
Local charity Aware Defeat Depression is now offering a free course to anyone in Newry living with mild to moderate depression. The programme, called ‘Living Life to The Full’, is a life skills programme with a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy approach. The course will run for two hours every Friday for 6 weeks starting on 18th […]

Police in Warrenpoint are appealing for information following a burglary at Milltown Industrial Estate. Some time between 3pm on Saturday, 31st August and 7.05pm and Sunday, 1st September, entry was gained to business premises. The lock on gates was broken and it appears a vehicle was driven into the shutters of two lock ups. A […]
Sep 17 2013 | Posted in
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SDLP MLA for South Down Sean Rogers has asked the Minister for Agriculture Michelle O’Neill to focus not just on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy but also discussions around the Common Fisheries Policy. Rogers raised the matter during Assembly questions. He said, “I welcome the discussions the Minister has participated in between the EU […]
Sep 17 2013 | Posted in
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Over 550 guests attended the Greater Newry Area Business Awards Ceremony in the Canal Court Hotel organised by Newry Chamber of Commerce & Trade. This high profile and prestigious event was guest hosted by Gerry Kelly of BBC. It celebrated the very best that the Greater Newry Area business community has to offer and profiled […]
Sep 16 2013 | Posted in
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Explore, Experience, Enjoy. Newry is taking part in the International event, Culture Night, on Friday 20th September. Artists, creators and local talent will take over the new performance space in Marcus Square for an evening of interaction, exhibition and performance. There will be singing, dancing, acting, playing, blacksmithing, clay-modelling, knitting, movie-watching, hop-scotching, highland-flinging, bell-ringing, tour-walking, […]

Police in Newry say they will be working with partner agencies to highlight and tackle the impact of excessive drinking in E District which incorporates Armagh, Banbridge, Craigavon and Newry and Mourne. The activity will support a UK wide Alcohol Harm Initiative. Commenting on the plans to Newry Times, Superintendent Jason Murphy, PSNI, Operations, E […]
Sep 16 2013 | Posted in
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TV Licensing has revealed that more than 4.2m customers have opted to forgo their traditional paper TV Licence, and to receive their annual licence by email instead. The surge online has helped reduce the cost of collecting the TV Licence by more than £15m in the past 12 months. More than 3,100 licence fee payers […]
Sep 16 2013 | Posted in
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South Armagh Councillor Anthony Flynn has said he is absolutely disgusted at the latest dumping incident of fuel laundering waste which occurred earlier in the week in the Carrive Grove area of Forkhill. The Sinn Féin councillor said, “Local people brought to my attention that five containers of waste had been randomly discarded along the […]
Sep 16 2013 | Posted in
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Police in Newry are appealing for the public’s assistance in locating a quantity of medication which was lost between Derrybeg and the tow path at Carnbane. 27 Guetiapine tablets, in blister packs, were reported lost at 9.10am on Monday, 2nd September. Police would like to hear from anyone who has information in relation to this […]
Sep 16 2013 | Posted in
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Newry passengers are set to benefit from more frequent services on Translink’s flagship Goldline coach route, which was implemented at the start of September. The Goldline 238 service will now operate every 15 minutes at peak times. Greg McLaughlin, Translink Service Delivery Manager Newry said, “The people of Newry have been voting with their feet […]
Sep 16 2013 | Posted in
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