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  • Irvinestown company celebrates 40 years in business

    Irvinestown based manufacturing company Petal Cubicle and Washrooms recently celebrated 40 years in business with a staff party held at the Westville Hotel, Enniskillen. The company, which employs almost 50 staff, makes a range of toilet and shower

  • Four-day workweek trial launched in the UK

    A six-month trial has been launched in the UK to test the idea of a four-day working week. British companies are expected to take part with employees working shorter weeks as part of the trial will receive the same pay despite working less hours

  • Man with 'lamentable record' refused bail

    A man who breached a restraining order prohibiting him from contacting a woman and being within 100 metres of her home has been remanded in custody. William Thomas Birney (56), of Tullyreagh Road, Tempo, was at a property on Hillview Road on January

  • Your questions answered on descriptions of honey available

    The quiet time for beekeepers gets a little bit more active at this time of year, writes Ethel Irvine from Fermanagh Beekeepers' Association in her report for December. Honeybees have been flying on fairly regularly so far, which is still a bit

  • Robotic milking works well with off-farm job

    Approximately 30 per cent of cows across Europe are now milked robotically – and there is every prospect of this figure rising exponentially during the period ahead, writes Richard Halleron. Here in Northern Ireland, approximately 40 farmers switched

  • Principal: ‘Children make coming to work a pleasure’

    Six months on from starting her new role as Principal of Aghadrumsee Primary School, Julie Cummings is settling in well to life at the small rural primary school. "I started in June, so I had a whole month before the summer holidays came in. It