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Archive for: August, 2012

‘Electricity price reduction long overdue’ – Bradley

SDLP MLA Dominic Bradley has welcomed the news that Power NI will slash their prices by 14%. The Newry and Armagh representative was reacting after Power NI said the price cuts would save people around £83 a year. Power NI, who have a customer base of around 640,000 and 28,000 businesses, say the average customer […]

Ritchie urges Ulster Bank to ‘fully compensate’ customers

SDLP South Down MP Margaret Ritchie has spoken to senior Ulster Bank officials to emphasize the need for them to fully reimburse Ulster Bank customers following the failure of the bank’s computer system. Speaking to Newry Times, Ritchie said: “Many customers are still experiencing difficulties with Ulster Bank in that they haven’t been fully reimbursed […]

Local man completes gruelling ten peaks challenge

Warrenpoint man John Corrigan is celebrating after completing the ‘10 County Peaks Challenge’ in under 100 hours in aid of Concern Worldwide (Concern). John had set himself the personal challenge of climbing to the top of the 9 counties of Ulster plus Co. Louth in only 100 hours to mark the 10th anniversary of his […]

Newry duo help launch Paralympic Flame

With just one week to go before the official opening of the 2012 Paralympic Games, a small group of disabled and able-bodied scouts and mountaineers this week ascended Slieve Donard, the highest peak of the Mourne Mountains, to start a process which will create the official 2012 Paralympics Flame. The climbing group included Bernie Sloan, […]

‘I was sickened by 1972 IRA border attack’ – Newry Lord Mayor

Newry Lord Mayor John McArdle has spoken of his revulsion at an IRA bomb attack carried out four decades ago. The SDLP Councillor said he and the city were ‘sickened’ by the 1972 attack by the Provisionals which left nine people dead. McArdle, who was a nurse in Daisy Hill Hospital at the time, spoke […]

Newry customers to benefit from electricity price reduction

Amid all the doom and gloom of fuel and living costs increasing on an almost constant basis, there was welcome relief today after Northern Ireland’s Power NI announced they are reducing electricity prices by 14%. Power NI, who have a customer base of around 640,000 and 28,000 businesses, say the average customer will now pay […]

SRC students achieve outstanding A-Level results

Southern Regional College is celebrating after it emerged that 10.64% of ‘A’ Level students at the college achieved grades A and A*, exceeding the National Average by almost 2%. English Literature, Biology and Geography all achieved 100% pass rate with an additional 5 subjects achieving over 90% pass rate. 40% of history students achieved 4% […]

Summer workshops at the museum a ‘great success’

The Museum hosted historically themed arts and craft workshops for children over four days last week. Parents left their children with the Museum staff who were at hand to help the children create unique pieces of art inspired by the rich heritage of Newry and Mourne on display in the galleries of the Museum. The […]

Irwin welcomes resolution to University of Ulster debacle

Newry and Armagh DUP Assemblyman William Irwin MLA has given a cautious welcome to a decision by the University of Ulster to rectify an admissions error with the creation of an extra 100 places within the Faculty of Engineering. Last week the University was swamped in controversy as a computer glitch saw nearly 400 places offered to students […]

Newry couple launch dance academy ‘Shall We Dance?’

O.K… so you’ve always wanted to learn how to dance yeah? But you’ve never had the time or didn’t know where to go. Well, lucky for you, two supremely talented Newry dancers are about to take you on an epic journey of social dancing. Gerald and Patricia Malone have been dancing for over 25 years […]







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