Concerns expressed on Fermanagh’s long and winding road


IT’S ONE of the busiest roads in the county, but like many of the county’s other main thoroughfares, there are persistent concerns about the condition of the Newbridge Road. Local motorists have been worried about the safety of the road, which is the main route from Lisnaskea to Derrylin, for a long time, with a rough […]


Mental health charity reports worrying rise


A LEADING Fermanagh group which provides life-saving support to young people living with mental health conditions has noticed an increase in demand for its services in the wake of the cost of living crisis. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, support services across the North has reported a sharp rise in young people seeking support for a […]


COLUMN:Michael Hand-Don’t worry about what people think


ONE of the most recurrent phrases I heard my mother say when I was young was: “What will the neighbours think?” She often compared me to the children in other people’s families with the assumption that they were better behaved than me. I knew that in most cases they were not. It was a disease in […]