
The Mayor of Newry and Mourne District Council, Councillor John McArdle hosted the launch of the Newphonic Concert in the Council Chamber. The Concert will be held in McClelland Park on Saturday 29th June and will bring together a host of well known artists. Headlining the Concert will be Alexandra Stan, in her first appearance […]

A pledge from the London Government’s Energy Minister saying local communities would have a voice in the planning process for wind farms has been welcomed by the leader of the SDLP on Newry and Mourne Council, Connaire McGreevy. Minister Michael Fallon has said local authorities, working closely with residents’ groups, should have much higher status […]
May 9 2013 | Posted in
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Newry is supporting Community Relations Week 2013 and its theme ‘Expressing Identity – Addressing Division’ with three events planned as part of over 170 happening across Northern Ireland from May 20th to 26th. Community Relations Week is organised by the Community Relations Council (CRC) and includes events run by local councils, public bodies and community […]

More than 160 people from right across the island of Ireland and beyond gathered in the Crowne Plaza hotel, Dundalk recently to learn about and discuss “Working Together for Biodiversity”. The conference was organised by ‘Action for Biodiversity’, a project part-financed by the European Union’s European Regional Development Fund through the INTERREG IVA Cross-Border Programme […]
May 9 2013 | Posted in
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Fews area Sinn Fein Councillor Pat McGinn has urged the community to ensure that Minister Edwin Poots is well aware of their feelings in relation to the recent handling of the care homes fiasco and the long term future of homes such as Cloughreagh House. “People Power has ensured an abrupt stalling of the care […]
May 9 2013 | Posted in
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Police in Newry are appealing for information following a creeper style burglary in the Old Warrenpoint Road area in the early hours of Thursday 2nd May. Sometime between 1am and 7am entry was gained to a house in Forest Hills and the keys to the occupant’s grey coloured Toyota Avensis taken. The car, VRM FRZ […]
May 8 2013 | Posted in
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Craigavon Borough Council’s Civic and Conference Centre hosted a key conference providing valuable information on Accessing Finance for small and medium sized businesses (SME’s). The conference offered a definitive insight into the present economic conditions for SME’s and looked specifically at what is available to businesses in the Craigavon, Banbridge, Newry and Mourne, Down and […]
May 8 2013 | Posted in
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South West College floristry student, Karen Sherwin, will make her debut at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, which runs from 21st – 25th May in the grounds of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, London. Having studied catering and hotel management, Karen spent 7 years working in Birmingham before leaving her position as general catering manager […]

Police in Newry are appealing for information following the report of a serious assault in the Monaghan Street area in the early hours of Monday 6th May. It was reported that at around 1.30am a man was approached by an unknown male and struck in the face. The man later attended hospital and was treated […]
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Police in Newry are investigating the theft of a white DAF lorry and trailer from a yard in the Chancellor’s Road area on Saturday 27th April. It is believed the lorry and trailer were taken at around 4am and the lorry was later recovered in the Old Dublin Road area but the trailer and contents […]
May 8 2013 | Posted in
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