Sinn Féin Fermanagh & South Tyrone MLA Phil Flanagan said those seeking planning permission to erect an Orange arch on the main thoroughfare in Enniskillen appear only intent on creating divisions in the area. Phil Flanagan said: “This proposal is the latest attempt to create division within the Enniskillen area which has enjoyed good community [...]
Twenty-eight year old Julianne Mullin from Fermanagh had five hundred reasons to smile today when she collected a cheque for €500,000 at National Lottery offices – her prize from the EuroMillions Plus draw on Friday 6 January 2012. Champagne flowed as Julianne celebrated the win with her boyfriend Dominic Leonard, her parents Seamus and Christine [...]
The north west counties of Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim have been ravaged by hurricane force winds over the last twenty four hours leaving thousands of homes without electricity. Enniskillen reported an upturned plane at St Angelo’s airport while the town’s Asda store also had part of its roof blown off. Within the last couple of [...]
Ulster GAA Fixtures Sunday 8th January Power NI Dr McKenna Cup Round 1 (All games at 2.00pm) Section A Tyrone v QUB atHealyPark Ref:N Mooney(Cavan) Fermanagh v Antrim at Brewster Park Ref: S McLaughlin (Donegal) Section B Monaghan v St Marys at St Tiernachs Park Ref: C O’Hagan (Tyrone) Down vArmaghat Pairc [...]
The ban on “un-enriched” cages for laying hens will enter into force next Sunday, 1 January 2012. Ireland, initially declared as non-compliant, will achieve compliance through culling of hens in 10 farms in the first week of January. The European Commission very much regrets that, despite numerous calls to action and discussions with the Member [...]
Sinn Féin MLA for Fermanagh & South Tyrone Phil Flanagan and Erne West Councillor Barry Doherty have reacted angrily to an overnight arson attack on property belonging to the Quinn Group. Mr Flanagan said: “Over the past few months, there have been repeated acts of vandalism on things belonging to or serving the Quinn [...]
Cóilín Duffy reports All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football champions Lisnaskea Emmetts added the Finbarr McVey Ulster Intermediate Sevens title to their arsenal thanks to a 3-6 to 2-7 final win over Urney of Tyrone at the Ogra Colmcille GAA Club in Drummullan, Derry on Saturday. The Fermanagh outfit required a late goal from Erne County star [...]
Sinn Féin MLA for Fermanagh & South Tyrone Phil Flanagan has welcomed the reintroduction by Translink of the Thursday only service to Garrison, Co Fermanagh. Mr Flanagan said: “I am glad that Translink have reinstated the Thursday only service to Garrison as it is a vital service to people in that part of Fermanagh.
Sligo Rovers set the pace for the weekend in the North West with an imnpressive 2-0 win over Shamrock Rovers at the Showgrounds. It was a wet Friday evening. The game was screened live on televison, but that still did not deter the big crowd that attended. Yesterday, Sligo GAA followers will be remembering back [...]
St Patrick famously banned them, but this snake defied the odds and made his way to Ireland, close to the home of St. Patrick’s Lough Derg, the famous pilgrimage island. Zinga writhed into an Ireland-bound toolbag during an apartment move in England. And the corn snake turned up in Ballintra, Co Donegal, over [...]
Castle Hume Leisure Ltd, the owners of the £30m five-star Lough Erne Resort at Enniskillen in Co Fermanagh has gone into administration. Opened in 2007 it boasted an 18-hole golf course designed by Nick Faldo, the UK and Ireland’s only authentic Thai spa, located on a 600-acre peninsula. This despite anouncing this week lucrative multi-million pound contracts with business customers in [...]
A Fermanagh school has sent letters to parents after reports that a man believed to be a convicted sex offender was seen outside. St Comgall’s High School also alerted police after reports of a man outside its buildings and nearby St Ronan’s PS, a BBC report says. The parent claimed to have seen the individual [...]
Sinn Féin Assembly Candidate for Fermanagh and South Tyrone Phil Flanagan has paid tribute to the Fire Service who he says were at ‘full stretch’ over the weekend dealing with wild fires across Fermanagh. He said: “Over the weekend, there were a number of wild fires in various parts of the county, including in the [...]
The GAA and GPA have confirmed that a further meeting of the Fermanagh GAA Management Committee will be held tomorrow evening, Wednesday March 30 to address relevant matters concerning the county’s senior football team. Again, and in accordance with agreed protocols, no further comment will be made by any party until after this meeting.
Fermanagh South Tyrone Sinn Féin Assembly candidate Seán Lynch has challenged the UUP Leader Tom Elliot on his comments that the UUP are edging towards leaving the power sharing executive by 2015. He accused the UUP of attempting to drag the country back to unionist majority misrule, political immaturity and of shirking their responsibilities to ordinary [...]
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