The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and Ulster Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) met recently to take part in a multi-team training and support seminar. The aim of the seminar was to develop working relationships between both organisations, improve skills and build expertise in the areas of health and safety, spectator behaviour, emergency planning, sporting […]
Oct 18 2013 | Posted in
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Deborah Loughran has been elected as President of Newry Chamber of Commerce and Trade at its Annual General Meeting this evening, Thursday, 17th October in Newry. The election of the Office Bearers and Executive Committee was presided over by Art Magennis MBE. Declan McChesney, Michael McKeown, Peter Conway and Aidan Malone were elected for the […]
Oct 17 2013 | Posted in
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SHANE O’NEILL’S 8-12 BROOKEBOROUGH 1-9 Richard Bullick reports. Seemingly unstoppable Shane O’Neill’s are only an hour of football away from lifting an Ulster title after Aimee Mackin’s five goals fired them into the provincial Junior Club Championship final. This time Mackin piled up an astonishing tally of 23 points with a personal score of 5-8 […]
Oct 17 2013 | Posted in
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CARRICKCRUPPEN 2-9 TERMON 2-10 Richard Bullick at Lowe’s Lane. The last of several soul-destroying decisions by a replacement referee cruelly ended Carrickcruppen’s Ulster Senior Club Championship hopes after a pulsating semi-final. Their magnificent fightback from seven points down against formidable Donegal champions Termon definitely deserved extra time but talismanic ‘Cruppen captain Caroline O’Hanlon was controversially […]
Oct 17 2013 | Posted in
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A Newry superstore has been sold for more than £30million in Northern Ireland’s largest investment property transaction this year. The 93,000 sq ft Tesco Extra on the city’s Downshire Road was sold by Portadown-based Turkington Holdings to Scottish Widows Investment Partnership at a yield of 4.95%. The recently completed building, which has over 500 parking […]
Oct 17 2013 | Posted in
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Detectives from the Serious Crime Branch investigating the attempted murder and serious sexual assault of an eight year old girl in Newry in 1994 have released an image of a person they wish to identify. The image, which shows the man how he might appear today, nearly 20 years after the horrific attack, is the […]
Oct 17 2013 | Posted in
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The Action Cancer Big Bus will visit Gordons Chemists in Warrenpoint on Thursday 24th October – to encourage women aged 40-49 and 70+ to avail of free breast screening. The Big Bus is a mobile clinic that offers cancer prevention and early detection services including digital breast screening, health promotion and MOT health checks. The […]

The Department for Employment and Learning (DEL) has organised a Jobs Fair to offer a range of job opportunities to the public. The event will take place on Wednesday 13th November in the Canal Court Hotel, Newry between 10am and 5pm. The job fair is free of charge to attend and will offer job-seekers the […]

The trial of Heriberto Viramontes, the man accused of the horrific attack on South Armagh woman Natasha McShane, has heard from her friend Stacy Jurich. On 23rd April 2010 Natasha, then 23, was brutally attacked in Chicago and beaten close to death. At approximately 3.30am on the night in question, Natasha and her friend Stacy […]
Oct 17 2013 | Posted in
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Alliance Newcastle Councillor Patrick Clarke says he is disappointed with very poor digital radio signal presently being received on DAB radios in the Castlewellan and Newcastle areas and across rural parts of South Down. Currently digital radio customers are receiving digital radio signals on their DAB radios which are transmitted from Divis and Carnmoney Hill […]
Oct 17 2013 | Posted in
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