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Donal O’Cofaigh
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Threat of fracking returns to Fermanagh while Tyrone resists toxic gold mining
Only days after the local elections, the Department for Economy announced a consultation on the issuance of an exploratory license to Tamboran Resources UK for fracking in west Fermanagh.
Election breakthrough for anti-sectarian socialist in Fermanagh
Donal O'Cofaigh's election in Enniskillen shows that - combined with a consistent, determined and campaigning approach - real success can be achieved on this basis.
Welfare ‘reform’ disaster for working-class communities
In November 2015, DUP, Sinn Féin and Alliance MLAs lined up to hand the Tories in Westminster the power to impose their draconian 'welfare reform' policies on working-class people here. The vote was agreed by them as part of the Fresh Start Agreement – as their reward, the local parties would be able to slash corporate taxes.
Fermanagh Save Our Services vigilant against further cuts
The latest threat appears to have been pushed back for now but in the course of events, FSOS established a research group to map all the clinics lost over past years from SWAH. The campaign to defend NHS services in Fermanagh continues.
A&E Crisis: Fight for the Future of the NHS
The annual winter crisis in the NHS reached even greater heights over the recent weeks as the Tory government’s funding freeze resulted in huge pressures at emergency departments across Britain and Northern Ireland. In the South, the same story was repeated again,the result of chronic under funding.
Residential care must be for people, not profit
On Wednesday 23rd August, for the first time since it was established in 2005, the Regulations and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) intervened to close a privately-owned and managed nursing home, the Ashbrooke Nursing Home, operating on the edge of Enniskillen.
Hands Off Daisy Hill!
On March 30th, the Southern Health & Social Care Trust (SHSCT) management threatening to ‘temporarily’ suspend A&E cover at Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry. In the locality and among staff, this was viewed as the latest step in a longstanding agenda of downgrading the hospital.
GP services on life support
By Donal O’Cofaigh Rural communities across Northern Ireland face losing their local doctors’ surgery in the next few…
Victory for Woodburn Stop the Drill Protesters
By Donal O’Cofaigh Exploration company Infrastrata have called off drilling in Woodburn forest near Carrickfergys, saying that they…