
SDLP Assembly Member for Newry and Armagh Dominic Bradley MLA has said there is a growing belief amongst the public that Invest NI is not up to mark of job creation and has been ‘let off the leash’ by the DETI Minister to date. Bradley was speaking after the SDLP tabled the issue of youth […]
Oct 25 2012 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin Councillor Brendan Curran has expressed his conern at what he believes is a ‘high level of drugs’ available in Northern Ireland prisons. Curran says it was brought to his attention after speaking to a former prisoner from his constituency who raised concerns over the issue. Speaking to Newry Times, Councillor Curran said, “It […]
Oct 25 2012 | Posted in
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New Road Safety statistics released today show that after ‘just one’ drink one in four drivers get behind the wheel. The 2012 survey, commissioned by the Department of the Environment, was designed to examine respondents’ behaviours and attitudes, and their awareness of specific road safety issues. It helps monitor the effectiveness of the Department’s education […]
Oct 25 2012 | Posted in
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SDLP MP for South Down Margaret Ritchie has called on corporation tax to finally be devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Ritchie was speaking following a question she put to the Secretary of State Theresa Villiers during Northern Ireland Question Time in the House of Commons this week. Ritchie stated, “The outstanding issues around corporation […]
Oct 25 2012 | Posted in
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SDLP Assembly Member for Newry and Armagh Dominic Bradley has slammed a move by the Appeals Service to relocate hearings from Ballybot House to Newry Court House as completely unacceptable and said he has raised the issue as a matter of urgency with the Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland. The body is responsible for hearing […]
Oct 25 2012 | Posted in
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Armagh GAA is at the forefront of the efforts to promote the Irish language. County chairman Pól Ó Dougáin is a proud Irish speaker and he recently shared his views with Seán Ó Maoilsté, member of the Armagh GAA Culture Committee and Irish language Development Officer with CAIRDE Teo. When did you first learn Irish? […]
Oct 25 2012 | Posted in
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Little Siofra Trainor and Aoife Rafferty from Newry are pictured with Peter Murray, Centre Manager getting get all dressed up for Buttercrane Centre’s spell-binding Halloween celebration event which takes place on Saturday 27th October, 12- 4pm. Buttercrane Centre celebrates Halloween with a spook-tacular family event – and shoppers are being asked to watch-out for a […]

As reported by Newry Times last week. Louth Pensioner Paddy Garvey’s attempt to seek leave to bring a judicial review against the president of the GAA over the awarding of the goal when Meath’s Joe Sheridan threw the ball over the line has failed. Sitting in the high court on Tuesday Mr Justice Michael Peart […]
Oct 24 2012 | Posted in
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The signing of the Good Friday Agreement heralded the beginning of peace and dialogue between the Nationalist/Republican and Unionist/Loyalist communities. The people of Northern Ireland had spoken, with a whopping 71.2% in favour of the agreement and nearly 95% of the Republic of Ireland also voting in its favour. Against this backdrop of political and […]
Oct 24 2012 | Posted in
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Narrow Water Bridge is one step closer today after the European Union announced that it will give €17.4m in funding towards building the bridge. ‘Iconic’, ‘catalyst’, ‘symbol’ and ‘historic’ were just some of the words used by local political representatives to describe the news after a hard fought campaign spanning decades to get the bridge […]
Oct 24 2012 | Posted in
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