I was at a function recently with a few people and we bumped into Anthony Tohill, the four-time All Star and All-Ireland medallist. Tohill stands 6ft 4ins tall.

There’s some band of warriors departing the battlefield these days. The most capped championship hurler ever, Brendan Cummins. The most-capped footballer ever, Tomás Ó Sé. Another raider on the wing, Noel O’Leary. And then up north, Marty McGrath just handed in his shield as well.

County champions Tempo crashed out of the Fermanagh SFC last night after a narrow 1-13 to 3-6 quarter-final defeat by Ederney in Irvinestown.

Tyrone took top spot in Division 3A of the Allianz Hurling League with the Red Hands and Monaghan taking wins today, while Sligo and Louth shared the spoils.

THEY cost a mere €25 and can save you from a poisonous, odourless gas that can kill you and your family very quickly.

The funeral takes place this morning of the prominent Fermanagh businessman who died after a carbon monoxide leak in his home.

An investigation has been launched after a man's body was found in a fume-filled house in County Fermanagh.

A CONGREGATION of around 400 attended the funeral yesterday of Millie Martin, the Fermanagh toddler murdered last week.

Toddler Millie Martin will be laid to rest in Co Fermanagh today.

A toddler murdered in the North may have been sexually assaulted before her death, a court heard today.

A woman was injured when a light aircraft crash-landed in a field in Co Fermanagh today.

Fermanagh 0-13 Monaghan 1-10, Irvinestown (aet)

A woman has died in hospital from injuries she received in a road accident in Co Fermanagh six days ago.

Five people were arrested today by detectives investigating deception and allegations of serious fraud involving victims in Ireland and England.

A 20-year-old woman has claimed to have been raped last night at around 6.30pm in Penny Lane just off the main street at Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh.

A couple and their five children were feared dead today in one of the North’s worst ever fire tragedies.

A woman was being questioned by police in the North today after a teenager was stabbed to death.

2005 All-Star full-forward Stephen O’Neill was sent-off but Tyrone’s newcomers did enough to claim a 2-14 to 0-9 win over Queen’s University in an entertaining clash in Omagh today.

Police in the North have charged a 34-year-old Co Fermanagh woman with murdering her baby son last week.

Police in the North have arrested the mother of a baby boy found dead in Co Fermanagh last week.

Detectives were today investigating the suspicious death of a baby in Northern Ireland.

Two women were questioned tonight about the murder of a builder stabbed after a Valentine’s Day party.

Two women and a man were being questioned today about the murder of a builder in Co Fermanagh.

A man and a woman were arrested today in connection with the murder of a man in Co Fermanagh.

Two rural police stations in Co Fermanagh have been saved from closure, it was announced today – but the shut down of six more remained on course.

DUBLIN had more than one reason to celebrate yesterday after John O’Leary’s ladies set up a mouth-watering TG4 Leinster senior football final with rivals Meath by beating Kildare 2-18 to 2-9.

A school was left shattered today after a boy died when he was knocked off his mini-motorcycle in Co Fermanagh.

A Co Fermanagh road reopened today after it was the scene of a fatal two-vehicle collision last night.

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Tyrone manager Mickey Harte will use today's game against Antrim in Dungannon as a chance to experiment.

IT has been raining in Fermanagh most of the week, but no spirits have been dampened around Lisnaskea. As they say in these parts, it’s been a wild good summer.

IT’S been an emotional championship in the household of Mayo midfielder Ronan McGarrity.

Britain's Metropolitan Police commissioner John Stevens has been ordered to appear at the High Court in London as a key witness in a case involving Britain’s former top anti-terrorist agents in Northern Ireland, it emerged tonight.

Fears were growing today over the future of the jobs of 300 textile workers employed in Northern Ireland by a sole supplier to Marks & Spencer.

A leading clothing manufacturer announced today it was shedding more than 300 jobs and moving the work abroad.

The clothing manufacturer Desmonds is expected to announce up to 300 job losses at its operations in the North later today.

Employees at a leading clothing manufacturer in Northern Ireland are expected to learn the fate of their jobs by the end of this week.

BILLY COLEMAN, arguably Ireland’s greatest rally driver, will be honoured this evening at the Motorsport International Show at the Simmonscourt Pavilion where a video entitled Tarmac Titans will be launched.