Stalwart political campaigner on all things Ireland Martin Collins died last week. Joe Dwyer pens an appreciation of Martin’s decades of political activism.

As the year 1925 drew to a close there was anticipation in Ireland about the imminent outcome of the Boundary Commission established under the Treaty.

Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney MLA writes: Some sections of the Irish political establishment tried to derail Catherine Connolly’s presidential election campaign by resorting to the ‘project fear’ playbook. They failed.

As a strongly pro-neutrality president of Ireland was about to be elected last week a British warmonger addressed a unionist meeting in Westminster and said Irish unity would pose a threat to Britain from Russia.

In the end she won by a landslide. Taking 914,143 votes and 63.36% of the total valid poll Catherine Connolly stormed home with the Government-backed candidate Heather Humphreys of Fine Gael getting 29.46% of the vote.

The Lisnaskea Christmas lights switch on is set to take place this weekend.

A service station in Enniskillen has been honoured at the Maxol Excellence Awards.

A former pub on Derrylin Main Street has gone up for sale with a price of £275,000 attached to it.

A 61-year-old man has been jailed for drug offences and money laundering.

Go Succeed has powered 1,200 business in the Fermanagh and Omagh district, helping them to start, grow and scale, over the last two years underscoring the strength of entrepreneurship in the area and the need for region-wide support.