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The inshore lifeboat launched Tuesday 26 October to the vessel which had broken down around a mile northeast of Knockninny

Nathan Carter thanking fans for the birthday wishes on Saturday. POLICE are expected to issue up to 60 Covid-19 fines totalling around £13,000 after attending the home of country music star Nathan Carter on Friday night. The Liverpool-born performer turned BBC Radio Ulster presenter was celebrating his 31st birthday at his luxury home in the Lisbellaw area of Co Fermanagh when PSNI officers arrived shortly after 10.30pm. The Irish News reported on Monday that 15 fines were issued at a house party in the area on Friday night. It can now be revealed that the house party took place at Mr Carter...

Snipe Sailing Dinghy Restoration is Bringing People Together from Both Sides of Ulster 24th May 2021 The Snipe Ranger under restoration on 10th May Credit: Fred Ternan Snipes, the feathered sort, inhabit wetlands and lakes but in Ireland the breed is on the Red List, meaning it is of high conservation concern. Snipe dinghies (the wooden version) were common in Northern Ireland from the 1930s till the 60s but could have been put on a Red List after that, as their numbers suffered a marked decline. But I'm told that Fermanagh supports a breeding population as well as an over-wintering populat...

Two Callouts for Carrybridge RNLI Lifeboat on Lough Erne 27th April 2021 Carrybridge RNLI assisted seven people on two separate call outs at the weekend At 3.45 pm on Sunday 25 April, Carrybridge RNLI’s inshore lifeboat, Douglas Euan & Kay Richards and Rescue Water Craft (RWC) was launched to a vessel with two people on board, which had encountered engine difficulties approx. 2 miles north of Knockninny on Lough Erne. Winds were North Westerly, Force 1. Visibility was excellent. The lifeboat and RWC arrived with the casualty vessel which had drifted close to the shoreline. The volunteer c...

RNLI Carrybridge Tows Vessel with Engine Difficulties on Lough Erne 8th March 2021 The Carrybridge Atlantic 85 and the RNLI jetski Rescue Water Craft  Only a few days after Carrybridge RNLI which operates on Upper Lough Erne, received a generous donation from the Enniskillen Royal Boat Club, its Atlantic 85 Inshore lifeboat answered a shout yesterday (7th) to help a vessel with two people onboard which had developed engine difficulties. The Douglas Euan and Kay Richards and a Rescue Watercraft arrived with the casualty vessel near the Share Discovery Village on the eastern shore of Upper ...