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Corrupt police officer jailed
A Fermanagh police inspector who
did “favours” for friends, while
operating £12,000 worth of
insurance scams from his office in
Omagh RUC Station was jailed for
two years last Friday.
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Fortress farms created with threat of
Foot and Mouth disease
The agricultural industry here is on
the verge of an economic
catastrophe unless Northern Ireland
and the Republic remain free of Foot
and Mouth Disease.
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Life sentence for murder
A 29-year-old unemployed man has
been jailed for life for the murder of a
drinking companion he alleged
made homosexual advances
towards him.
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Crashed lorry just misses family
home
The driver of a lorry which was
carrying a forty tonne load of coal
when it crashed through a garden
wall on the Sligo Road narrowly
missing the bungalow of the
McTeggart family, has recovered
from his ordeal and was back at
work this week.
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Cooper selects election agent from
‘no’ camp
The “Yes” and “No” camps within the
Ulster Unionist Party in Fermanagh
appeared to have buried their
differences in favour of party unity as
they approach the Westminster
election. The UUP candidate for the
Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Constituency, James Cooper, has
selected Tom Elliott from
Ballinamallard as his election agent,
a move which is seen to heal the rift
within Unionism over the selection of
a candidate.
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Upbeat Trimble
is confident of Assembly’s future
There was a more upbeat tone from
Ulster Unionist Party leader and First
Minister, David Trimble, when he
addressed members of Fermanagh
Unionist Association this week.
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Facing up to change in a competitive
world
Almost a year ago now, Muriel
Wilson folded up the stamp sheets
and retired from her 36-year role as
sub-postmistress of Five Points Post
Office.
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Joint approach on waste recycling
Water quality strategies in relation to
the Erne and Foyle catchment areas
and waste management, in
particular recycling, were among
topics of interest during the third
meeting of the North/South
Ministerial Council (NMSC) in its
Environment Sectoral Format, held at
Belle Isle Estate, in Co. Fermanagh,
last Friday.
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Book captures life in Sallaghy parish
Many aspects of life in the
160-year-old parish of Sallaghy,
outside Lisnaskea, are captured in a
new book.
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It’s business as usual as season
opens on Melvin
The 2001 game fishing season
opens this (Thursday) morning with
prospects looking a lot brighter now
that a dispute over Lough Melvin
appears to have been resolved.
Anglers had been facing the
prospect of finding a large part of the
lake off limits but an eleventh hour
deal between the Garrison and
District Angling Association and the
Ely Trustees, who hold fishing rights,
means it is “Business as Usual.”
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