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Hardship affecting students
Severe hardship among students
from the western area is resulting in
some of them having to live in
conditions which could cause risks
to their health, the local education
Board is to tell the Government.
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Sinn Fein's Michelle Gildernew to
contest Westminster seat
The odds on Fermanagh South
Tyrone having its first ever female MP
have been shortened considerably
with the decision by Sinn Fein to
select Ms. Michelle Gildernew as its
candidate for the next Westminster
elections, expected next year.
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United front to enhance local hospital
services
A meeting to be held next week will
see representatives from the public,
private and voluntary sectors coming
together to establish a steering
group which is to strategically plan
and lobby for the enhancement of
hospital services for the people of
Fermanagh.
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Meningitis alert after teenager is
treated for symptoms
A 16-year-old boy who was treated
for the symptoms of meningitis at the
Erne Hospital last week had been
vaccinated against group C of the
disease earlier in the year. While the
vaccination offers protection against
the C strain of the disease, it does
not inoculate against any other strain
of the disease.
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Break the link now, says councillor
A local councillor and Orangeman
has hit out at the slant in the
speeches at the Twelfth platforms
last week.
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Second Assembly Minister from
constituency takes up post
From 4pm next Wednesday,
Fermanagh South Tyrone is to get a
new local minister, DUP assembly
member Mr. Maurice Morrow.
Ironically, the man he replaces at the
Department of Social Development
is Enniskillen native Nigel Dodds. Mr.
Morrow admits his colleague will be
a hard act to follow.
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Arson attack is latest in number of
problems in housing estate
A fire at the home of a young woman
in Ferney Rise in Enniskillen on the
night of July 12 is thought by Police to
have been started maliciously.
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Tired but excited, Chernobyl children
are glad to be in Fermanagh
Twenty-three Chernobyl children and
their interpreters were extended a
warm Fermanagh welcome when
they arrived in Enniskillen this week.
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Local Orangeman offers to mediate
in Portadown dispute
With friends like Bertie Kerr, the
Orange Order has no need of
enemies, according to UK Unionist
Party deputy leader, David Vance.
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Lifetime service is recognised
Some of Fermanagh’s best known
war veterans have just received
awards from the Royal British Legion
for years of long service and
dedication to the organisation.
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Now its Ruth’s turn to be Show host
Clogher Valley Show secretary, Ruth
Montgomery, has been the guest of
so many agricultural shows this year,
that she is now looking forward to
inviting her friends and colleagues in
the agricultural industry to her own
event next week.
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Tensions rise over likely outcome of
Police Bill
As the Police (Northern Ireland) Bill
goes forward to the House of Lords,
policing reform remains an issue of
great debate.
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