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Archive for: February, 2012

Mellow Parenting course now available in Newry

Mellow Parenting is now available for families with young children in the Southern Trust area. It is a fourteen week programme designed to support families who are experiencing relationship problems with their young children and have additional health and social care needs. Children should be aged between one year and four years. Mellow Parenting is […]

Southern Trust respond to tap concern from Newry Times reader

The following statement is in response to a letter sent to the editor entitled – ‘Local man speaks to Newry Times about hygiene in Daisy Hill Hospital‘ The Southern Health and Social Care Trust has responded to the concerns of a Newry Times reader after he expressed his concern at the state of taps in […]

Players of the Carnbane, with Cahal McParland

Name: Cahal McParland. Age: 19. Occupation: Student. Club: Whitecross AFC. Previous Club(s): None. Honours: None yet with Whitecross but I have various Gaelic honours: U16 Ulster vocational schools All-star, U16 schools Armagh league title, U16 Ulster schools runner up and minor player of the year with Whitecross GFC. Position: Goalkeeper. Favourite player: Christiano Ronaldo. Favourite drink: Magners. […]

Death threats against Pastor Halliday condemned by local community

Representatives from both sides of the community were united in condemnation this morning after it emerged that an organiser of the contentious Kingsmill march was issued with a death threat early yesterday. A spokesperson for the PSNI confirmed the threat, stating, “Where we receive information that a person needs to review their personal security we […]

Newry film maker takes part in RTE Storyland competition

The first episode of the online drama/comedy series Trouble Times Three was released online on the 13th February. Scott, a 30 year old, Jack-the-lad has his life thrown into chaos when he wakes up to every guy’s nightmare: In the space of one day, three women he’s been with tell him they’re pregnant. This compelling […]

Smithwick Tribunal hears how Narrow Water bomb evidence was “interfered with”

The Smithwick Tribunal yesterday heard claims of how the forensic evidence in the Narrow Water bomb attack had been interfered with. The bomb at Narrow Water in 1979 was the single biggest loss of life for the British Army during the Northern Ireland troubles, as 18 soldiers were killed. The ambush, known as the Warrenpoint […]

Additional Consultant appointed to Daisy Hill’s Emergency Department

The Southern Health and Social Care Trust has appointed an additional Consultant to the Emergency Department at Daisy Hill Hospital. The appointment of Dr Tom Young in January means that the Department now has a team of four senior medical staff. Dr Young trained in Yorkshire and has worked as a Consultant in Emergency Medicine […]

Miss Down and Miss Armagh Heat 1 a huge success

The first heat of the Miss Down and Miss Armagh beauty pageant was an overwhelming success and a night enjoyed by all those lucky to be in Cobbles. The competition was the brainchild of three local business women. Michaela McAteer -Lipplicious Make-up Artistry, Julie Lynch-Absolute Entertainment Ireland and Shaneen McAteer- Marketing Executive for both newly […]

Newry City Under 18s ‘Crewes’ to a win

Newry City Wanderers 4-0 Crewe United Youth For the first quarter of this game at the Newry Showground’s the spectators may have thought that the entire ninety minutes were going to be a close affair. However, this all changed midway through the first half, the pivotal moment being the Newry side’s first goal created by […]

John McCallister tackles South Down weight issue head on

With almost 60% of people in Northern Ireland classified as either overweight or obese, MLAs from all parties are lining up to demonstrate their support of safefood’s ‘Stop the Spread’ campaign, which urges people to check their waist measurement to see if they are overweight. If you are a woman with a waist size greater […]







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