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Archive for: June, 2018

Chairman celebrates Newry City promotion to top league

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Mark Murnin, hosted a reception for Newry City Athletic Football Club to celebrate their remarkable rise through Irish League football and their promotion to the Premier League, in the Sean Hollywood Arts Centre recently. Speaking at the reception, Chairman Murnin said, “I am delighted to be able […]

Newry firm mac-group on target for €185m turnover

Newry-headquartered construction and fit out firm mac-group has secured contracts worth more than €90m (£78m) across the UK and Ireland in the last six months. mac-group is a privately-owned Main Contractor specialising in the construction, refurbishment and fit-out of commercial real estate. It has offices in Newry, Dublin, London and Birmingham and employs a direct […]

Anger after ‘coordinated attacks’ on Newry Republican memorials

Newry and Armagh Sinn Féin MLA Megan Fearon has described a series of attacks on 1981 Hunger Strike Memorials as ‘outrageous’. The attacks took place over the weekend at 1981 Hunger Strike memorials at Fords Cross Silverbridge, Meigh Village and on the Newry A1 Bypass. Speaking to Newry Times, the South Armagh MLA said, “These […]

Bogus caller warning after recent incident

NI Water is calling on customers across Northern Ireland to be extra vigilant and beware of bogus callers following an incident in Armagh involving some more vulnerable customers and criminals coming to their door claiming to represent the company. The general pattern of events is for criminals posing as NI Water staff seeking to gain […]

Newry pupils’ chance to participate in IT summer camp

Newry’s IT engineers of the future have the chance to develop their skills by taking part in an innovative IT summer camp organised by one of Northern Ireland’s leading IT businesses, Novosco, in partnership with Ulster University. Novosco Cloud Camp – an educational initiative by managed cloud provider Novosco – will run at the university’s […]

DAERA highlights benefits of registering calves by phone

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has urged farmers to consider registering their calf births by telephone. As more and more farmers realise the benefits of using APHIS Online to notify their calf births, DAERA has noticed a steady decrease over the past few years in the number of paper notifications received. However, […]

Newry BID creates welcome packs for new First Derivatives staff

Newry Business Improvement District (BID) were delighted to present one of Newry’s biggest employers First Derivatives plc with welcome packs for their graduate intake beginning June 2018. First Derivatives plc, the award-winning FinTech company, recruits across the globe talented graduates to begin their training in their Newry HQ. With an average of 50 new starts […]

Newry restaurant scoops prestigious ‘Best Buffet Restaurant’ award

Newry’s Bravo Live Cuisine has been awarded the Best Buffet Restaurant award at the glamorous 3rd Annual Northern Ireland Food Awards ceremony. The popular local restaurant beat off stiff competition from Cosmo (Belfast), China China (Belfast) and Moghul Restaurant (Belfast) at the Crowne Plaza, Belfast recently. A delighted Ivan Lin, the owner of the local […]

Councillor urges vigilance after South Armagh robberies

Slieve Gullion Area Sinn Féin Councillor Terry Hearty has said that the recent spate of robberies in the Culloville locality has caused great concern within the community and he appealed for vigilance. The local Councillor stated, “The recent spate of robberies in Culloville village and the surrounding area has caused great concern amongst local residents. […]

Newry schools win best kept awards

St Malachy’s Primary School has won in the Best Kept Primary School category in the Southern Education Authority at the Best Kept School Awards, sponsored by George Best Belfast City Airport. Also honoured at the awards was St Malachy’s Nursery School, which received the award for the Best Kept Pre-Primary School in the same region. […]







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