brexit

2,000 local jobs at risk


AROUND 2,000 jobs could be lost in Fermanagh as a direct result of Brexit.  That was the stark reality laid bare in a report last week from the Department of the Economy which stated 40,000 jobs were at risk across the North if there is a no deal Brexit.  By that reckoning Fermanagh would lose […]


Health

Nurse strike still on the cards


FERMANAGH’S nurses could be taking to the picket lines as soon as this September, with strike action becoming increasingly likely if current union talks with the Department of Health breakdown.  As reported in the Herald earlier this year, a strike over pay and working conditions has been considered for some time. Now the Royal College […]


West Fermanagh chosen as guinea pig for new census


THE PEOPLE of west Fermanagh are to be guinea pigs for the next census.  While the census is not due to happen until March 2021, over 4,000 households in the west of the county will have to take part in a ‘test run’ of the process this October, over a year-and-a-half before the rest of […]


Hundreds of complaints-only a handful about A&E waiting


  ALMOST 700 people lodged a complaint against the Western Trust in the last year, new figures from the Department of Health have revealed.  However, with a total of 690, the Western Trust had the least number of complaints of all health and social care trusts in the North at 11.4 percent. It also saw […]


Petition against Twelfth ‘lockdown’ in Lisnaskea


A PETITION has been set up calling for a stop to the closure of roads in Lisnaskea for this Friday’s 12th of July celebrations in the town.  As of yesterday afternoon the online petition on change.org, which was set up by Eamon Keenan, had over 200 signatures.  “On the 12th of July 2019 the town […]


‘Matter of life and death’ – Roslea GP campaigner


A PUBLIC meeting is being planned for Roslea where there has been anger and defiance after campaigners were told there was “no prospect” of GP services returning to the area.  Cllr John McCluskey, who was voted into the new council after campaigning for the return of Roslea’s GP surgery, has been informed by the head […]