By Iveren McCallion
Protesters are to picket tomorrow's public meeting at Southern Trust headquarters.
It's over the threat of reduced opening hours at Daisy Hill's emergency department.
The group of concerned residents have organised free buses to the meeting leaving from
The Trust has said the move may be necessary because they're struggling to recruit permanent senior emergency doctors.
But theatre nurse Deirdre Murphy claims that pulling services from the hospital is deterring applicants:
One of the protest organisers, Seana Grant, says their presence outside the meeting will let the Trust know that locals will fight to keep their services: