Irvinestown

Animals burned to death in arson attack on farm


  THREE animals have been killed and machinery destroyed in an arson attack at a farm in Irvinestown.  The blaze is believed to have broken out around 10.30pm on 26 September at a farm on the Killsmullen Road in Tedd. A cow and two calves were inside the closed shed when it was deliberately set […]


Fermanagh left out of pilot to lower school speed limit


WHILE a pilot scheme to reduce speed limits outside primary school is being trialled in other parts of the North, no Fermanagh schools have been included in the exercise aimed at improving road safety for youngsters. The principal of St Mary’s Primary School in Maguiresbridge, John Prunty, has warned that a 20mph speed limit is […]


Police investigating armed robbery in Maguiresbridge


  Police are investigating an armed robbery at a house in the Gardeners Cross Road area of Maguiresbridge on Friday 21st September. A report was received by police shortly after 9pm that four masked men, armed with knives, had entered a house in the area and threatened the male occupant, before tying him up and […]


Drowning victim was set to get married


AN extensive search operation of Lough Erne has ended with the recovery of a man’s body who went missing after a tragic jet ski incident near Kesh. 31-year-old Kenny Andrews from Bangor, who was the managing director of a damp-proofing firm, went missing after he was involved in a jetski incident at Muckross Bay near […]


Man missing after JetSki incident


Police and other emergency services are currently conducting searches on Lough Erne this evening following reports of an incident involving a JetSki earlier.   One man has been rescued from the water and searches are continuing for a second man. It is believed the search is being carried out near Muckross in Kesh.  


Enniskillen woman is jailed for making false 999 calls


AN ENNISKILLEN woman has been jailed for making false 999 calls on two consecutive days, in which emergency services personnel were abused when they attended.  Before East Tyrone Magistrates Court was Caroline Irwin (51) of Coleshill Park, Enniskillen who accepted committing both offences whilst she was residing in the Dungannon area.  The first instance occurred […]


Thieves cut through wire fence to steal pallets


THIEVES cut through a wire fence and took over 160 wooden pallets from a business in Enniskillen earlier this month. Police have appealed to the public for information following the theft from a premises at the Carran Business Park on Wednesday, August 8th. The incident took place sometime between 7.50pm and 9pm. The thieves later […]