the late Oisin Gregg. The money was raised at a recent car run fundraiser when hundreds of cars came out in Belleek. The fundraiser was in memory of Oisin and to celebrate his birthday on the 2nd of August when he would […]
Fermanagh hospitality costs among highest in UK
THE hospitality sector in the North continues to pay higher wages, food, drink, and energy costs than their counterparts in Britain, a survey has found. Research by Hospitality Ulster, the British Beer and Pub Association, the British Institute of Innkeeping, and UKHospitality has revealed that almost every hospitality business in the UK has seen steep increases in wages, […]
Fermanagh house prices rise by 6% in the past 12 months
HOUSE prices in the local area have risen by over six percent in the past year. According to statistics from the Land and Property Service, assisted by NISRA, house prices in Fermanagh and Omagh have increased by 3.7 percent in the past quarter, and by 6.3 percent in the past 12 months. That’s compared to […]
Fermanagh charities receive major funding support
Three charities in Enniskillen have each received a £1,000 grant from SPAR NI, as part of its Community Cashback Grant initiative. The Aisling Centre Company, The Cedar Foundation and Positive Futures are three of 20 recipients selected from over 900 applications that came from grassroots organisations, registered charities and community groups from across Northern Ireland. […]
Fermanagh runners raise £15,000 after London Marathon
TWO Fermanagh residents said they were “overwhelmed by the incredible generosity” of the community after they took part in the hugely challenging London Marathon to raise money for local charities. Well-known and hugely-popular Belcoo resident, Tony McGourty, and his niece Kathryn Walls, recently were part of the 53,000-plus runners who completed the 26.2 miles marathon in […]