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Plotting partition: The other Border options that might have changed Irish history Three plans were considered for the Irish Border before the six counties model was adopted Fri, May 21, 2021, 16:08 Updated: about 5 hours ago Conor Mulvagh A former customs guard hut is illuminated on the Irish Border in Ravensdale, Ireland. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty   The...

ECONOMY Minister Sir Reg Empey has endorsed the work of the county’s economic taskforce and pledged £25,000 towards its implementation plan for…

Sawmill group Glennon Brothers buys rival Balcas Deal unites leading names in Irish timber industry about 3 hours ago   Sawmill group Glennon Brothers is buying rival Balcas in a deal that will merge two of the industry’s best-known names. Glennon Brothers, owner of timber processing plants in Ireland and Scotland, has agreed to buy Co Fermanagh-based Balcas from owner SHV Energy, subject to approval from competition regulators. Balcas operates a sawmill near Enniskillen, making timber prod...

THE major environmental improvement scheme at the Diamond in Enniskillen town centre, just completed at a cost of £283,000, has been officially opened by the Chairman of Fermanagh District Council, Mr. Caldwell McClaughry. Mr. Jim Foster, divisional planning officer with the Department of the Environment; Mr. Gerry Burns, the Clerk and Chief Executive of the Council, a number of councillors, businesspeople and other guests attended the special event which took place last Friday afternoon. ...

Northern Ireland First Minister has not seen letter of no confidence signed by colleagues

Northern Ireland First Minister has not seen letter of no confidence signed by colleagues

Arlene Fosters turbulent five years as DUP leader Arlene Foster first entered the political arena when she was student at Queens University in Belfast when she joined the Queens Unionist Association, part of the Ulster Unionist Party. Picture by Rebecca Black/PA Wire Marie Louise McConville 28 April, 2021 01:00 Alan Lewis - PhotopressBelfast.co.uk 24/11/2018.Mandatory Credit - Picture by Justin Kernoghan.DUP Leader Arlene Foster speaking at the 2...

By Press Association 2021 Lagan Valley MP Jeffrey Donaldson (centre) and ex-Ulster Unionist Arlene Foster (right) with the Rev Ian Paisley, then leader of the Democratic Unionists, at Stormont (Paul Faith/PA) When Arlene Foster replaced the retiring Peter Robinson in late 2015 her position as the leader of unionism in Northern Ireland looked unassailable. For Mrs Foster, a passionate supporter of the royal family, it was an uncontested cor...

By Press Association 2021 Lagan Valley MP Jeffrey Donaldson (centre) and ex-Ulster Unionist Arlene Foster (right) with the Rev Ian Paisley, then leader of the Democratic Unionists, at Stormont (Paul Faith/PA) When Arlene Foster replaced the retiring Peter Robinson in late 2015 her position as the leader of unionism in Northern Ireland looked unassailable. For Mrs Foster, a passionate supporter of the royal family, it was an uncontested cor...

[Tonight it is] 40 years exactly to the very time that I can recall vividly where I was and what I was doing. I was sitting in the bar at the Killyhevlin Hotel with a small group of journalists from British daily newspapers who were in disbelief, wondering if Unionists were genuine in conceding that the next day’s election count would see IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands being declared as Fermanagh and south Tyrone MP. They only had to look across the room to see a group of senior Unioni...