SIPTU Liberty Newspaper June 2014

News
Liberty
JUNE 2014 21
Dunphy holds seat in TCD board election
SIPTU representative, Sheila
Dunphy, from the ISS staff
category in Trinity College
Dublin was re-elected to the
Board of TCD in the recent
elections.
Sheila, who originally won the
seat in a by-election caused by the
illness and death of SIPTU shop
steward, the late Noreen Murray,
polled 449 votes – more than
twice that of the nearest
contender, Mary Foody.
A&E services in Navan
must not be reduced
!
SIPTU members were among those who marched in Navan on Saturday, 17th May, in support of the Save Navan Hospital Campaign.
T
HE SIPTU Meath District
Council and
SIPTU Louth District
Council are jointly
calling for the retention
of full services in the
newly built Accident and
Emergency Department in
Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan.
The retention of these services
would not only benefit the local
community in the North Meath
area but would also assist in easing
some of the overcrowding in the
Accident and Emergency Department
in Lourdes Hospital,
Drogheda.
SIPTU Louth District Council
secretary, Paul Henry, said: “We intend
to bring all union workers in
both hospitals, along with our
members in other workplaces in
the region, into a campaign that
will make clear to the Minister and
HSE the level of opposition there
is to their plan to reduce A&E services
in Navan Hospital in 2015.”
SIPTU Organiser, John McCamley,
who represents members in
the local health service, said:
“Enough is enough. Our members
in both hospitals are on a day-today
basis working under extreme
pressure. If the plan to close the
Navan Accident and Emergency
Department is not stopped it will
lead to our members being placed
in an unsafe working environment.”