AFTER over two decades of existence, the Erne u3a group is committed to helping recently retired people ‘beat isolation’ by finding new pastimes and making new friends. Set up by Professor Pierre Vellas in France in 1973, the non-profit organisation, u3a, has became an international movement with branches dotted in many countries across Europe. The local […]
Pensioner hits out at appointment system
A FERMANAGH pensioner has hit out at the almost-impossible challenges being placed on local patients when it comes to attending much-needed and long-awaited appointments outside of the county. As has been well documented by the Herald and others in recent months, an increasing number of outpatients and consultant appointments, many of which had previously been […]
Use it or lose it! Appeal to protect rural post offices
One Fermanagh pensioner has urged everyone to “pay every possible bill through the post office” in order to protect the service.
