CAUTION: Overturned oil tanker on Fermanagh road


FERMANAGH motorists are being advised to avoid the Sligo Road in Belcoo this afternoon (Monday) following a report of an overturned oil tanker. “Diversions are in place as motorists are advised to seek alternative main routes for their journey,” said a Police Service of Northern Ireland spokesperson. To read more on this story see this […]

Fermanagh motorists fury at faded road markings


CORRESPONDENCE from the Department of Infrastructure on faded road markings which essentially urged motorists to be vigilant has left councillors demanding to know how it’s possible to look for something that’s invisible from neglect. One councillor described a mini-roundabout in his constituency as a “free-for-all” as it no longer has markings whatsoever. Previously, the Council […]

Serious crashes continue on Fermanagh’s roads


THE spate of recent road accidents continued in the county with two more serious incidents taking place within the last week. Police, ambulance crews and the Northern Ireland Air Ambulance were deployed to the scene of a two-vehicle road crash on the Tempo Road area of Enniskillen at around 5:25pm on Monday. Police said that three […]

Fermanagh residents urged for views on new bypass


ENNISKILLEN residents have been urged to have their say on how the A4 Southern Bypass will maximise the ‘social, economic and environmental benefits’ for the county town. Following the resumption of the Stormont Executive, the people of the town were given a major boost when Northern Ireland Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald allocated £16 million for […]

Fermanagh’s roads claim yet another crash victim


YET another young person has been left fighting for their life following another crash on Fermanagh’s roads this week. On Sunday emergency services were called to the scene of a collision between a Volkswagen Tiguan and a Suzuki motorcycle, on the main Sligo Road at the junction with the Corraglass Road in Letterbreen. Diversions were put […]

Man who died in crash had just buried grandmother


THE MAN killed following a traffic crash near Fivemiletown early on Tuesday morning had buried his grandmother the day before.  Liam Mulligan, aged 28, and from the Fivemiletown area, died following a one vehicle road traffic collision on the Belfast Road. He had buried his grandmother Margaret Green, the previous day in Brookeborough. The single […]

Call for new Puffin crossing at road death tragedy site


THERE have been calls for a Puffin crossing to be built on the stretch of road where Elaine McGarrity lost her life on New Year’s Eve.  The 54-year-old mother died after she was struck by a pick-up truck on the Brownhill Link Road in Irvinestown on December 31st. There has now been a request for […]

Another life lost on ‘notorious’ stretch of road


  29-year-old Kiara McCoy was killed in a two vehicle road traffic collision on the A4 Enniskillen to Belfast road at Brookeborough last Tuesday evening. The devastating fatal crash occurred on a notorious stretch of road that has been the scene of numerous road deaths.  In the last six years alone, eight people have lost […]