With the new school year upon us, many Fermanagh families struggle with the rising cost of new school uniforms.
Bella is following in her mother’s footsteps
BELLA Nethercott was recently appointed head girl of Mount Lourdes Grammar School for the year 2024/25 but she is not the first member of the family to take up the position. Bella’s mother Mary was head girl of the school for the year 1986/87 and still recalls her name being called out in the Assembly […]
More road rage for Enniskillen drivers
IF you think traffic in Enniskillen is a nightmare today, think again – it’s about to get worse. The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) and Evolve gas distributor have revealed plans for even more roadworks in the county town over the coming weeks. As if that’s not bad enough, it will coincide with all the local […]
Mount Lourdes pupils receive GCSE results
Mount Lourdes Grammar School pupils were delighted this morning when they picked up their GCSE results! Click the video below to listen to some of the top grade achievers and their plans for the future.
St Aidan’s High School opens learning hub
ST Aidan’s High School Derrylin has recently opened a major new development which will enhance the learning environment for pupils and staff in a welcome “vote of confidence” for the school. A major redevelopment has been ongoing at the Fermanagh school, with Cookstown-based JDC Building Works Ltd heading up the project of erecting a new ‘Learning […]
Top award for Fermanagh assistant Cathy Murphy
A HUGELY respected classroom assistant in Enniskillen has been named as the ‘Best Support Staff in the North West Region’ at a prestigious awards ceremony in Belfast. Cathy Murphy, a popular member of staff at St Joseph’s College in Enniskillen, claimed the top honour at the Families First NI Secondary, Grammar and College Awards. The Fermanagh […]
New principal appointed at Fermanagh school
Bunscoil An Traonaigh, Lisnaskea has appointed one of Ireland’s youngest principals. Caoimhe Green from Clones is the latest principal of the Irish school and will begin her journey as principal in September at the age of 25. Caoimhe was in the first class to walk through the doors of the school 20 years ago when it opened and […]
The most unique school in Fermanagh
NESTLED in the leafy outskirts of Enniskillen is a pioneering school, unlike any other in the county. EOTAS (Education Other Than at School) provides a support service for young people for whom mainstream education is no longer successful. It offers local young people who require some help completing their schooling the chance to do so in a relaxed, non-judgemental […]
Driver arrested outside Fermanagh school
The speeding driver, who is believed to have been under the influence of alcohol, was passing Florencecourt PS as the children were coming out.
Derrylin principal leaves school after 50 years
PAT McTeggart has patrolled the corridors of St Aidan’s High School Derrylin, as man and boy, for almost 50 years, but he’s decided now’s the right time to call it a day on his distinguished career in education. The Kinawley man’s allegiance with the Derrylin school dates back to 1972 when he began his secondary […]