- Fermanagh Herald

SIXTEEN years old and brimming with confidence, not arrogance, just confidence. And why wouldn’t he be. Newtownbutler teenager Ben McCaffrey has already beaten former world champion Michael van Gerwen twice and has recently been endorsed by the Welsh manufacturing company Winmau.   Ben […]

IN THE second part of the Fermanagh Herald’s feature on the current state of play for the county’s town centres, we focus on Irvinestown. The buzz words coming from retail experts when discussing the future of the UK’s high streets is “kindness economy” and […]

IT HAS BEEN 40 years since Bobby Sands was elected MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, while on hunger strike in the H-blocks of Long Kesh back 1981. Friday past marked the watershed moment that saw Bobby Sands defeat Ulster Unionist leader Harry West after he received 30,492 votes […]

From winning a Fermanagh Senior Football Championship medal with St Patrick’s Donagh to creating a brand new GAA club in Vancouver, Canada, Patrick Quaile is embracing the spirit of the GAA in lands far away.   On May 24, 2014 Patrick and his wife Sarah boarded a plane to Canada on a […]

LOCAL clergymen took a moment to reflect on Fermanagh’s royal visit from Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip back in 2012 following the Duke of Edinburgh’s death on Friday. During her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee visit to the north, Dean of Clogher, the Very Rev Kenneth […]

IRVINESTOWN man, Martin Maughan (49) from Hudson Heights was arrested at the weekend for being unlawfully at large from Magilligan Prison. Four years ago, with just three weeks left of his sentence, Maughan was released on compassionate leave but failed to return.  To read more on this story […]

In the same interview, the Enniskillen man said growing up during the Troubles led him to live everyday to the fullest.

Chief executive officer Liam McCaffrey said during 2020 the safety of staff and their families had been the company’s priority.

For the past 48 years, Paul Owens has played an active role in the Belnaleck Art MacMurrough’s club. Paul etched his name into the history books in Belnaleck when he played his part in a historic double league success over three decades ago.    “I started playing for the club […]

PARKER, Nora (née Maguire) – Hillcrest, Belcoo, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family at the South West Acute Hospital, Enniskillen, 14th April 2021. Loved and cherished wife of the late Eugene Parker and much loved mother of Bernie (Francis), Noreen (Liam), Joe (Marie) and […]

“It is a brilliant story which has caught the imagination of people right across the United Kingdom and Ireland.”

As households sought spring lamb for the Easter Sunday lunch table, marts were reporting “fantastic trade” for sheep.

FOSTER, Adam Martin – Loving son of Josie and David McBrien. Beloved brother to Méah and Mollie-Ann, devoted grandson to Esther and Michael Martin and Pauline and David McBrien. Reposing at his home from 3 pm on Friday afternoon. Adam’s funeral cortège will leave his home […]

Courteney Murphy will continue as Fermanagh ladies captain for the 2021 season. Murphy was captain last December when Fermanagh won the All Ireland Junior title against Wicklow, but the Kinawley woman was ruled out of that game through injury but delivered a passionate and memorable speech as she […]

“We’re still hoping to get the funding that we need to stay open."

The past year has been a turbulent time for the business community who have had to diversify, adapt and venture down new revenue avenues during a time of unprecedented change. Now that there is finally the exciting prospect of reopening it is essential that your business reaches out to compete and […]

The defendant had been sent forward to the Crown Court.

"There has been a cloud hanging over the communities of Brookeborough and Lisnaskea since Sharon’s death.”

After almost three and a half years out due to a long illness, Enniskillen rower Holly Nixon made a remarkable return to competition, on Sunday last.   Holly and her partner Saskia Budgett produced a spectacular final 500m to pip the Netherlands in the women’s double sculls and win […]

EMERGENCY services were called to a number of rescues across Fermanagh during the past week. On Friday morning, emergency services were called to rescue a person who was trapped under a dumper truck in the Tempo area. It was confirmed that three Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) appliances were […]