The organisation behind plans to install a memorial to mark the 30th anniversary of the Enniskillen bombing next month is said to be considering a temporary solution after the proposal was queried, The Impartial Reporter understands. 
The plan by the Ely Centre to position the £20,000 memorial outside the Clinton Centre were proposed “without any consultation” with the Fermanagh University Partnership Board (FUPB) or St. Michael’s Diocesan Trust, the owners of the site.
Both FUPB and St. Michael’s Diocesan Trust have previously told this newspaper that they were not formally consulted about the well publicised project.
Now this newspaper understands that a temporary solution for the unveiling on November 8 is being considered by the Ely Centre after the Fermanagh University Partnership Board (FUPB) expressed concerns about the memorial, citing “practical difficulties, risks and health and safety issues” in relation to the “suitability of the proposed siting.”
Asked to respond, Lee McDowell, the Director of Services at the Ely Centre, said: “All the Ely Centre can comment on is that until funding support and the level of this support is agreed from Fermanagh and Omagh District Council we cannot comment any further on any plans.”
A recent meeting of the Council’s Regeneration and Community Committee has agreed, subject to ratification, that the Council will provide a maximum of £1,200 towards the costs required on the day on a pro rata basis. 
Dr. John Spence, one of three unpaid board members of the Clinton Centre, said FUPB is currently awaiting the outcome of discussions between the Ely Centre and. St. Michael’s Trust. “FUPB has a leasehold interest in the property and has offered advice on relevant practical issues.
“However FUPB will undertake to ensure that the Clinton Centre will be made available to facilitate any proposed commemorative service,” he said. 
In a statement on behalf of St. Michael’s Diocesan Trust, the owners of the site, a spokesman for the Diocese of Clogher said last week: “Having now received communication from Ely Centre, it will be for the Trust to give this matter due consideration while taking into account the obligations arising out of the lease arrangement with the FUPB and the nature of its reconciliation work in the wider community, while also having regard to the legal complexities involved.”