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Archive for: May, 2012

Northern Bank in Newry to open all day Saturday

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, […]

Kennedy welcomes £3.7m Road Service investment in Newry

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 […]

Kedco Newry plant to open next month

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 […]

MLA urges Community Groups to avail of funding for rural transport

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 […]

Rostrevor Mum ‘in the frame’ for business success

Julie with a selection of her fantastic 'Framed Names'

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 […]

Clarke condemns break-in at Newcastle Autism day-care Centre

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 […]

‘Jet2-Setting’ for Newry’s Most Stylish

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 […]

Ritchie challenges Secretary of State on Welfare cuts

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 […]

Police charge man after £11,000 drugs haul in Newry

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 […]

Letters to the Editor: ‘SDLP unhappy at golf comments’

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 […]







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