‘We have much to learn from Rwanda’ say victims group


THE community here could learn much from from the reconciliation and peace-building work of Rwanda, a local victims’ group has stressed. Last year a delegation from the South East Fermanagh Foundation (SEFF) visited the central African country, which was devastated by a civil war in the mid-1990s between two ethnic groups, the Hutu and the Tutsi. According […]

Murdered garda given posthumous award for bravery


A GARDA inspector who was murdered by an IRA bomb on the Fermanagh border in the 1970s has been posthumously awarded the highest honour from An Garda Síochána. Originally from Co Longford, Insp Sam Donegan was based in Cavan when he died following a booby-trap bomb exploded at Legakelly, Co Monaghan. Last Friday, his family […]

SEFF host forgiveness webinar at Stormont


A VICTIMS group will be hosting a forgiveness and reconciliation online webinar at Stormont on tomorrow. The South East Fermanagh Foundation (SEFF) will be staging the event at the Long Gallery at Parliament Buildings between 10.30am to 3.30pm. This event will bring panellists from academia, journalism and theology together focusing on the treatment of victims/survivors […]

SEFF helps hundreds access Troubles payments


A CAMPAIGN group which offers support for Troubles-related victims has offered assistance in helping to access payments that might be due to them. Kenny Donaldson, Director of Services for South East Fermanagh Foundation (SEFF), says that his group has already assisted with in the region of 700 applications for The Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme (TPDPS). […]

Young actors hone their skills


YOUNG actors from Brookeborough and surrounding area have been honing their acting skills as part of a Ulster Scots Summer School, which has been running over the past month.