Colm O'Kane
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Colm Sean O'Kane (1935 – 14 June 2005) was a
trade unionist from Northern Ireland
.
Born in County Londonderry, O'Kane studied at St Columb's College alongside John Hume. He then became a mental health nurse, working at Purdysburn Hospital in Belfast, then worked at Darenth Park Hospital in Kent, with people with learning disabilities. Finally, he worked at Aston Hall Hospital in Derbyshire.[1]
O'Kane became active in the
Hector MacKenzie. Instead, he won election as the union's deputy general secretary, and also won a place on the Labour Party's National Executive Committee.[1]
O'Kane was re-elected unopposed as deputy general secretary of COHSE in 1992, and then led the negotiations with the
motor neurone disease, and he died of the condition five years later.[1]
References
- ^ a b c MacKenzie, Hector (20 October 2005). "Obituaries: Colm O'Kane". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 March 2018.