FERMANAGH District Councillors are to write to the Quinn family expressing "moral wishes of support".

Independent Erne West Councillor Bernice Swift brought forward a proposal to write to the family "in their time of distress" during this month's full Council meeting, held last night (Monday).

Describing the Quinns as a family who have "provided a lot of employment to the border County" in the past, Ms Swift said she believed it was important the Council showed support "in good times and bad".

Read more on this story in Thursday's Impartial Reporter