- Fermanagh Herald

THE Swanlinbar community has said they’re ‘delighted’ after the appointment of a new GP. For the past three years the practice just across the border has been run on a full-time basis by a locum GP. On Friday afternoon, Swanlinbar Development Association confirmed that a new GP […]

Maguiresbridge player Casey Howe has retained her place in Tanya Oxtoby’s Northern Ireland squad for the upcoming Euro qualifiers’ double-header against Portugal.  The Athlone Town striker came off the bench against Bosnia and Herzegovina for her first competitive international cap […]

FREE parking at the South West Acute Hospital and across the North is now over. Visitors, employees and patients at South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen availed of free parking since Monday, thanks to a Stormont blunder, but normal service had now been resumed. Check out Wednesday’s paper […]

THERE has been a reduction in the anti-social car events that had been plaguing residents along the Fermanagh border, thanks to the increased north-south cooperation. Last year the Herald reported how the ‘diffing and drifting’ events were regularly attracting hundreds and […]

IT was a ‘historic day’ at Holy Cross Church in Lisnaskea on Sunday as the Bishop of Clogher commissioned 45 new members of the laity to the Parish Bereavement Teams across the Diocese. As previously reported by the Herald, it was confirmed in September that over 40 new ‘lay […]

MURLEY Silver Band is celebrating 100 years of sweet music and the band has a year packed full of celebrations to mark the special occasion. The championship section brass band based in Fivemiletown, was established in 1924 taking its name from the town land of Murley where most of […]

I WAS speaking with a young man in his twenties recently who is gay and could not accept it; in fact, he said that he hated being gay and regrets that he is not heterosexual. This was not an isolated incident. I have come across quite a few gay people who struggle to accept their […]

A CASE involving a number of serious offences arising from an incident last summer has been returned for trial. Appearing for a committal hearing was Fred Sebastian Loftus Tottenham (37) from Lough Shore Road, Derrygonnelly who is accused of intentionally applying pressure to the throat of a […]

JUNIOR doctors in Northern Ireland have said they will stage further strike action after pay talks with the Department of Health broke down. It will see two 48-hour walkouts from May 22-24, followed by a similar walkout from June 6-8. Junior doctors previously went on strike for the first time […]

COUNTRY music star Nathan Carter has said he’s ‘really looking forward’ to his new chapter as brand ambassador at one of Fermanagh’s top hotels. The Liverpudlian, who lives in Bellanaleck, has recently been confirmed as the first official brand ambassador at the […]

AN age gap didn’t stop two generations in Garrison coming together to mark global intergenerational week. Little Smarties pre-school and the Garrison weekly coffee morning group came together to plant trees and sow wild flower seeds. The event saw both groups spending time with each […]

BAIL has been agreed in the case of a Fivemiletown man accused of assault and criminal damage provided an address can be found away from the alleged victim who lives nearby. Shaun McCaughey (50) from Bolies Road appeared by video-link from police custody charged with attempting to cause […]

THE skill of the pipe, the beat of the drum and flourish of the drum major will be on full flow at this years Fermanagh Pipe Band and Drum Major Championships. On Monday, the sections plans were announced at a launch evening for the championships in the Westville Hotel, Enniskillen. The long […]

DESPITE assurances of around 30 ringfenced beds for patients transferred from South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) to Altnagelvin Hospital for emergency general surgery, the Western Health and Social Care Trust has confirmed this proved “difficult to maintain” and the beds were […]

FANS of The Tumbling Paddies have been left excited after some of the bands members posted a photo teasing that some new music could be on the way. Gareth Maguire, the lead singer of the Fermanagh band, was snapped alongside percussionist John McCann and guitarist Ciarán Owens, with the […]

PARENTS in Fermanagh and across the North have been put on alert after five babies died in England due to whooping cough. In worrying news for parents, there’s been a significant rise in cases of whooping cough, which can be extremely serious for babies. According to the Public Health Agency, […]

ECONOMY Minister Conor Murphy’s recent announcement at the Northern Ireland Assembly that he would bring forward a motion to stop fracking in the North was welcome news to residents of rural Fermanagh. The proposal to ban onshore oil and gas exploration and production in the North […]

Check out all the fun from 2011 in Enniskillen!   Read more here: FLASHBACK FRIDAY…Party pics from 2011!

For the first time since 2017, Ulster Juniors won the Inter Provincial Championship, beating Leinster Juniors 34-22. The squad included four Enniskillen players, Eddie and Angus Keys, Mattie Graham and Niall Keenan. The series kicked off three weeks ago, when Ulster defeated Connacht 42-12 at the […]

A 37-year-old man has appeared in court in relation to the alleged importation of prescription drugs. Martin Ward from Parkmore, Tuam in County Galway is charged with importing and attempting to possess zopiclone and pregabalin on April 19. A police officer aware of the facts of the case told […]