Security measures to protect the eight world leaders scheduled to attend the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland next month may prove to be a massive headache for the locals.

A month before hosting the G8 Summit, Lough Erne Resort in Co Fermanagh has undergone plans to sell the estate. CBRE announced that the “jewel in the crown” of the Fermanagh Lakes will be for sale at a guide price of 10 million euros or 15.5 million dollars. 

Archaeologists excavating the crannog site in County Fermanagh believe a 600-year-old skeleton was the victim of an ancient murder mystery.

US Secret Service are checking out secure hotel accommodation along the Republic of Ireland-Northern Irish Border in preparation for the G8 Summit in June. The summit will be held at the Lough Erne Golf Resort in Enniskillen in Northern Ireland.

The dissident republican group Óglaigh na hÉireann (ONH) have confirmed that the target for the bomb discovered in County Fermanagh this weekend was the Lough Erne Resort, the venue set to play host to Barack Obama, David Cameron and Vladimir Putin among others at the G8 Summit.

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness joined a crowd of about 80 for the annual St Patrick’s visit to the White House. President Obama spoke of his upcoming trip to Ireland.

The film adaptation of Swedish playwright August Strindberg’s Miss Julie is to be filmed in Castle Coole, Fermanagh. Due for release in 2014, the film will star Colin Farrell, Jessica Chastain and Samantha Morton.

Excavations are currently underway at the uncovered site of a crannóg (a man-made island dwelling on a lake) just outside the town of Enniskillen in County Fermanagh which has proven to be a gold mine of archaeological finds and an amazing insight into Irish life as far back as the 7th century AD. However, the Cherrymount Link Road is scheduled to go through the ancient site as soon as March 2013.

Dissident Republicans are planning a terrorist attack on the G8 summit in Fermanagh this summer according to security experts with Britain’s MI5.

Another Irish site with major international archaeological significance will shortly have a motor way link road paved through it. The site, located in County Fermanagh, has been called one of the most important and interesting archaeological digs in Northern Ireland.

President Barack Obama is looking forward to 'experiencing the warmth of the people of Fermanagh' when he visits Enniskillen next year, a spokesperson for the White House told the County Fermanagh-based Impartial Reporter.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed that the 2013 G8 summit will take place in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

Speculation is growing that next year’s G8 Summit could be held in a five-star Northern Irish golf resort.

It's already being dubbed the new Downton Abbey, but the fact is that the BBC's new period comedy Blandings has a better writer: P.G. Wodehouse. It's the latest top flight project that will be filmed in the north or Ireland, with a cast that includes Absolutely Fabulous' Jennifer Saunder and Harry Potter star Timothy Spall.

A 3,000-year-old piece of gold jewelry, found in a County Fermanagh bog in 2009, has been declared an item of treasure, according to the BBC.

A 3,000-year-old piece of gold jewelry, found in a County Fermanagh bog in 2009, has been declared an item of treasure, according to the BBC.

The great-grandson of a woman who was shipped off to Australia during the Irish famine has finally traced her back to Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.

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