A young Newtownbutler man has avoided a driving disqualification after taking his quad bike onto the road without insurance.
Newtownbutler lines up week of Fermanagh Fleadh events
Annual showcase of traditional music, song and dance kicks off this Saturday
Gardai blamed for hold-up in wedding murder case
Judge urges direct contact between prosecution officials on both sides of border
US family’s search for long-lost Fermanagh relatives
A family in Pennsylvania are searching for members of their extended family in the Newtownbutler area.
Murder accused released on bail to live in Enniskillen
THE two men accused of murder at a wedding in Newtownbutler earlier this year have been granted bail – on the condition that they live at an address in Enniskillen. Patrick McGinley, 46, of Lisfarrell, Edgesworthstown, Co Longford and his son William, 26, of the same addressed are charged with murdering Patrick’s uncle, 63-year-old Bernard […]
Local post offices now open seven day week
THE people of Brookeborough and Newtownbutler will enjoy a first-class postal service from next week, with two new modernised branches, offering longer opening hours, seven days a week.
Break-in victim: ‘the most disturbing thing is that someone was watching me…’
THE VICTIM of one of a spate of burglaries in Newtownbutler has told the Fermanagh Herald that despite losing up to £10,000 worth of property in a break-in at her home, “the most disturbing thing about this is that someone was watching me.” Aine McQuillan was targeted by thieves in recent weeks, who stole a […]
VIDEO: Thunder and lightning in July? Only in Fermanagh!
You’d have to see it to believe it, but luckily, we’ve got a video.
20 years on: Still no middle ground on Newtownbutler
THERE are still no signs of a solution for what has traditionally been the most contentious parade of the marching season in the county.
Protestant flute band makes its fleadh debut
IN WHAT surely must have been a first for a Fermanagh fleadh, a Protestant flute band played at the recent weekend of Irish traditional music in Newtownbutler.