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Archive for: February, 2013

‘Don’t let them poison our drinking water’, blasts Hearty

Sinn Féin Councillor Terry Hearty has expressed his disgust at those responsible for dumping an animal in Lough Ross in South Armagh. Speaking to Newry Times, Hearty explained, “I am absolutely appalled and disgusted that somebody could stoop so low as to dump an animal in our drinking water supply at Lough Ross. “To think […]

Three charged after Camlough drugs discovery

Police in Newry PSNI’s Tactical Crime Team have charged three men following the recovery of suspected cocaine and cannabis during the search of a house in Camlough on Friday, 15th February. A 20 year old man was charged with possession of Class B drugs and possession of Class B drugs with intent to supply. A […]

Newry PSNI call for witnesses to shooting incident

Detectives in Newry are appealing for information following a shooting incident in the Cherry Grove area of Cullyhanna yesterday evening, Tuesday 19th February. Just after 11pm, police received reports that several shots were fired near a house in the area. No-one was injured in the incident and no damage is believed to have been caused […]

Brady emphasises importance of Jobs and Benefits Office in Crossmaglen

Sinn Féin MLAs Mickey Brady, Megan Fearon and Conor Murphy MP held a meeting with Tommy O’Reilly, Chief Executive of the Social Security Agency in the assembly on Monday, in relation to the closure of the Jobs and Benefits Office in Crossmaglen. Brady spoke to Newry Times after the meeting and said he emphasised the […]

‘Meet & Greet the Media’ with Newry Chamber and Newry Times

Newry Chamber of Commerce & Trade is hosting a ‘Meet & Greet the Media’ event in conjunction with Bellinis and Newry Times Newspaper on Thursday 28th February from 5.30 – 6.30pm in Bellinis. The goal of ‘Meet & Greet the Media’ is to enable Newry Chamber members to hear from leading media organisations on how […]

Newry car park fines continue to cause confusion and anger

Following a recent ‘Letters to the Editor’ on Newry Times, during which local woman Marie-Claire Fitzpatrick brought the issue of parking fines at the Merchants Quay Retail Park into question, the issue is now being brought to the attention of the council via local Sinn Fein councillor Valerie Harte. Reacting to a spate of parking […]

O’Dowd’s Bar and BED Nightclub plead guilty in Newry Council court case

O’Dowds Bar and BED nightclub was today fined £2,000 plus costs of £1,129 at Newry Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to the non compliance of Health and Safety Notices. Newry and Mourne District Council had requested the premises provide an assessment of the risk to their employees from noise within the bar and nightclub. The […]

Killean playgroup go nuts for birds

Children and staff at Killean Playgroup recently got their hands dirty helping our local garden birds survive this cold snap. Danielle Begley, Biodiversity Officer for Newry and Mourne District Council visited the nursery to talk to the children about the importance of our garden birds. “The children got involved by making their own bird feeders […]

Environment Minister asked to intervene in Newcastle Social Housing Scheme

Alliance Newcastle Councillor Patrick Clarke has described a decision by Planning Service to approve fifteen apartments and one house for social housing on the former college campus at Donard Street in Newcastle as going against the wishes and opposition of the local business and residential community. Clarke is adamant that Planning Service have not given […]

Newry Times GAA Special: Conor Murphy on his love of Gaelic football

In the first of our new weekly features, Newry Times caught up with Sinn Fein MP Conor Murphy to speak about his love of, and life in, Gaelic football. Earliest memories: My father taking myself and my brothers to an Abbey school match (McCrory Final I think) in Casement Park. We had little interest in […]







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