The Department of Health has launched an eight-week consultation on the option of re-introducing hospital car parking charges. The consultation follows a direction from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP, requiring Northern Ireland departments to launch public consultations on revenue-raising measures. This is in the context of […]
Dec 6 2023 | Posted in
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Detectives in Newry are appealing for information and witnesses following a report of a burglary in the city. Detective Sergeant Dougherty says, “Police received a report shortly before 6.30 pm on Thursday, 16 November, that a house had been entered in the Cecil Street area sometime after 12pm on the same day. “The […]
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Translink has unwrapped details of its popular late-night bus and train Christmas Nightmover services operating on Friday and Saturday nights from 24 November 2023. With the party season fast approaching, Translink has partnered with a number of organisations, including the Belfast Improvement Districts, Hospitality Ulster, Visit Belfast and local taxi companies fonaCAB and […]
Two police officers in Newry have escaped serious injury after their vehicle was rammed in the city on Tuesday evening, 14 November 2023. Newry, Mourne & Down District Commander Superintendent Norman Haslett says, “At approximately 10.30 pm, a man and woman who appeared heavily intoxicated arrived at a property in the Ferryhill Road […]
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Detectives from the Legacy Investigation Branch, investigating the murder of Peter McCormack in the Thierafurth Inn in Kilcoo on 19 November 1992, are appealing for information on the 31st Anniversary of his murder. Mr McCormack, a 42-year-old former schoolteacher from Drumena Road in Kilcoo, was shot dead when two gunmen burst into the […]
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Detectives in Newry are appealing for information and witnesses following a burglary in the Derrybeg area of the city. The burglary took place on Thursday evening, 19 October, 2023. Detective Sergeant Dougherty explains, “Police received a report shortly after 9 pm of a break-in at a house in the Fifth Avenue area. “A […]
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Police are appealing for information and witnesses following a serious single-vehicle road traffic collision on Sturgan Road, Camlough. Inspector Macdonald comments, “Police received a report shortly before 10.20 pm on Friday evening, 27 October, that a collision had occurred involving a black VW Golf. “Officers attended the scene along with our colleagues from […]
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Police have charged a man following an incident where a police car was rammed in the Tullyneill Road area of Newtownhamilton, resulting in three police officers receiving injuries. The incident happened on on Friday evening, 27 October, 2023. The arrest was made after Police Service of Northern Ireland officers were alerted to a […]
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Police in Newry are warning of the potential dangers of fireworks following an incident yesterday where a girl escaped injury after a firework was placed in her school blazer pocket. Neighbourhood Inspector Kelly Gibson says, “Yesterday at Newry Bus Station a lit firework was placed in the school blazer of a teenage girl. […]
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Two men aged 37 and 38, arrested following the report of a silver Vauxhall Crossland driving erratically on the A1 near Sheepbridge and following a car in the area on Sunday, 10 September, have been released on bail pending further enquiries. Speaking about the incident, Inspector Gibson says, “Shortly before 9.25 pm on […]
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