WITH another public meeting on health coming up at the end of the month, this time focused on the sweeping savings proposed by the Western Trust, a petition has been set up calling for our neonatal unit to be saved. There has been uproar in recent weeks over the wide-reaching cuts to our local health […]
Radical changes needed to entire health system
Calls for two separate health budgets to be set up, now people are living longer and the population is continuing to age.
‘Put our health service first!’
Politicians urged to put differences aside for the sake of our health service.
Hopes that plan to cut bus services can be reversed
THE THREAT to the rural Roslea to Enniskillen bus service could have a devastating impact on those living in the village, local people have said.
Bus service cuts – last chance to have your say
THERE WAS a steady if unspectacular uptake yesterday for the public information session held in Enniskillen Bus Station over the proposed cuts to local services. The session was part of the consultation process currently out to review bus services in the North. In Fermanagh the 95C Enniskillen to Roslea service, the 294 Enniskillen to Altnagelvin […]
“Nothing for disabled sports people” if cuts are made
AN AWARD-WINNING disabled athlete has admitted she will lose her ‘family’ if a ‘life-changing’ leisure project provided by Disability Sport NI is cut. The 2014 Fermanagh Herald Special Achievement Award Michelle Cowan is one of the 2000 beneficiaries of the Fermanagh Inclusive Leisure Project (FILP), overseen by Roisin Henry, due to be axed on March […]
VIDEO: Fermanagh workers strike against cuts
WORKERS FROM across the public sector in Fermanagh protested against cuts today (Friday, March 13).
Future cuts to libraries not ruled out
FUTURE cuts to libraries in Fermanagh have not been ruled out, Libraries NI has said this week.