Monaghan squeezed through to the second round of the All-Ireland SFC Qualifier series with a nervy four-point win over a dogged Fermanagh side at Clones.

Fermanagh travel to Clones to face Monaghan in the pick of the ties

The games will take place on the weekend on June 8-9

THE DECLAN BOGUE INTERVIEW: Twenty-five years ago, Pete McGrath led Down to their fifth and his second All-Ireland title. A year of rifts and bridge building; of violence and sorrow, of one magnificent match, and of vindication.

Meath 2-12 Fermanagh 0-11

An ATM has been stolen in Co Fermanagh.

Donegal 0-10 Fermanagh 0-13

Tipperary senior football manager Liam Kearns is not a fan of the way Rory Gallagher sets up Fermanagh but he recognises Gaelic football is a results business.

Detectives in the North are investigating an arson attack at a farm in Co Fermanagh that killed three animals.

Police searching for a missing man in Lough Erne in County Fermanagh have recovered a body.

A coroner investigating a crash in the North that killed two schoolchildren has referred it to prosecutors amid concerns a botched PSNI probe enabled illegal tampering with the driver's phone logs.

Kevin McStay, who is looking at a lengthy sideline ban after appearing to push and throw a football at a linesman, believes match officials should come under the same scrutiny as players and managers.

A glance at the use of substitutes by the respective management teams amounts to a neat summary of how this game panned out; Fermanagh introducing theirs early as they chased a lost cause, Kildare taking off key players early with the result secured.

By Paul Keane

Donegal 2-18 Fermanagh 0-12

My expectation that Fermanagh would make things horrible for Donegal in yesterday’s Ulster final never materialised. Perhaps I hadn’t factored in how much of an occasion this was for the Fermanagh players.

Clones and Thurles are now the only iconic grounds left that provide the ultimate in provincial championship final atmosphere. It’s as much about the town, the hill and the patrons as it is about the ground.

IF ever you feel compelled to search for deeper reasons why Fermanagh are one of only two counties to have never won their provincial football Championship, you could find something in the tale of Father Theobald Mathew.

A sucker punch right at the death dealt Monaghan a deadly blow and sent Fermanagh into raptures and through to a first Ulster SFC final in 10 years.

Fermanagh scored a rare Ulster SFC win over Armagh with a gutsy and disciplined display at Brewster Park to set up a semi-final clash with either Tyrone or Fermanagh.

Kieran McGeeney guided Armagh to victory in a Division 3 final at Fermanagh's expense for the second time in four seasons at Croke Park.

A 27-year-old man is still being questioned by police this morning after a fire claimed the lives of three people in Fermanagh.

Neighbours used a sledgehammer in a desperate bid to break in and rescue at least three people who died in a deliberate house fire in Fermanagh.

A man has appeared in court charged with murdering his 35-year-old wife during a boating holiday with their two children in Northern Ireland.

Derry 2-10 Fermanagh 3-7

A 22-year-old man has died in a car crash in Co Fermanagh.

Armagh 0-20, Fermanagh 0-11: Armagh are back in business and poised to rescue their season through the back door.

Monaghan 1-20 Fermanagh 1-11: Monaghan’s support cast showed an eagerness to play a leading role in this year’s Ulster championship, with 13 different scorers in Saturday night’s win over Fermanagh an encouraging sign for the summer ahead.

Police are investigating the deaths of two people in Co Fermanagh.

A woman who died after a boating incident on Lough Erne in Fermanagh yesterday has been named locally as Luna McKinney.

A four-year-old boy has died in a farm accident in Co Fermanagh.

Cork 1-14 Fermanagh 0-9: Cork collected the points in this comfortable win over visitors Fermanagh at Páirc Ui Rínn yesterday, the home side’s first victory in this Division 2 campaign

A comfortable win for Cork in a surprisingly sunny Pairc Ui Rinn, the Rebels too strong for visitors Fermanagh in this NFL Division 2 clash.

Fermanagh boss Pete McGrath insists his side are on a par with any county in Ulster and have never been better placed to win their first provincial title.

A man has died following a car accident, police have said.h.

Is the first guy to do it? You must be having a laugh, writes Mike Quirke.

Fermanagh manager Pete McGrath said Aidan O’Shea dived and Joe McQuillan made a terrible decision that cost his team in their All-Ireland qualifier at MacHale Park.

Mayo 2-14 Fermanagh 1-12

Fermanagh 0-19 Wexford 1-11: Fermanagh boss Pete McGrath has called for a repeat of the second-half performance that condemned Wexford to a five-point qualifier defeat at Innovate Wexford Park on Saturday.

Donegal 2-12 Fermanagh 0-11: Since emerging as a force five years ago Donegal have often demonstrated the ability to win games in devastating spells, and they did so again yesterday — this time with 14 men — to swat Fermanagh aside in Ballybofey.