It can sometimes feel easier to stay in a job you’re unhappy with than to pluck up the courage and make a career change and unfortunately during our current recession many people have been forced to make that change. If you’re thinking about making a change then deciding your focus, developing an action plan and […]
Police in Newry are appealing for information following a burglary in the Ardshean area. At 7.13pm on Tuesday, 12th February it was reported that a house had been entered and ransacked and a safe containing documents was taken. The safe was found in the Dromintee area the following day. Police are appealing to anyone who […]
The Newry Branch of the Gaelic League officially launched Gaeláras Mhic Ardghail, the new Irish Language Cultural Centre, in Chapel St. Newry this week. This magnificent building provides educational, cultural and social facilities for the Irish Language Community of Newry and Mourne. The Gaeláras is the fruits of the labours of a funding partnership of […]
Alliance Party South Down spokesperson Councillor Patrick Clarke has welcomed news of a major publicity campaign being planned to promote the Mournes area between Down, Banbridge and Newry & Mourne District Council areas which was outlined at a recent Destination Mourne Tourism Management Forum Meeting. The meeting was attended by Councillors and Officers from Down […]
SDLP South Down MLA Karen McKevitt has said she is delighted that further money has been granted to Newry and Mourne District Council by the Minister for Environment to tackle decay and dereliction in Warrenpoint and Rostrevor in advance of the World Police and Fire Games. Speaking to Newry Times, McKevitt said, “I am pleased that extra […]
SDLP Education spokesperson Sean Rogers has said the Department of Education must champion the literacy and numeracy skills of young people in order to raise standards. The South Down MLA was responding to the Northern Ireland Audit Office report (NIAO) ‘Improving Literacy and Numeracy Achievement in Schools’ which was published this week. Speaking to Newry […]
Representatives from Newry Council and the Careers Service NI recently visited the classes of SRC’s ‘Employ Me’ programme. The classes, which are being held in the SRC Newry campus, include Hospitality, Finance, Retail and External Wall Insulation. ‘Employ Me’ aims to provide a pathway into work by offering employability and vocational skills to unemployed and […]
Police in Newry are appealing for information following a creeper burglary on the Dromintine Road, Newry. Shortly before 3pm on Sunday, 17th February, entry was forced to a house and the keys of a gold Mercedes E220 taken. A Mercedes car was subsequently taken from the same address and was seen being driven off at […]
SDLP MP for South Down, Margaret Ritchie, has called for the UK government to clarify whether they were aware of the possibility that horse meat had entered the food chain prior to the current scandal. Speaking to Newry Times, Ritchie said it is ‘absolutely vital’ that the Department for Health and the Department for the […]
The Newry and Mourne area has the fifth worst rate of child poverty in Northern Ireland according to a new report carried out as part of the ‘End Child Poverty’ campaign. Child poverty is defined as families with children living on incomes below around £232 a week for a lone parent with two children under […]
