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Quarry owners take fight to Treasury
The quarry industry in Fermanagh is
deferring on major development work
because of fears that the proposed
Aggregates Tax could jeopardise their
businesses and put a considerable number
of their 1,000 jobs at risk.
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Fermanagh teams play among football’s
finest at Milk Cup
The 19th Northern Ireland Milk Cup got
underway on Monday with the traditional
parade through Coleraine to the
Showgrounds where over 3,000 people
awaited the 52 teams from 19 countries in
the most cosmopolitan youth tournament in
the world. All five continents are represented
in this year’s competition with Tiger Star
from China, the Solomon Islands, Palestino
from Chile and Napoli from Italy among
some of the more colourful teams taking
part.
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Trust cuts are being kept under review,
states Health Minister
The future of the health service should have
been settled some months into the new year
of 2002, according to Health Minister Bairbre
de Brun.
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Roy Carroll relaxes at home amid
speculation about £2.5m move to Man.
United
As news of Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Roy
Carroll’s career hotted up this week, he was
spending a few days at the family home at
Tamlaght, close to Enniskillen.
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Gas firm promises work will be green
Like the casual shopper, the prospectors
drilling for gas in Fermanagh insist they are:
“Just looking.” However, the men from
Evergreen Resources Inc. are spending $7
million for their peek in the dirt, suggesting a
certain degree of confidence in finding
economic quantities of gas and getting a
return for their money.
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Resources are committed to help children
reach potential
Children are failing to reach their full
potential due to lifelong inequalities, Health
Minister Bairbre de Brun has warned.
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35,000 trout released into Lough Erne
Anglers witnessed a major investment in the
future of their sport this week with the
release of 35,000 trout into Lough Erne.
Ranging in size from fingerlings weighing a
few ounces to fish of five pounds, they were
stocked into the lower lake, the last of them
just yesterday (Wednesday).
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People of all faiths brought together through
music
More than 100 young people attended the
Mannafest Camp at Castle Archdale at
different times last weekend, enjoying music,
activities, seminars and addresses from
visiting speakers.
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MP backs delay of work at Erne
Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP, Michelle
Gildernew, has pledged her support for a
campaign to keep acute services at the Erne
Hospital.
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Roisin is North American Irish Dance
champion
Just returned from Toronto where she
became North American under 16 Irish
Dance Champion is Miss Roisin Keenan,
Enniskillen.
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