FERMANAGH retailers are losing out in a cross-border fuel war as motorists here continue to opt for neighbouring southern towns for cheaper petrol, according to a Fermanagh MLA.
Only one job created in county from foreign investment
INVEST NI has come under heavy criticism from a local MLA who says that they are not doing enough to create jobs here. A total of 4, 760 jobs were promoted across the North by Invest NI, excluding start-ups. In Fermanagh, just one job has been promoted by Invest NI in foreign companies in […]
Most local jobs vacancies in sales and retail sector
THE most advertised job vacancies in Fermanagh do not require a university education and may serve to explain why our graduates are leaving the county in droves.
Flying of loyalist flags ‘doing damage to tourism’
Tourists are being put off by ‘loyalist ghetto’ image, says MLA
Cancer patients ‘forced to work’
People with serious disabilities and health conditions, including cancer patients, are being forced back into work and stripped of benefits, an Enniskillen charity worker has claimed.
DUP man slated over ‘anti-Irish’ email
DUP councillor Bert Johnston, has said that Sinn Fein MLA Phil Flanagan is creating a ‘storm in a teacup’ following his criticism over a leaked email in which the unionist councillor described the Irish language as ‘foreign and gnomish’.
MLA ‘disappointed’ by Catholic schools body response on Brollagh
A Cross-party group of MLAs has met with the senior management of the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) to press them to give proper consideration to the proposal put forward by the local community cross-border area learning community.
Fracking opponents welcome plans to look into safety issues
A new research programme into the safety of fracking is to be carried out over a period of two years
‘Local people are paying the price for G8’
OVER £100, 000 more was spent by the Western Trust than had been anticipated during the G8 summit in June.
Invest NI jobs mission for Fermanagh will be confined to hotel, claims MLA
Phil Flanagan has criticised plans to bring Invest NI’s overseas team to Fermanagh saying the county will not be well represented while also accusing the jobs agency of failing to promote the area as a potential investment spot.