The school in rural Fermanagh will remain open for at least another year now.
Cocaine use rife in local rural areas
THE USE of hard drugs, particularly cocaine, is rife in rural Fermanagh. That’s the shocking message from a local health worker, who said the ‘use of hard drugs has been prevalent’ in even some of Fermanagh’s isolated areas. “The use of hard drugs such as cocaine has been prevalent for a while in even the most rural areas […]
Ballinamallard United in battle to make ends meet
MOST local businesses have been hit hard during the current economic climate, and Ballinamallard United FC are no different. With gate receipts down 40 per cent since Covid and the cost-of-living crisis taking its toll, the Northern Ireland Football League Championship side has had to greatly reduce their overall spending. “It’s difficult to find revenue […]
Children’s playgroup programme at risk thanks to cuts
A PLAYGROUP worker has spoken of the devastating effect that education cuts will have on children. Michelle McGrory from Newtownbutler Playgroup helps run ‘The Railway Kids Programme’ for young children aged two to three-years-old and has been funded by the Pathway Fund that was set up to enhance amongst other things, the pre-school sector. However, […]
Group of doctors to take over Lisnaskea GP surgery
The group of GPs will take over Maple Healthcare this month.
Elliott challenges DAERA on safety for older farmers
FERMANAGH’S elder farmers are getting a raw deal when it comes to funding for safety. Tom Elliott, who is the MLA for Fermanagh & South Tyrone claimed that farmers in the county and the rest of the North who are over 40 are being looked over for grants to improve working conditions compared to those […]
Fermanagh MLAs react to pay cut
FERMANAGH’S MLAs have had their salaries cut by a whopping £14,000. The move was made by the UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris, following the continued failure of MLAs to elect a speaker for the Assembly at Stormont and to form an Executive government. This deduction of earnings by 27.5 per cent means that […]
Anger as Republican group accused of leafleting schools
UUP MLA, Tom Elliott has expressed outrage over reports that an Irish Republican group has been leafleting local schools. The leaflet, seen by The Fermanagh Herald, is from Lasair Dhearg – an Irish Socialist Republican organisation that was formed back in 2017. In it, the group speak out against the PSNI’s presence inside schools insisting that educational […]
‘Real progress’ towards reopening of SWAH neonatal unit
A number of posts have been filled at the embattled unit, however training is ongoing.
MLAs making some nice cash on the side
By John Carney NEW FIGURES have revealed the business interests of MLAs recently elected to the Stormont Assembly and many are getting some handy extra cash on top of their £51,500 salaries. All 90 members are required to declare information on a register of interests of any financial interest that “might reasonably be thought by others to […]