
South Down Sinn Féin MLA Chris Hazzard was delighted to welcome the Agriculture & Rural Development Minister, Michelle O’Neill to Moneyscalp Wood on Monday to meet with Forestry officials concerning continued efforts to tackle the spread of the woodland disease Phytophtora ramorum. In recent months the Department for Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), have removed […]
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SDLP South Down MLA Karen McKevitt said the extraordinary level of support for the Narrow Water Bridge project means there is a unique opportunity to make it the central focus of a popular campaign for tourism development. Welcoming the visit to Warrenpoint by two MEPs for a briefing on the bridge, she said: “This project […]
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SDLP South Down MP Margaret Ritchie has called for an immediate meeting with the new Police Ombudsman, Dr Michael Maguire, to discuss his predecessor’s report into the Loughinisland atrocity and its failures. Ms Ritchie said that Dr Maguire must revisit the Loughinisland Report if public confidence in the Police Ombudsman’s Office is to be regained. […]
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Sinn Féin Councillor Valerie Harte has called for members of the public with any information regarding a burglary at Altnaveigh Park in the early hours of Tuesday 10th July to come forward. Speaking to Newry Times, Councillor Harte said, “I have been made aware that thieves broke into this house while the occupants slept and […]
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SDLP South Down MLA said the new library planned for Kilkeel is a great victory for a community that was determined to retain a core service. McKevitt sits on the Assembly committee which monitors the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure with responsibility for the library service and she insists she has campaigned strongly against […]
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Newcastle Alliance Councillor Patrick Clarke has called on the Department of Agriculture (DARD) to make investment in Castlewellan Forest Park a top priority. The local representative was speaking after the 45th Castlewellan and District Annual Agriculture Show, which he hailed as a great success. Speaking to newry Times, Clarke said: “Castlewellan Forest Park is an […]
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Dear Editor, Many will no doubt be accustomed to the ongoing battle being waged by parties within the Stormont Executive to stamp out dissent and criticism from republican quarters. Indeed, most observers will be all too familiar with the Stormont parties’ attacks on political opposition to the Executive’s role in the maintenance of partition and […]

SDLP Mournes Councillor Brian Quinn has condemned those responsible for cutting down goalposts at Ballymartin GAC on Thursday night. Speaking to Newry Times, Quinn said: “This can be described as nothing other than sectarian vandalism and has really sickened people living in this area. “This is the third time that this has happened in just […]
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SDLP Newry and Armagh MLA and Finance spokesperson Dominic Bradley has welcomed the decision by the Irish and British governments to develop a new fuel marker to help fight against fuel fraud. Speaker after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Ireland’s two revenue authorities and the publication of a joint ‘Invitation to Make […]
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“Simply, absolutely brilliant”, says Rory’s brother, Donal Gallagher, about the Barry McGivern Band. Barry is a self taught musician who plays by ear, he first saw Rory on TV performing in the Taste Band in 1969 and since then has had an enduring relationship with Rory’s music, having seen Rory perform over 30 times at […]
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