Shopping centre move is a lesson for ratepayers

Editorial Department • Published 17 May 2012 13:00   0

Has the prospect of a lifeline been offered to Fermanagh ratepayers wary of the potential rates increases with a Fermanagh and Omagh merger?

• Salute those overcoming the odds

  We have all witnessed the scenes of the London Marathon when some of the entrants are only finishing the event this week, despite starting out on the run on Sunday, April 22. Their reason? Because they are recovering from serious medical conditions or physical disability to make their way round the route. To them this was their Everest, overcoming incalculable odds to some one stride in front of another not only over the course of a mile but over the entire marathon distance of over 26 miles.

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  More openness may not be a bad thing for the church

  Coming so soon after its handling of the clerical sexual abuse issue was criticised, the Roman Catholic Church's decision to censure the published works of several priests including Fr. Brian D'Arcy has done little to bring its people closer to those in authority of the church.

• Crime solving would bring reassurance to the elderly

  Another robbery and another pensioner the target. It's becoming too common now for older members of our community to be targeted in robberies in their own homes, often in rural parts of the county but also in some of our towns and villages.