Fr Gary Donegan has third surgery


FR Gary Donegan said he was ‘genuinely moved’ after a community youth group in Ardoyne sent him ‘get well soon’ messages online, just hours after he underwent a third surgery on his eye. The Fermanagh cleric was admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, on Wednesday in a bid to secure the sight in his […]

Fermanagh police set for backdated pay windfall


A FORMER policeman and current serving Councillor has claimed years of management being “out of touch” has led to officers in Fermanagh and the North being awarded a £30million payout. The PSNI were landed with the massive bill following a Supreme Court decision ordering them to pay retrospective back-pay for overtime for officers who served […]

St Michael’s priest advised Sheridan to join the RUC


A PRIEST and former teacher at St Michael’s College in Enniskillen urged Peter Sheridan to consider a career in policing. The former PSNI officer and new legacy investigations chief began his career in policing at the age of 16 on the advice of Fr Peadar Livingstone when he was a careers and Irish teacher at the school. “Unusually I […]

Demand for justice on Michael Leonard killing


A HUMAN rights activist has demanded that justice be given to the family of Michael Leonard 50 years after his killing by the RUC. Pettigo man Mr Leonard was shot by the RUC around 200 metres from the Donegal border at Letter on May 17, 1973. He had been a disqualified driver at the time. Afterwards […]

What happened when the ‘boys were back in town’?


IT was a night that Enniskillen would never forget. It was also a night that saw Fermanagh’s youth would be air guitarists overnight, where the RUC searched in vain for drugs and how one of Ireland’s most famous rockers was booted out of a local tea-shop. Thin Lizzy’s gig at Enniskillen’s Forum on April 3, […]

Family encouraged Wilson to pen memoir


FLORENCECOURT farmer, James Wilson, has published a memoir to pass on a record to future Wilsons of his life. Wilson, 72, will launch his book, “Minding The Coppers” at the Larganess Centre in Florencecourt on November 11 at 7.30pm. The book explores his life growing up on the farm before serving close to 30 years […]

Bernie O’Connor relives ‘stuff of nightmares’ for book


WELL-KNOWN Fermanagh school teacher, principal and St. Michael’s Scout Band leader, Bernie O’Connor, looks back on the life-changing event of his arrest by the RUC and subsequent interrogation at the infamous Castlereagh Detention Centre. It’s all in his new book called “Freeing the Truth”. Read all about his experiences in the Herald’s latest edition of […]