Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy MLA has officially opened 1st Newry (Earl Kilmorey) Scout Group’s Exhibition Centre and launched their book last Friday 23 November 2012. Minister Kennedy, who was a former member of the Scouting Movement himself, was the guest of honour at the Newry Scout Hall along with over 140 invited guests. The […]
Finance Minister Sammy Wilson has announced his intention to extend a number of rate reliefs and exemptions to assist businesses. The Empty Retail Premises Relief scheme and the rates exemption for stand alone ATMs in rural areas which were due to end in March 2013 will now be extended until the end of the current […]
The Mourne Heritage Trust has announced that a major project to enhance the tourism potential of the south east coast of Northern Ireland commenced on Monday 24th November. The marking of the ‘Mourne Coastal Driving Route’ with the distinctive and internationally recognised ‘White on Brown’ tourism signage will complement the existing ‘Causeway Coastal Route’ and provide a […]
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Police in Newry are appealing for information following an incident on Camlough Road. At around 3.30pm on Monday, 19th November, three vans blocked a car on the road close to the traffic lights before the turn off to Carnagat Road. It is claimed that the occupants of the vans produced a hammer and knife before […]
The news of the sudden death of 28 year old Samantha Boyle in New York City on the 8th of September this year caused great sadness in the Camlough and south Armagh area. The young American woman had family and friends here in Ireland, and many travelled to St Marys Church Bethel Connecticut USA to […]
The realities of Alcohol misuse at both a human and society level were the main topics of discussion at the Alcohol Awareness event held in the recently opened Cuan Mhuire Regional Addiction Support Centre on the Dublin Road in Newry. Nearly two hundred people including Mayor John McArdle, Newry and Armagh MP Conor Murphy, Deputy […]
Newry and Mourne District Council and the Department for Social Development (DSD) have announced the commencement of a Public Consultation Process in regards to the proposed Newry City Linkages Public Realm Scheme. The Scheme, which will cost a total of £2.4 million pounds, will receive £2 million from the DSD, with the remainder from Newry […]
Harold A Maio, 75, is retired from teaching German and mental health editing, though he keeps a hand in both. Through art and German he has a lasting interest in expression, particularly in language. To him word is art, he likes to discern the meaning in word. Harold speaks to Newry Times this week about […]
Newry Armagh Sinn Féin MLA Mickey Brady has expressed disappointment with the Electoral Office, having discovered that young people who were encouraged to enrol on the electoral register and apply for voter ID cards, have been told that it will be in the New Year before they will receive these. Speaking about the development Mr […]
