Tributes were paid today to a miners’ leader who led his men back to work after saving Wales’ last deep coal pit.
Tyrone O'Sullivan, who has died aged 77, spearheaded the 1995 workers’ buyout of Tower Colliery near Hirwaun at the head of the Cynon Valley.
As branch secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, Mr O’Sullivan led 239 staff in each pooling their £8,000 redundancy payouts to buy the pit.
