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Clinton may return to Enniskillen
Behind the scenes moves are being made to
invite former US president, Bill Clinton back
to Enniskillen; and there are hopes that if he
comes this year there will be a financial
boost for the Higher Bridges building on the
site of the Remembrance Sunday bombing.
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Easter baby for Republican MP
Easter lilies may have been unpopular at
Stormont but they were in profusion at
Michelle Gildernew’s bedside in the
maternity wing of the Erne Hospital
yesterday.
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Broadmeadow site to be leased for Trust
building
Fermanagh District Council is to lease a site
at Enniskillen’s Broadmeadow to the
Fermanagh Trust for a building
development.
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Special Branch role enters council war of
words
The vexed question of policing will be on the
minds of Fermanagh's councillors next
Monday when the wheels are to be put in
motion to see the setting up of the
Fermanagh District Policing Board.
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Man accused of serious sex offences on
children
A 29-year-old unemployed man accused of
committing serious sex offences against a
boy and girl has been banned from
baby-sitting and told to stay away from
children.
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Principal takes up new appointment
The new principal of St. Paul’s Primary
School inIrvinestown, Mrs. Shauna Cathcart,
who lives in Enniskillen, takes up her
appointment after the Easter holidays.
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Unionists have nothing to fear from IRA goal
We are on a countdown to a united Ireland
but unionists have nothing to fear. That was
the message from Fermanagh republicans,
gathered in inclement weather at Donagh on
Sunday for the annual commemoration of
the Easter Rising of 1916. They heard
tributes to the IRA and a call to extend an
olive branch to unionists. They also
remembered their dead; in particular that it
was the 30th anniversary of the death of IRA
Volunteer Louis Leonard, found murdered in
his butcher’s shop in Derrylin in 1972.
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RSF accuse Provos of treachery
The memorial to the Rosslea Martyrs of 1798
was the rallying point for Republican Sinn
Fein’s Easter Commemoration in
Fermanagh on Sunday. According to one
source around 100 people were in St.
Tierney’s graveyard in Rosslea to hear the
leadership call for political status for
republican prisoners and to condemn Sinn
Fein for its “treachery.”
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SDLP ‘inundated’ by calls over memorial
site
The SDLP says it has been inundated with
calls from nationalists concerned at the
“insensitive” siting of an IRA memorial in
Belleek, close to where two Protestant
workmen were murdered by the terrorist
organisation.
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Rates: good news and bad
The dawning of a new financial year means
that thousands of business people and
householders across the county can
approach their letter boxes with unwavering
certainty that their rates bill will soon be at
their feet.
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Eat, drink, be merry - but don’t go shopping
Although everyone involved in Fermanagh’s
hospitality industry were rubbing their hands
with glee this week and reflecting on the
busiest weekend of the year so far,
Enniskillen’s retailers were not quite sharing
their joy.
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Days when the Queen Mother brought
sympathy and affection
As the Union Jack was flown at half-mast at
public buildings in Fermanagh this week to
mark the death of the Queen Mother, local
people were paying their respects by
signing a Book of Condolence in Enniskillen
Townhall.
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Circuit to come round again
The enormous success of the Circuit of
Ireland Rally in Fermanagh over the Easter
weekend is likely to lead to a repeat
performance next year. This week,
Fermanagh District Council chief executive,
Mr. Rodney Connor, said he was “hopeful
and confident” that the rally organisers
would return to the county again next year.
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Seriously stubborn - and proud of it
The abomination that was the Holy Cross
dispute thrust Nigel Dodds in front of the
world’s media. The journalists wanted the
former Portora student, who spent his youth
here in Fermanagh, to explain the
incomprehensible. Why were television
viewers around the globe watching a
particularly repulsive video nasty in which
children on their way to primary school were
being openly abused by their Catholic
parents and Protestant neighbours in turn?
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Could Minister Empey bring the county
some good news?
Economic Minister Sir Reg Empey is being
invited to return to meet with Fermanagh
District Council to discuss opportunities for
investment in the county.
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