
Name: Peadar Coyle. Age: 24. Education/experience: I have a BSc from the University of Bristol in Physics and Philosophy. My schooling was in St. Michael’s Killean for Primary School and I was an Abbey Grammar student up until A Levels. I worked in Our Lady’s Grammar School in Newry for two years as Physics Technician [...]

Name: Charlene Carey. Age: 25. Education/experience: I’m a qualified hairdresser. What part of Newry & Mourne are you originally from? I’m originally from Bessbrook, but moved to Luganare when I was 15 . When did you leave Newry? I left Newry in mid June last year (2011). Why did you leave Newry? Ive always wanted [...]

Name: Paul Rocks Age: 24 Education/experience (i.e. do you have a degree /trade/skills or career background): BSc Hons Architectural Technology & Management What part of Newry are you from: Dromintee, South Armagh When did you leave Newry: 6th March 2011 Why did you leave Newry (no jobs, wanted to travel, bored etc.): I always wanted [...]

Name: John Paul Conway. Age: 28. Education/experience: Bachelor of Education (Primary School Teacher). What part of Newry & Mourne are you originally from? Newry. When did you leave Newry? May 2008. Why did you leave Newry? I always wanted to live in Australia. Nicer climate and better lifestyle. Who did you go with? I came [...]

This Sunday, Newry will lose another six members of the community. Suitcases are almost packed, passports are stashed away safely, and money is changed into dollars. Like the recession of the 1980’s – when many of Newry’s twenty-somethings left the Emerald Isle to find work around Britain in cities like London, Manchester, Glasgow and Cardiff [...]

Name: Kelly White. Age: 25. Education/experience : Qualified Dental Nurse with an NVQ level 3 in Oral Healthcare and also a certificate III in business. What part of Newry & Mourne are you originally from? Temple Hill Road in Newry. When did you leave Newry? May 2010. Why did you leave Newry? I always wanted [...]

Name: Liam Collins. Age: 25. Education/experience: Geography BSc, Advanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS) MSc, working for a government body (The Countryside Access and Activities Network CAAN) ad-hoc as a GIS technician, working for a marketing agency subcontracted to drive a van for Guinness. What part of Newry & Mourne are you originally from? Silverbridge, South [...]

Name: Aidan Curtis. Age: 25. Education/experience: Qualified carpenter. What part of Newry & Mourne are you originally from? Chancellors Road. When did you leave Newry? In May 2010. Why did you leave Newry? At first we planned a trip around the world; America, Fiji, New Zealand, Sydney, Singapore, Bangkok and then home. When we arrived [...]

Name: Gerard Fitzpatrick. Age: 25. Education/experience: Time served as an electrician (City and Guilds). What part of Newry & Mourne are you originally from? Barley Lane. When did you leave Newry? June 2011. Why did you leave Newry? I always wanted to travel and I wasn’t getting any younger. There was also more prospects work [...]

Name: Paul Gribben. Age: 21 Education/experience: Diploma in Construction and the Built Environment. Advanced Diploma in Geo-technical Engineering. What part of Newry & Mourne are you originally from? Cabra, Hilltown. When did you leave Newry? August 2011. Why did you leave Newry? I left home for the experience and also to further my career. Who [...]