
The organisers of the annual Santa Fun Run in Newry are looking your help in making this the biggest and best Santa Fun Run to date, raising much needed funds for four local and very deserving charities; Newry Gateway Club, PIPS Newry & Mourne, Headway Newry and Southern Area Hospice. The Santa Fun Run is […]

Police in Newry are investigating the report of an assault in the Kildare Street area in the early hours of Monday 11th November. The assault is believed to have taken place at around 12.15am near licensed premises when a man was attacked by two males. The man was taken to hospital to be treated for […]
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SDLP MLA Dominic Bradley has appealed to people with any information about the location of the remains of The Disappeared to come forward to end the suffering for their families. Speaking at the 42nd annual party conference last weekend, the Newry and Armagh assemblyman said having met several of the families of The Disappeared on […]
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SDLP Spokesperson for Culture, Arts and Leisure, Karen McKevitt, has welcomed the Environment Minister’s commitment to taking what she described as ‘a considered approach to the development of our natural and built heritage’. Speaking to Newry Times, McKevitt said, “I welcome the Environment Minister’s decision to hold off on plans for the development of National […]
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SDLP MLA Sean Rogers has spoken of the urgent need for a public awareness campaign to educate men about prostate cancer, which he believes would save lives. Speaking in the Assembly during a debate on a motion calling for the Health Minister to introduce a public awareness campaign to raise awareness of the disease, and […]
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Minister Carál Ni Chuilín spent the day in Newry and South Armagh on Wednesday 6th November to visit a number of cultural and sporting organisations. Commenting on the Minister’s engagement with the Board of Management of Ti Chulainn Cultural Centre Megan Fearon MLA said, “There is huge potential in Ti Chulainn to become the premier […]
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A reception was held at Newry and Mourne Museum on Tuesday 12th November 2013 to mark the donation of The Éamon Donnelly Collection. A prominent Nationalist politician in Ireland in the 1920s and 1930s, Eamon Donnelly was one of the founding members of Fianna Fáil. Born in Middletown, County Armagh, in 1877, Éamon Donnelly’s political […]

Friday 8th November 2013 saw the long awaited blood drive take place in St Paul’s High School Bessbrook. It was the brainchild of Year 14 student Emma Martin, who said that the inspiration behind her initiative ‘Blood Drive’ was Newry’s Ryan Cinnamond. The story of 17-year-old Ryan Cinnamond is one of tragedy, bravery and eventual […]
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Police in Newry are reminding the local community to remove all valubales from your car when you leave it unattended. The reminder comes following thefts from vehicles at Slieve Gullion Forest Park and Forkill Road, Newry. On Thursday, 31st October, between 2pm and 2.30pm four vehicles were broken into at the Forest Park and an […]
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The family of 31 year old Newry man Peter Quigley are becoming increasingly concerned for his whereabouts. Peter was reported missing on Thursday 7th November by his family. Peter is described as being 5’8″ tall, of medium build with dirty fair hair and blue coloured eyes. Peter is believed to have been seen in the […]
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