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Archive for: July, 2012

Newry City Ladies, Meet the Players: Fiona Martin

Recently Newry Times caught up with Newry City Ladies Defender and this weeks Player of the Match v Killyleagh YC Ladies, Fiona Martin to find out a little more about her: Name: Fiona Martin. Age: 30. Position: Left back / Centre back. Previous clubs: Dungannon Swifts, Armagh, Dromore and Loughgall Lakers. Greatest achievement so far in your […]

‘Flooding is at a critical stage’ – Clarke

Alliance Councillor Patrick Clarke has said flooding in Newcastle has reached a critical stage. Parts of Newcastle and Newry have been declared an emergency, and Councillor Clarke – who has been out in affected areas since the rain began at 8am – has said the situation is “absolutely horrendous”. The most affected areas include the […]

Clarke opposes rise in car parking penalties

Alliance Newcastle Councillor Patrick Clarke has said that he is disappointed and remains opposed to plans to raise car parking penalties from £60 to £90. The DUP and UUP supported the rise which came into force on Wednesday 4th July. Clarke said that if the increases were really about improving parking etiquette, as suggested by […]

Whitecross woman gets ready for London

As the world gets ready for London 2012 and the biggest sporting event on the planet, Ulster Orchestra and Ulster Youth Orchestra players – including Whitecross’ Karen Sexton and 15-year-old cellist Lucy Hellawell from Belfast – prepare for the world’s biggest classical music festival, the BBC Proms, where the two orchestra’s will combine to make […]

‘Ambulance station delay unacceptable’ – Murphy

MP Conor Murphy has described the delay by the Department of Health in delivering the long awaited ambulance station for South Armagh as ‘totally unacceptable’. Murphy said he has written to Health Minister Edwin Poots to enquire into the delay in securing premises for the new ambulance station. Speaking to Newry Times, Murphy said, “Following […]

‘Compensation needed for Ulster Bank customers’ – SDLP to RBS Chairman

SDLP MPs Dr Alasdair McDonnell, Margaret Ritchie and Mark Durkan joined a delegation of Northern Ireland MPs to meet the Chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland, the parent company of Ulster Bank, in London about what remedies they are to put in place to help customers affected by the crisis. The MPs also questioned the […]

Killyleagh YC Ladies 0-8 Newry City Ladies

The First round of the Division Three Cup seen Newry City Ladies travel to Killyleagh to drive home eight goals and a clean sheet. It was eight minutes in when City got their first, when Julie Henderson in the middle played it on to Moya Feehan who took it up the left hand side of […]

Rain, Rain go away!

  After what has been another disappointing summer to date weather-wise, with unending spells of rain, lack of sunshine and flooding it couldn’t possibly get much worse. But guess what is forecasted for next week? Yes that’s right…more rain. Despite our local retail outlets being stocked with barbeque equipment, sun lotions and colourful ensembles we […]

Crossmaglen 10k Challenge launched

This year sees the second annual Crossmaglen 10K Challenge on Sunday July 29th at 1pm, a very exciting event which attracts everyone from elite runners to casual walkers. The event is organised by Crossmaglen GFC and last year attracted close to 300 runners. This year the organisers are hoping to build on that and have […]

No go for Joe and Armagh

Former Armagh manager and the man who led the county to their greatest day in 2002, Joe Kernan has ruled out a return to the helm as Armagh’s manager. Kernan, who had a brief but ultimately unsuccessful spell as the manager of Galway, has been taking charge of the Ulster Railway Cup side. There is […]







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