Dean Swift visiting Newry talked about the “proud people”.

I am from such stock. But reading in both the Newry Reporter and The Irish News about the circumstances surrounding the untimely death of 46-year-old Anu Okusanya, I felt a little less proud.

Ms Okusanya was a mum. She had an only child, Olaitain.

Like so many other migrants in the North, she was working in the health and social care system. On the day of her death, Anu had just completed a 12-hour shift. That’s right - 12 gruelling hours.

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Having left Nigeria, she chose Newry as her home.

Within the south Down area, she built a life in Damolly village. In truth,........

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