Encirc road safety campaign tops 1,500 mark


LOCAL glass manufacturer and bottle filler Encirc has donated high-visibility vests and beanie hats to local schools in Fermanagh and has topped the 1,500 mark. Mullanaskea Primary School, Enniskillen and St. Columban’s Primary School in Belcoo were the latest recipients of almost 300 vests and hats. The aim of the campaign is to ensure that school children feel safe […]

Fermanagh road closed due to ‘snow and ice’


THE Police Service of Northern Ireland has confirmed that a Fermanagh road is ‘currently impassable’ due to excess snow and ice lying in the area. “Road users are advised that the Marble Arch Road in Enniskillen is currently impassable due to the snow and ice,” said the PSNI in a statement this morning (Thursday).  “If […]

Encirc providing computer equipment for local schools


ENCIRC has teamed up with a leading IT software provider to support two local schools. As part of their new partnership with Complete IT Systems (CIT), Encirc has pledged to support St Aidan’s High School in Derrylin and Kill National School in Cootehill. The leading Fermanagh organisation has recently purchased a vast array of desktop […]

GALLERY: Pupils dress to impress at St Aidan’s Formal


There was plenty of fashion on show as pupils from St Aidan’s High School Derrylin enjoyed a night to remember at their school formal. We, at the Herald, captured some of the special moment from the night. Check out our gallery of pictures below! To read more on this story see this week’s Fermanagh Herald. […]

Top award for Derrylin’s Encirc


DERRYLIN-based business Encirc said they’re ‘very proud’ after they picked up one a top accolades at a Belfast awards ceremony which honoured and celebrated the most sustainable businesses in Ireland. Encirc – which is one of the largest glass bottle producing companies in Europe – achieved platinum accreditation at the Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey event in […]

GALLERY: Greats and glamour at Fermanagh All-Stars


DERRYGONNELLY’S Garvan Jones and Sarah McCarville from Aghadrumsee were the big winners at the Fermanagh GAA Club All-Star Awards on Friday night as they claimed Men’s and Ladies ‘Player of the Year’ accolades at the Westville Hotel in Enniskillen. Check out our gallery below for pictures from the event, which was organised and hosted by […]

Teemore ready to tackle physical Liatroim challenge


By Patrick Quigley and Katrina Brennan IT has been a while but this weekend Teemore will embark on the Ulster Club journey once again. Down champions Liatroim provide the opposition and Shamrocks’ manager Tony Collins is expecting a stern test; “I’ve seen the (Down) final and they’re quite physical and quite big, they have a big, […]

Gerry was ‘the heart and soul of the parish’


THE haunting skirl of bagpipe lament broke the cemetery hush as one of the Teemore area’s best known, and certainly most popular, personalities was bourne to the graveside. For Gerry McManus, so aptly described by former Teemore Curate, Fr. Maurice McMorrow PP, as “the heart and soul of the parish”, was, as he continued “surreal, […]

Doctor Ciara enjoys her ‘invaluable’ Zambia trip


A FOURTH year medical student has said she is ‘very grateful’ after she spent a four week placement in Lusaka providing life-saving help and support to the Zambian people. Earlier this month, Ciara McCaffrey from Teemore travelled to the African country with two of her classmates and the medical support organisation i4Life. It was a […]