Operation Brockwatch looks to spread badger protection


AN award-winning initiative to prevent badger-baiting is looking to help Fermanagh fight back against bloodsports. Operation Brockwatch – a scheme launched by the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) and the Northern Ireland Badger Group – recently received a special commendation at the National Wildlife Crime Prevention Conference for their badger sett monitoring work in […]


Church cafe helping people to connect


“WE laugh with the people who laugh and cry with the people who cry. We just hang out,” says Barbara Hayward who runs the Tea4U café at Enniskillen Presbyterian Church. The former Devenish College teacher runs the café to help people of all ages and all walks of life to connect with others and break […]


Department responds to recruitment claims


THE DEPARTMENT of Health has stated the current threat to SWAH emergency surgery is a result of a fragile workforce, but that “no amount of additional funding or workforce planning can resolve this challenge alone.” The Department was responding to questions from the Herald regarding the revelation that conditions set out in its June review of […]