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Police service struggle below
strength
The police service in Fermanagh is
"struggling" to keep going. It has just
260 officers; it should have 360.
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Firefighter hurt as dawn fire sweeps
through building
A fire, which damaged three
Enniskillen businesses and injured
a firefighter, broke out yesterday
(Wednesday) morning in a four
storey building on Church Street.
The Enniskillen Fire Brigade were
alerted by a member of the public at
6.40 a.m. and four minutes later
firefighters were at the scene to
control the blaze and move people
out of their flats in Church street.
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Pottery marks September 11 with
special edition plate
A specially commissioned Belleek
plate is helping raise money for the
victims of the Twin Towers disaster
in New York on September 11.
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Irvinestown downed by strengthened
Dergview
Football: Dergview Res. 3
Irvinestown Wdns. 2 – Irvinestown
Wanderers have been relegated to
Division 2 of the Fermanagh and
Western football league following a
3-2 defeat at the hands of Dergview
Reserves on Saturday last at
Derrychara. The relegation play off
was necessitated following
Dergview’s last gasp winner against
NFC Kesh last week. For Dergview it
is quite a turn around given that they
were relegated by the Fermanagh
and Western following the
abandonment of their final league
game of last season.
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Council adds support for weather aid
to farmers
Weather aid from the European
Commission is being sought by
Fermanagh District Council to help
the local farmers beset by a
catalogue of problems over recent
years.
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How fraudulent shoppers can leave
their mark behind
Businesses in Fermanagh are being
asked to give the thumbs up to a new
method of fingering the fraudsters
who swindle shops, hotels and
restaurants out of millions of pounds
a year using stolen cheques and
credit cards.
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Arlene Foster bids for selection as
Assembly candidate
Mrs. Arlene Foster has indicated that
she will be standing for selection as
a prospective candidate for the
Assembly election for the Ulster
Unionist party.
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Neven takes ‘Best Restaurant’ title
in Ulster
It takes a brave chef to put beer
sauce or fillet of kangaroo on the
menu but in Neven Maguire's case, it
obviously takes a talented chef
because MacNean's House and
Bistro in Blacklion has been voted
Best Restaurant in Ulster.
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Council outlines timetable for
hospital response
The Fermanagh Hospital Steering
group is holding a series of key
meetings in the coming weeks with
senior civil servants from the
Department of Health as well as
representatives from the Western
Health and Social Services Board.
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Gene and the Gents are recognized
40 years after the showband era
As many as 30 years after being in
one of the top showbands in the
country, Gene Chetty is still turning
heads.
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Discovering the heritage on our
doorstep
Seven churches, four cottages, and
three castles are among a range of
properties in Fermanagh due to
participate in this weekend's
European Heritage Open Days,
organised by the DOE's Environment
and Heritage Service, in association
with the Historic Buildings Council.
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New computer degree course brings
lifeline for local students
Fermanagh College are launching a
new degree course this term, with a
University Of Ulster honours degree
in Computing available for the first
time through studying part-time in
Enniskillen.
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Captain Oates to continues to have
presence in Townhall
A new plaque commemorating the
life of Captain Lawrence Oates
without a crest of the Irish Dragoon
Guards is to be commissioned by
the Council while the old plaque that
used to be on display at the Townhall
is to be presented to the Regimental
Museum.
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Phone mast anger
Community representatives are up in
arms about two telecommunications
masts that they fear may cause
health problems for people living
nearby.
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Battle of the Toms!
Graham Little returns to Spain for
one of their more unusual festivals.
Leaving Pamplona and the bull run
behind, Graham joins in the high jinx
of La Tomatina, where overripe
tomatoes are used as ammunition.
Photographs courtesy of
stevedavey.com
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Women line out for a sport with a
macho image
A quite scandalous line of
questioning has been taking place in
which men quite legitimately are
taking women to one side to enquire,
often quite politely, whether or not
they are hookers.
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Bat squeaks are music to the ears of
scientists
Imagine the woods and waterways of
Fermanagh alive with the cries of
tropical birds.
Of course, at just the right time of
day, you can hear plenty of birdsong,
but the calls of thrushes, chaffinches
and great tits can sometimes sound
quite domestic, compared to the
great equatorial forests..
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