A RURAL charity that provides support for farmers across the North is hosting a series of free workshops aimed at helping those involved with the agricultural industry deal with the mounting pressures they are facing. Veronica Morris, Rural Support chief executive, said, “The farming industry continues to face many stressful factors which are outside of their […]
Occupational therapists struggling to find jobs
NEWLY graduated occupational therapists (OT) are struggling to find jobs throughout the Western Trust area. Similar to the graduate nurses who have previously contacted this paper after finding no vacancies in the local health service this Fermanagh OT graduate has said they have been told there is little possibility they will be finding a role this […]
Derrygonnelly GAA players to cycle for mental health
A LOCAL GAA club is embarking on an ambitious fitness challenge later this month in a bid to raise awareness about the ever-worsening and worrying mental health crisis in our society. As a knock-on effect from the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s been reported that there has been a rise in males of all ages seeking mental […]
Fermanagh singer opens up on mental health
WITH the county in the grip of a mental health crisis, local men in particular have been urged to speak up and seek help to save lives. The plea comes from a local Country music star who has spoken out after overcoming his own battle with mental health which left him seriously ill and in […]
Heartfelt appeal as Lisa McHugh’s daughter battles RSV
LOCAL Country music star Lisa McHugh is warning parents to “speak up to protect your baby from illness”, as her daughter Hallie battles Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) at SWAH. “I can’t describe how horrendous it has been to watch her so weak and in so much pain and being unable to take that pain away,” Lisa posted on […]
SWAH staff speak out at Enniskillen rally
‘I feel it’s important for the whole people of Fermanagh to stand together. I think it’s important for our patients to know we want to do better.’
SWAH: Private companies paid tens of millions
The Western Trust could have hired 160 surgeons with what it paid to private companies to carry out orthopaedic surgery.
Brave mother’s emotional appeal to Fermanagh public
A BRAVE local mother has shared her family’s painful story in an emotional appeal to the Fermanagh public to stand up and fight for our local emergency services. Eileen McGovern has been a member of Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) since the campaign group was set up in response to the ‘temporary’ suspension of emergency […]
Candle lit vigil set to mark two years without SWAH EGS
On Thursday November 14 at 7pm the people of Fermanagh are being asked to come out for a candle lit vigil in Enniskillen.
‘You might as well be talking to a Martian’
TRYING to talk to Belfast-based officials about the health crisis here, or other issues impacting Fermanagh, is like talking to someone from another planet, according to those lobbying for the return of services to the county. Pauline Corrigan from Florencecourt is one of the many hard-working volunteers from the Save Our Acute Services campaign group, […]