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 […]
New evidence emerges over killing of Michael Leonard
“This new evidence highlights the failure of British authorities to investigate the RUC [killing] of an unarmed Irish citizen.”
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 […]
Family of man shot 48 years ago still seeking answers
24-year-old Michael Leonard was shot by RUC officers as he crossed the border on May, 17 1973.