Residents have queried with me why the footbridge over the rail line south of Harris Academy has recently been closed.

I took this up with the City Council and the Team Leader, Bridges and Structures has advised :

“One of the steps on the north side has been very recently damaged and presents a significant safety issue to users. 

The bridge closure was done urgently so we didn’t have a chance to provide advance notice unfortunately.

We have a hardwood replacement ordered but don’t have a precise timescale for its renewal due to material shortages, hopefully should be a matter of days.”

The right time to get your Covid-19 vaccination is right now, Health Minister Robin Swann has emphasised.

Payments totalling £2.7million to support farm businesses affected by the flooding and landslides in the North West in 2017 have begun to issue, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced.

The Department of Health today published the next in the series of weekly results from its COVID-19 Infection Survey (CIS).

Finance Minister Conor Murphy visited a number of businesses in the Fermanagh area this week to see first-hand how they have benefitted from the financial support offered by the Department during Covid-19.