Success for local athletes at Mary Peters Track


Warm conditions and high-class fields made for yet another great day’s athletics at the 2025 edition of the Belfast Milers Club meet, at the Mary Peters Track, on Saturday. Frank Buchanan had the B European 1500m standard in his sights as he lined up in a very large field of 22 athletes in a strong […]

Fermanagh parents to meet over school merger proposal


PARENTS of post-primary school pupils in Fermanagh have been invited to a public meeting next month to start the “consultation process” over the future of education in the county. As reported by the ‘Herald today (Wednesday), it’s understood discussions have been ongoing over the future of St Michael’s College and St Joseph’s College and a […]

Impressive wins for Kelly, Toner and McKenzie


Over 1000 students from right across Fermanagh, Cavan, Tyrone and South Donegal were present to contest the E District Cross Country Championships at Castle Irvine Estate in Irvinestown on Tuesday. In the Minor Girls’ race, Kate Kelly totally dominated proceedings from the gun running well clear of the large field to record a very comprehensive […]

Mount Lourdes celebrates success with prizegiving


MOUNT Lourdes Grammar School in Enniskillen said it was “immensely proud” of its pupils who excelled in their academic studies and extracurricular activities in a successful year for the school. The Fermanagh school revealed the overall GCSE results were six per cent above the average for grammar schools in the North, with 99 per cent […]

Bella is following in her mother’s footsteps


BELLA Nethercott was recently appointed head girl of Mount Lourdes Grammar School for the year 2024/25 but she is not the first member of the family to take up the position. Bella’s mother Mary was head girl of the school for the year 1986/87 and still recalls her name being called out in the Assembly […]

Mount Lourdes pupils receive GCSE results


Mount Lourdes Grammar School pupils were delighted this morning when they picked up their GCSE results! Click the video below to listen to some of the top grade achievers and their plans for the future.

Cassidy to row for Great Britain U19s at World Champs


Enniskillen Royal Boat Club rower Acorn Cassidy has been selected to race in the women’s coxless four for Great Britain at 2024 World Rowing Under 19 Championships in Canada later this month. Cassidy, 18, is part of an 84-strong GB squad heading to the championships (18-25 August) and will be joined in the boat by […]

Mount Lourdes’ cross country team pick up award


On Saturday, March 9, a team of eight Mount Lourdes students made history by winning a first-ever national cross-country title for the school at the Irish Schools’ Cross Country Finals in Tymon Park, in South Dublin. The team, made up of Erin McPhillips, Eimear Mulligan, Kacey Gallagher, Ciara McCrystal, Moya Magee, Megan Kelly, Kate Kelly […]