Fit for a president

President Obama is in Fermanagh for the G8 summit this Monday, offering the Lough Erne Resort a priceless moment in the spotlight, writes Pól Ó Conghaile.

IT’S AMAZING what a bit of political stardust can do. First, President Obama and his wife Michelle shone the global spotlight onto Moneygall. Now, with the G8 summit descending upon Lough Erne Resort this Monday, it’s lighting up the Fermanagh Lakelands.

Lord knows, but the troubled five-star resort could use the opportunity. Built at a reported cost of £30 million at the giddy height of the boom, Lough Erne recently returned to the market for a third of that. That wasn’t all: this January, a fire broke out in the pool and leisure area.