THE threat to services at the South West Acute Hospital is the biggest local election issue ever for voters in Fermanagh. That’s the assessment of campaign group Save Our Acute Services (SOAS), backed up by reports from local candidates from their experiences on the door steps as the electioneering for the May 18th Council election gets […]
Stormont crisis means no pay offer for health workers
THERE have been warnings of possible further health strikes to come here, despite talks with the Secretary of State, with local health workers not entitled to the same pay deal offered to their colleagues in England. Health workers in the North have been taking part in industrial action for the past four months, just as their […]
Excitement builds ahead of St Ninnidh’s Lip Sync Battle
The Lip Sync Challenge this weekend is to raise funds for new outdoor facilities at St Ninnidh’s PS.
Enniskillen’s Ryan taking literary world by storm
‘Arthur and Teddy are Coming Out’ is a heart-warming tale of the bond between a grandfather and grandson.
Anger as dead animals dumped at side of road
THERE has been anger and concern after over a dozen dead farm animals were dumped at the side of a scenic road. The carcasses were discovered by walkers on the Alderwood Road, about a mile outside Fivemiletown, on the Friday before Easter. At least ten dead calves, as well as a bag with the bodies […]
Our community loves our local acute hospital
THE PEOPLE of Fermanagh care deeply about our local hospital and our health service, and will do all they can to protect it. That is the message from local Cllr John Coyle, who was speaking to the Herald as part of our ‘South West Acute Hospital is a great place to work’ series. Cllr Coyle, […]
Trust refuses FOI SWAH patient/staff concern request
THE WESTERN Trust has refused to release information regarding staff and patients’ concerns at the South West Acute Hospital. A representative from the Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) campaign group – which has been working with local staff and patients regarding the issues and worries they had experienced since the suspension of emergency and urgent […]
Archaeologist to reveal findings of Lisnaskea dig
The Lisnaskea area is regarded as the heartland of the Maguire lordship during medieval times, with the clan’s inauguration site based at Cornashee.
Momentum keeps building behind SWAH campaign
“You have people who are now passionate about this – that it is wrong, that it is not what should be happening, and they will not have it.”
People urged to ‘think F.A.S.T.’ on stroke symptoms
A MAGUIRESBRIDGE woman has urged local people to be aware of stroke symptoms, and to “think FAST” if the suspected they are having a stroke. Betty Parkinson – who was just 49-years-old when she suffered a stroke last November – has added her voice to a fresh awareness campaign by the Western Trust, which is encouraging anyone who experiences […]