
A local business has made it their mission to help businesses cut needless costs in one of the worst economic climates in living history. S & S Communications was established in 1995 and with nearly two decades of experience, they boast some impressive services for their clients. Working primarily in the Business Telecommunications sector, the […]

Emotions ran high during a meeting chaired by Sinn Féin’s Brendan Curran on Tuesday 6th March regarding the ongoing road works in Monaghan Street. Speaking to Newry Times Curran said, “I have never witnessed such large numbers of shopkeepers attending a council meeting but traders in the vicinity of these road works have had their […]
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There was a bumper crowd at Cloghogue as Eamon McAnuff and Catherine McAnulty kick started the year with the annual scramble competition. There was plenty of fine scoring as conditions where perfect, and that was evident in the amount of birdies on the scorecards. The early running was made by the team consisting off Declan […]
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Republicans from Newry and further afield gathered at the Republican Plot in St Mary’s Cemetery on Sunday 11th March to officially launch Newry Commemoration Committee’s annual Easter Lily Campaign. The event was attended by family members of those who gave their lives for the freedom struggle in Ireland, elected representatives and committee members and included […]
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On 14th March in the Arts Centre in Newry the Newry & Portadown branch of the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland (IWAI) will present a Virtual Voyage from Portadown to Newry along a restored canal. This is the culmination of a branch project; knitting together images of the present day canal with a vision of […]
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Police in Warrenpoint are appealing for information following an incident of criminal damage at a church in Church Street. Some time between 11pm on Saturday, 10th March and 9.30am on Sunday, 11th March, nine stained glass windows at the church were damaged. Police are appealing to anyone who witnessed the damage being caused or has […]
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Sinn Fein has reacted angrily to the Parades Commission determination today which gave a contentious loyalist parade the go-ahead for St. Patrick’s Day in Armagh City. Newry and Armagh Sinn Féin MP Conor Murphy said the Parades Commission and the PSNI have created the scenario for a new contentious loyalist march, with the possibility of […]
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The Smithwick Tribunal has today heard how a former Taoiseach referred to the Narrow Water bombings as a “political crime”. The incident 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 in two explosions. A former deputy assistant […]
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Slieve Gullion Sinn Féin councillors Colman Burns, Anthony Flynn and Terry Hearty have commended St Patrick’s Primary School on their warm reception for the Education Minister John O’Dowd who visited the school on Wednesday 7th March. Councillor Hearty, who sits on the Board of Governors for St Patrick’s Primary School said, “I thoroughly enjoyed the […]
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Northern Ireland’s first ever zero carbon home “Green Future house” accredited under the Government Low Carbon and Zero Carbon Homes Scheme has been unveiled today. The conventionally designed new build constructed by Green Future is the first home ever to qualify for free council rates (five years no rates) under the Low Carbon and Zero […]
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