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Archive for: March, 2012

Down one step closer to safety following Castlebar victory

Down’s chances of relegation were eased today as they picked up 2 points in Castlebar with victory over Mayo. Mayo started the game going a point up, but were soon dealt a huge blow as Aidan O’Shea saw red in the 8th minute for striking out at Down’s Danny Hughes. Down responded with a goal […]

Local football round up, 10th March 2012

This week offered the opportunity for several teams to forget about their poor league form with the welcome distraction of the AOH cup. Killowen ‘ two’ good for Cleary Killowen Celtic ensured their progression to the quarter finals of the AOH Cup after defeating Cleary Celtic in a drab encounter at Olympic Park on Saturday. […]

Staff threatened by masked man in Warrenpoint robbery

Staff at a commercial premises in the Church Street area of Warrenpoint were victims of an armed robbery last night. The staff were threatened and a sum of money was stolen during the incident, which occurred shortly after 9pm on Saturday night.  The man is reported to have made off on foot from the scene towards the […]

Keady Youth Club visits Addiction Support Centre

St Patricks Youth Club Keady were welcome guests of Cuan Mhuire Regional Addiction Support Centre located in Newry. The young people and their mentors visited the Centre as part of their Drug and Alcohol Awareness Programme. They witnessed the ongoing work carried out at Cuan Mhuire, affectionately known as Sr Consilios. They also met some […]

Crossmaglen’s St Oliver Plunkett Youth Club receives award‏

Young people from St Oliver Plunkett Youth Club, Crossmaglen have won a prestigious award at this year’s Community Safety Partnership Awards Ceremony. Local Councillor Terry Hearty, who attended the ceremony, commended all the young people who had taken part in the drug and alcohol awareness project and their youth leaders who had advised them through […]

NI Water visits Down High Prep‏ School

NI Water’s educational programme, H2O and the Wonderful World of Water, recently visited Down High Prep School and taught the children all about the Water Cycle. Children learnt about the value of water, the different forms it takes, and what impact humans have on it. During the visit, the children were introduced to H20, a […]

Housing Executive celebrates Shared Neighbourhood Programme

A group of Newry locals joined groups from Brownlow, Lissize, Fivemiletown and Enniskillen this week to celebrate the work achieved by the Housing Executive’s Shared Neighbourhood Programme. The event, hosted at the Executive’s South Area Office in Craigavon, highlighted the successful work being done by community groups. The group’s work was aided by the Shared […]

Newry Council announce traffic arrangements for St Patrick’s Day

Due to the ongoing Public Realm Improvement Scheme taking place in Hill Street and Monaghan Street, the Annual St. Patrick’s Day on street celebrations will take place in the Kildare Street area of the City. Kildare Street will be closed to through traffic from 8:00 a.m. on Saturday 17th March until approximately 6:30 p.m. Traffic […]

Ireland Revisited: Part 13

Throughout the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland, a significant number of people from the nationalist community believed that the RUC and British Army operated a ‘shoot-to-kill’ policy when targeting militant republicans. Many argued that republican suspects, irregardless of whether they posed a significant threat to the security forces, were simply murdered without any attempt being made […]

Hearty speaks out over Northern Bank closure

Newry Times reported yesterday that the Crossmaglen branch of the Northern Bank is set to close on 25th May following a Northern Bank announcement on 8th March. Crossmaglen Sinn Féin councillor Terry Hearty has described this as a blow to the town and to the local economy, “I am shocked by this decision to close […]







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