
Our Lady’s Grammar School will be celebrating the 125th anniversary of it’s founding in the next academic year and they have proposed to launch the year on November 21st 2012 with a Mass in Newry Cathedral. In order to raise some funds for other celebrations which will take place later on, a Deal or No […]

Newry and Mourne District Council are delighted with the introduction of Crossmaglen Household Recycling Centre. After much planning and development, this new state of the art facility is underway and will soon be open to the residents of Newry and Mourne by the end of 2012. The Household Recycling Centre will be equipped with state […]
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The Carnbane League website has reported that following an inspection of Artie Green Park this afternoon at 2.15pm, the pitch has been declared unplayable for tonight’s much anticipated league game. The match has now been rescheduled for Saturday 9th June with a 2pm kick off. If the pitch is not playable on Saturday then the game […]
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Buttercrane Centre, Newry is home to Northern Ireland’s newest Hoi Polloi store, bringing the fashion retailer’s latest store count to six in Northern Ireland. The store concept focuses on men’s, ladies and youth fashion departments including shoes and accessories. Now open and trading strongly at Buttercrane Centre, this latest store opening brings the number of […]
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SDLP Group Leader on Newry and Mourne District Council, Connaire McGreevy, has called for root and branch reform of senior management salaries within Newry and Mourne Council. Following the monthly meeting of the Council on 6 June, Cllr McGreevy said: “As public elected representatives we have one hand, if not two, tied behind our backs […]
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Autoline Insurance Group, with offices in Newry, Coleraine, Ballymena and Downpatrick, is delighted to have made it on to Business in the Community’s shortlist for its 2012 Regional Impact Awards for corporate responsibility. Autoline has been shortlisted in the Employer of Choice category which is sponsored by BT. The winner will be announced at the […]
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Social Media ‘Yer Arse’ The reaction of some people to the idea of using social media to help their businesses grow still amuses me to this very day. “That awl BookFace isn’t worth a damn”, they would say. Or, “The only twit twitting on Twitter is you”. It’s been a rocky road, but the inevitable […]
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Newcastle Alliance Councillor Patrick Clarke has welcomed the decision from the Chancellor George Osborne to abandon proposals to limit tax relief on charitable giving, following an Assembly motion on the issue last month and numerous protests from charities. In his March Budget, the Chancellor had originally indicated that from April 2013 there would be a […]
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Republican Sinn Fein has told Newry Times that a protest held outside Pairc Esler on the night of the Olympic Torch visit was to “highlight the torture and ill treatment of political prisoners incarcerated in Maghaberry Gaol and in Hydebank Women’s prison”. A spokesman for the group said, “A protest against the torture and ill […]
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SDLP Culture, Arts and Leisure spokesperson Karen McKevitt has spoken of her pride at those people from the North of Ireland who helped the Olympic torch on its journey through NI en route to London. Speaking to Newry Times, the South Down MLA said: “The Olympic flame symbolises so much – the triumph of hope […]
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