ONE-in-five Fermanagh patients are being forced to spend their last months of life worrying about money, shocking new figures have shown.
SOAS launch fundraiser to help cover legal costs
Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) has launched a Go Fund Me page to help cover costs of legal action they are taking against the Western Trust.
SOAS plans to rally outside Stormont in near future
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SOAS will be holding a rally in Enniskillen in the coming weeks, with plans to then demonstrate at Stormont in the near future.
FOI reveals £40k cost of SWAH surgery consultation
The conslutation on the future of emergency general surgery at the Enniskillen hospital was paused then eventually closed in October due to ‘flaws’.
Over 2,000 attacks on Western Trust staff in a year
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Health staff in the Western Trust area were were physically assaulted 1,769 times and verbally abused 390 times in the last year.
Fermanagh community urged to ‘keep fighting’ for SWAH
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“Keep on shining the light, Fermanagh. Keep fighting the good fight. Time matters.”
SOAS hosts public meeting on SWAH in Enniskillen
Hundreds have turned out for the first meeting of 2026 by the Fermanagh group, which comes off the back of a busy year for the community campaign.
Trillick siblings making their mark on Irish pony scene
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From their first tentative outings at local shows to competing on some of the biggest stages in pony show jumping, the McBride siblings have built an impressive and inspiring success story. Lily (11), Rory (9) and Mary (8), from Trillick, have grown up immersed in ponies and competition, balancing school life with an extraordinary level […]
Rally star McShea ready for a big year
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Fermanagh’s first world rally champion has said the Craig Breen Foundation Prize will lead to “another incredibly exciting year” in motorsport, as his son continues to take the sport by storm. Monea man Niall McShea wrote his name into the history books in Australia in 2004 when he held off Scottish hotshot Alister McRea on the […]
Ederney mourns respected vet Cormac McKervey
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The Ederney community has been left saddned following the passing of Cormac McKervey who has been remembered as “one of North Fermanagh’s most respected and trusted veterinary surgeons”. Formerly of Erne Drive, Ederney, Mr McKervey passed away peacefully on January 12 surrounded by his family aged 92. Born and raised in Ederney, Cormac’s calling to become […]