AN ENNISKILLEN doctor has made history at the South West Acute Hospital for her use of modern technology which is helping provide ‘first class medical education’ to young students. A Foundation Year 1 doctor at the South West Acute Hospital, Dr Grace Kettyle, recently teamed up with other doctors from Canada and around Europe. They […]
Family survives food truck fire in Enniskillen
AN Enniskillen man and his young family narrowly escaped serious injury when the chip van they were working in suddenly went ablaze at the weekend. Van owner Paddy McDonnell was working in the Diamond area of Enniskillen on Saturday night when flames began shooting dramatically from his vehicle into the air and black smoke billowed skywards. Mr McDonnell […]
Work picks up on McDonald’s drive-thru in Enniskillen
MCDONALD’S has said it’s hoping that the new drive-thru in Enniskillen will be opened later ‘this year’. Major work is ongoing at the site of the former TP Topping car dealership in the town, with excitement growing as to what the new drive-thru will mean for the major fast-food chain. Fermanagh and Omagh District Council […]
Fermanagh winners at Irish Restaurant Awards final
THREE local businesses claimed a top prize at the hugely popular and much-anticipated All-Ireland Final of the Irish Restaurant Awards last night (Monday). Taking place in the Clayton Hotel in Burlington Road in Dublin, over 1,200 leading lights from the hospitality industry on the island of Ireland attended the special awards ceremony. The Lough Erne […]
Fermanagh road closed due to serious crash
EMERGENCY services are at the scene of a serious two vehicle road crash on the Tempo Road. “Road users are advised the Tempo Road, Enniskillen, is currently closed due to a two vehicle road traffic collision this evening,” said a statement from the Police Service of Northern Ireland. “There are a number of diversions in […]
BREAKING: GP appointed for Fermanagh border practice
THE Swanlinbar community has said they’re ‘delighted’ after the appointment of a new GP. For the past three years the practice just across the border has been run on a full-time basis by a locum GP. On Friday afternoon, Swanlinbar Development Association confirmed that a new GP has been appointed to the Swanlinbar Health Centre […]
Howe named in NI squad for Euros double header
Maguiresbridge player Casey Howe has retained her place in Tanya Oxtoby’s Northern Ireland squad for the upcoming Euro qualifiers’ double-header against Portugal. The Athlone Town striker came off the bench against Bosnia and Herzegovina for her first competitive international cap and set up their third goals, after missing the Malta game with a stomach bug. […]
Free parking at South West Acute Hospital scrapped
FREE parking at the South West Acute Hospital and across the North is now over. Visitors, employees and patients at South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen availed of free parking since Monday, thanks to a Stormont blunder, but normal service had now been resumed. Check out Wednesday’s paper for more on the story. To read […]
Cross-border effort helps ease anti-social car events
THERE has been a reduction in the anti-social car events that had been plaguing residents along the Fermanagh border, thanks to the increased north-south cooperation. Last year the Herald reported how the ‘diffing and drifting’ events were regularly attracting hundreds and spectators and drivers from across the country on weekend nights along the A3/N54 at Rabbit’s Island […]
Lay funeral ministers start work in Diocese
IT was a ‘historic day’ at Holy Cross Church in Lisnaskea on Sunday as the Bishop of Clogher commissioned 45 new members of the laity to the Parish Bereavement Teams across the Diocese. As previously reported by the Herald, it was confirmed in September that over 40 new ‘lay leaders’ will be introduced to Clogher […]