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  • Four arrested in drugs seizure

    PSNI officers seized a “substantial quantity” of suspected illegal drugs and related paraphernalia as they carried out a routine rural patrol in the north Fermanagh area at the weekend. Four people were arrested as a result of the operation, the

  • District rate is increased by three per cent

    A three per cent increase to the district rate has been agreed by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council. A major factor in the increase was a decision, agreed by all Councillors, to implement a £1.5 million refurbishment of local playparks in the

  • Man in his 20s cut from car on Lough Shore Road

    A MAN in his 20s had to be cut from the car he was travelling in after it crashed on the Lough Shore Road near Ely Lodge on Monday afternoon.  Using hydraulic cutting gear, firefighters from Enniskillen Fire Station rescued the man from the vehicle

  • Wanderers starting to hit top form

    Irvinestown Wanderers 5 Lisnaskea Rovers 0   Irvinestown Wanderers made it back to back wins with a comfortable victory over bottom placed Lisnaskea Rovers on Saturday. Wanderers boss Rory Cassidy had been starting to look over his shoulder

  • Power off as floods in Lisnaskea continue

    THREE weeks on since areas of Lisnaskea were engulfed with water due to the after effects of heavy rainfall and snow, families and farmers alike are still battling with the floods. Rivers Agency man, Geoffrey Read and his family had been isolated

  • Kesh increase lead at top with win over champions

    Strathroy Harps 1 NFC Kesh 3   Two goals from Mark Jones and a Lee Walker penalty helped Kesh to all three points against the champions, as they beat Strathroy Harps to maintain their title challenge. Kesh manager Nicky Noble was talking

  • Teenage driver caused accident after falling asleep

    A TEENAGE motorist who admitted causing a head-on collision had fallen asleep at the wheel after completing a 12-hour night shift, Fermanagh Magistrates Court has heard. Lukas Stakutis (19), of Aghalun Park, Brookeborough, pleaded guilty to driving

  • District rate to be considered by Councillors today

    The district rate for the 2018-19 financial year will be considered at a special meeting of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (FODC) today (Thursday). Last year, the district rate increased by 2.95 percent because of a new legislative requirement

  • Super Valley win sets up Armagh 2nd XV clash

    Clogher Valley 1st XV 25 Dromore 1st XV 10 Clogher Valley progressed to the last eight of the Towns’ Cup with a morale boosting win over Dromore at the Cran on Saturday which will hopefully also add confidence to their bid to stave of relegation