HOPES for an intervention from Robin Swann to lift Covid restrictions on labour wards has been deemed “unlikely” as leading midwife union warns that rules must continue to keep “mothers and babies safe.” The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) issued a plea to those calling for a blanket reopening of services to recognise the infection […]
Covid-19 restrictions take heavy toll on expectant mums
WOMEN across Fermanagh have called for Covid restrictions on maternity services to be changed in order to allow partners into wards during early labour and after birth. In a heartbreaking appeal, a number of Lisnaskea mothers-to-be told the Herald how current restrictions has had a “devastating impact” on their mental health. At the moment, Trust […]
Bishop calls on everyone to play their part
THE CATHOLIC Bishop of Clogher Larry Duffy has appealed to everyone in the community to do all they can to help stop the spread of Covid-19. With infection rates shooting up across the North and in neighbouring bordering counties, tighter lockdown restrictions were brought in all nine counties of Ulster last week, with Stormont announcing […]
New restrictions pose headache for crossborder workers
COUNCILLORS on both sides of the border have called for an “All-Ireland approach” with regards to Covid restrictions. On Monday night, Cabinet Ministers in the South agreed to put the country into highest alert level five from today (Wednesday) for six weeks. Despite this, further lockdown restrictions imposed by Stormont last Friday do not amount […]
Border closed to all but essential travel
LAST WEEK it was only Donegal that was off limits for all but essential travel, this week there is nowhere south of the border where Fermanagh people can visit without a valid reason. As numbers continued to grow in the South, just like the North, it was announced on Monday the entire 26 counties were […]
Police hand out fines for Covid restrictions
OVER 50 fines for flouting coronavirus rules have been issued in this area since the pandemic began in March, according to Police. In the Fermanagh and Omagh Council area more penalty notices were issued than neighbouring Mid Ulster, 20, and various other regions such as Antrim and Newtownabbey, 30 and Lisburn and Castlereagh City, 23. […]
Rural pubs ‘to lose out’ under new regulations
WHILE many of us are eagerly awaiting the reopening of pubs here on July 3, it seems many local publicans are unhappy with new regulations which they say would discriminate against smaller rural licensed premises. The announcement that pubs and hotels were to reopen came with the caveat that the end of lockdown only applied […]