
People talk about the five internationals Newry City Ladies have, and one of them is Clara Mulvenna. Clara has not only been a part of Newry City Ladies on-going success but also she has recently captained the Northern Ireland U-15 team that went on to win the Bob Doherty Tournament. Speaking to Newry Times, captain […]
Jun 6 2012 | Posted in
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Bessbrook United’s scoreless draw with Windmill last Thursday meant the Stars bowed out of the title race and Bessbrook must now beat league leader’s Newry Celtic this Thursday at Artie Green Park to force a league play-off. A draw in this game will see Celtic crowned League Champions but if Bessbrook win then these sides […]
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It isn’t very often that anyone in Newry gets to witness an occasion where the centre stage contains an Olympic Gold Medalist, the outgoing Lord Mayor of Newry, the Northern Ireland Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure, TV personality Zoe Salmon and Britain’s Got Talent Finalists ‘Twist and Pulse’. But that’s exactly what greeted the […]

South Down Sinn Féin MLA’s Chris Hazzard and Caitríona Ruane were amongst party colleagues to welcome the 32-32-32 campaign launched last week at Assembly Buildings. The campaign, which is the brain child of prominent Sinn Féin GAA pundit, Barry McElduff, is in conjunction with Simon Community Ireland. Accompanied by renowned GAA figures, McElduff will visit […]
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South Down MLA Chris Hazzard has welcomed the announcement of a new boiler replacement scheme to be rolled out in September. Mr Hazzard explained that following a pilot scheme by the Department of Social Development, the scheme would allow for owner occupiers to avail of a number of measures aimed at increasing the energy efficiency […]
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Killowen Celtic booked a place in their first ever Fr.Davies Cup final on Saturday and in the process denied Bessbrook the chance to make a clean sweep of all the domestic honours. Killowen were full value for their win too, coming back from a goal down at half time to stun Bessbrook with a dominant […]
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Whitecross Athletic capped a memorable season on Friday evening by becoming the first team to win the First Division and the Gilmore Cup in the same campaign after an epic 3-2 win over North End Strollers. Remarkably, this is only Whitecross’ second season in the Carnbane League. Ally Bann took his season’s tally to 39 […]
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Alliance Newcastle Councillor Patrick Clarke has welcomed the decision by Communications Minister Ed Vaizey and Irish Communications Minister Pat Rabitte to make RTE TV channels available on Freeview to viewers in the North. From October 24th over 90% of viewers in Northern Ireland will be able to receive TG4 and the two primary RTE channels […]
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Sinn Fein Councillors Colman Burns and Terry Hearty have supported a request to rebuild the one remaining block wall at Creggan Bridge and replace it in stone. The wall in question is a continuation of the bridge wall and is on the village side of the Newry Road. The wall, originally built to stop vehicular […]
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Sinn Féin Councillor Anthony Flynn claimed he is deeply critical over the manner in which the PSNI searched a house in Jonesboro on Tuesday 29th May. Referring to the incident Councillor Flynn said, “From start to finish this can only be described as an example of unprofessional and bad policing. Following reports that eight police […]
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