
Alliance Newcastle Councillor Patrick Clarke has warmly welcomed the announcement of a scheme by the Big Lottery Fund worth £1.5 million towards supporting older people. The fund will help those affected by bereavement or long term illness. Cancer Focus will get £500,000 to reduce the level of late diagnosis of illness and Action on Hearing […]
Aug 18 2012 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin councillor Packie McDonald has spoken to a lady who found a sum of money in Old Creamery area of Newry on Tuesday 14th August. Speaking to Newry Times to try and return the money to its rightful owner, Councillor McDonald said, “This lady is keen to reunite this unfortunate person with their money. […]
Aug 17 2012 | Posted in
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Ireland’s youngest parliamentarian, Sinn Féin Assembly Member Megan Fearon has this week met the party’s finance spokesperson in the Dáil, Pearse Doherty TD to discuss the issue of youth unemployment and emigration. Fearon met with Doherty at Leinster House ahead of his upcoming trip to Australia to engage with the Irish Diaspora. Speaking to Newry […]
Aug 17 2012 | Posted in
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DUP Newry and Armagh Assemblyman Councillor William Irwin MLA has described today’s University of Ulster debacle as a ‘very concerning issue’. Irwin was speaking to Newry Times after it emerged that some 400 young people in Northern Ireland have had their ‘unconditional offers’ for a place at the University of Ulster withdrawn. The affected students had […]
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There was widespread anger today after it emerged that some 400 young people in Northern Ireland have had their ‘unconditional offers’ for a place at the University of Ulster withdrawn. The news comes on the back of the celebrations of local students, who were this week expressing their delight at achieving outstanding A-Level results and […]
Aug 17 2012 | Posted in
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The Technology Camp in conjunction with Southern Regional College have just finished their first series of summer programmes, which was a great success. The camp was run over four weeks with 70+ students aged 7 to 17 years old in attendance; many parents travelled from as far as Omagh and Belfast to enrol their kids. […]
Aug 17 2012 | Posted in
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Councillor John McArdle, Mayor of Newry and Mourne District Council has presented the certificates of completion to the participants of ‘Ourselves, Our Heritage’ programme at Newry and Mourne Museum. The six week course ‘Ourselves, Our Heritage’ was devised to help participants learn about the area in which they live. This involved handling artifacts from the […]
Aug 17 2012 | Posted in
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SDLP Education spokesperson Seán Rogers has offered his congratulations to those students that received their A-Level results today. The South Down MLA and former headmaster spoke to Newry Times and said, “I wish to heartily congratulate all those who reached their own goals and who will move seamlessly into higher education or elsewhere. To those […]
Aug 16 2012 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin MLA Mickey Brady has met with the Parades Commission and the PSNI to highlight community concerns around Unionist parades scheduled to take place in Newry City on 24th, 25th and 26th August. Newry Times last week exclusively revealed that tensions were mounting in Newry after it emerged that the border city would play […]
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Newry and Mourne District Council were delighted to launch the Sean Hollywood Bursary Programme for (Arts/Sports) 2012/2013 in The Sean Hollywood Arts Centre on Friday 10th August 2012. Mayor John McArdle joined arts/museum Chairperson Mr. Anthony Russell and staff, to launch the 2012/2013 fund. The fund originated from The Sean Hollywood Memorial Trust that has […]
Aug 16 2012 | Posted in
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