
Customers of Northern Bank in Newry can now benefit from longer opening hours as it has become the first bank in the city to open all day on Saturdays. The branch is now open from 9.30am until 4.30pm every Saturday and both a counter service and appointments are available. Senior Branch Manager Adrienne Cockram said, […]
May 21 2012 | Posted in
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Transport Minister Danny Kennedy has congratulated Roads Service’s planned investment totalling £3.7million for maintenance schemes and operations in the Newry and Mourne District Council. Kennedy said: “Last year’s budget for structural maintenance and local transport and safety measures allowed a good range of such schemes to be successfully delivered by Roads Service. Roads Service’s budgets […]
May 20 2012 | Posted in
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UK and Ireland based company Kedco has announced that it will officially open its new Newry plant on next month. Kedco will move from being a project developer to a clean energy producer on June 27th when it opens its wood gasification plant in the city, which will see the first export of power to […]
May 20 2012 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin MLA Mickey Brady has said that community groups and voluntary organisations should apply for the Rural Transport Voucher when organising trips over the months of July August and September. Speaking to Newry Times, Mr Brady stated, “The scheme that is operated throughout the three summer months allows groups to apply for a £100 […]
May 20 2012 | Posted in
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Rostrevor mum Julie McGinn is ‘framed’ for success following the launch of a new business called Framed Names, a personalised handcrafted gift item. Using Facebook to promote her products, just six months since starting the business Framed Names has already scooped lucrative hotel contracts and built a significant client base. The creative ‘mumprenuer’ developed the […]
May 20 2012 | Posted in
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Alliance Newcastle Councillor Patrick Clarke has strongly condemned the break-in and deliberate vandalism at the Autism Initiatives day-care centre at Bryansford Road in Newcastle in the early hours of Friday morning. Burglars went on a wrecking spree breaking windows, as well as damaging the interior of the building and scrawling graffiti on the walls. A […]
May 20 2012 | Posted in
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Niamh Meehan from Newry is jetting off in style to Murcia after being selected as the Jet2 ‘Most Stylish on the Night’ at the closing night of Newry Style City 2012. Jet2 sponsored the prize as part of Newry Style Awards, which took place recently in the Bank, Newry. Niamh (right) is pictured receiving her […]
May 19 2012 | Posted in
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Speaking during Northern Ireland questions at Westminster Margaret Ritchie, the SDLP MP for South Down, has warned that the Conservative government’s welfare cuts will damage the Northern Ireland economy and hurt the most vulnerable in society. Ritchie called on the Secretary of State to make a proper impact assessment of the welfare cuts in Northern […]
May 19 2012 | Posted in
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A 56 year old man has been charged with a number of drug offences after Police in Newry uncovered a quantity of cannabis plants. The PSNI seized the cannabis plants – believed to have an estimated street value of more than £11,000 – after searching a house in the Ballykeel area of the city. The […]

Dear Editor, I write to express the disappointment of the SDLP at Junior Ministers Martina Anderson and Jonathan Bell’s ignorant comments about sectarianism in golf and their negative portrayal of the sport as a fraternity open only to the middle classes. This two-ball charade from senior Sinn Fein and DUP Executive ministers displayed their prejudiced […]