
The future of Newry City F.C is in jeopardy after the IFA revealed that Newry’s scheduled game tomorrow against Loughgall has been postponed. Tomorrow’s opening game against the Championship One outfit was cancelled by the IFA who said it would give city time to “clarify their position”. Newry, who narrowly missed out on promotion from Championship […]
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Sinn Fein Crotlieve councillor for Newry and Mourne Council, Mick Murphy has called on children on the Carrickbawn Estate in Rostrevor, who are impeding the work of the Rivers Agency in implementing vital flood prevention measures in the area, to stop immediately. Speaking to Newry Times, Murphy blasted those responsible for the anti-social behaviour. He […]
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Sinn Féin MLA Caitriona Ruane has welcomed the news that Newry and Mourne Women’s Aid have secured £120,000 from the Big Lottery Fund. Speaking to Newry Times, Ruane said, “Newry and Mourne Women’s Aid have received £120,000 Big Lottery funding and this grant will help run projects supporting women and their families who are victims […]
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Newry business First Derivatives, the leading providers of software and consulting services to the global capital markets, has announced its sponsorship of the GAA Asian Gaelic Games Tournament 2012. Held during October in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the games are in their seventeenth year, having started in 1995 with six men’s teams and now approaching 900 […]
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Alliance Newcastle Councillor Patrick Clarke has warmly welcomed approval being given by DRD Roads Service to install new horse warning signs on the Bannonstown Road in Castlewellan. Clarke insists he had voiced his serious concern to the safety of horse riders and horses crossing safely into and out of Castlewellan Forest Park from Mount Pleasant […]
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SRC is introducing five complete days of intensive Essential Skills courses for Essential Skills Literacy, Essential Skills Numeracy and Essential Skills ICT. These will run between Thursday 23rd August and Wednesday 29th August 2012. The classes will take place from 9am to 5pm, giving you a total of 40 hours tuition per skill. These classes […]

Alliance Newcastle Councillor Patrick Clarke has welcomed a commitment given by the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development to carry out essential repairs to the glasshouses and built structures within the National Arboretum at Castlewellan Forest Park. Clarke had voiced his serious concern about the overall decline of the National Arboretum and other parts of […]
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Sinn Féin Assembly Member Megan Fearon has labelled DRD Minister Danny Kennedy’s introduction of road signage along the border welcoming people to ‘Northern Ireland’ as a “pet political project” with no benefit to the local community or to tourists. The Newry Armagh MLA was responding after Newry Times exclusively revealed that the contentious signs are […]
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The controversial ‘Welcome to Northern Ireland’ road signs that have caused widespread Nationalist anger across the country are set to be erected in South Armagh over the coming weeks. The signs already erected in areas across the North have caused a political storm, with several nationalist politicians labeling the decision as ‘politically motivated’. Two signs, […]
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Fews area Sinn Fein Councillor Pat McGinn has said that the dreadful condition of the roundabouts on the Armagh and Dublin Roads does nothing at all to build the self esteem of local residents or attract visitors to the area. Speaking to Newry Times, McGinn blasted, “The dire state of repair these roundabouts are in […]
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