
South Down SDLP MLA Seán Rogers and local Councillor Brian Quinn recently attended the Sea Shell Centre in Kilkeel to promote “Money Week”. Speaking to Newry Times, Rogers said, “I attended the Sea Shell Centre in Kilkeel and met with representatives of the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) and Debt Advice NI as part of Newry […]
Nov 24 2013 | Posted in
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Detectives in Newry are appealing for information following a shooting incident that occurred in the Newry Road area of Crossmaglen. Sometime between 8pm on the evening of Wednesday 18th November and 9.30am on the morning of Thursday 19th November, it is believed that shots were fired at a house causing damage to a front window […]
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A man is in a critical condition in Daisy Hill Hospital tonight after being shot in the Parkhead Crescent area of the city. The man, believed to be in his 50s, was shot twice in the stomach during an attack which is believed to have been carried out by two masked men. According to local […]
Nov 23 2013 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin councillor Terry Hearty has described the shooting of live rounds at a property on the Newry Road out of Crossmaglen as ‘reckless and dangerous.’ The shooting is believed to have occurred between 8pm on Wednesday 20th November and 9.30am on Thursday 21st November. Councillor Hearty told Newry Times, “These shots damaged the windows […]
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Gary Doyle, 18, from Castlewellan and who studies at Southern Regional College in Newry, is among the Northern Ireland competitors who won an impressive 19 medals at the Skills Show, held at the NEC in Birmingham from 14-16 November 2013. Seven gold, four silver and eight bronze medals were awarded in skills ranging from electrical […]
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The proposed closure of HMRC’s Newry office if it is allowed to go ahead will have a devastating impact on the still fragile economic recovery Councillor Connaire McGreevy has warned. And the Councillor has accused the Government of using the public controversy generated by high profile political issues involving the Attorney General and revelations regarding […]
Nov 22 2013 | Posted in
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éirígí will be holding a white line picket in Newry on Saturday 30th November to coincide with the one year imprisonment of their party member, Stephen Murney. Murney, a former Sinn Fein man, was the Newry Spokesperson for Irish socialist republican political party Eirigi. He was arrested in November of last year and has been […]
Nov 22 2013 | Posted in
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‘Tis the season to be merry – but for many children living below the poverty line in Northern Ireland, only disappointment awaits at the foot of the Christmas tree. Which is why Cool FM and Downtown Radio’s ‘Cash for Kids’ charity kicked off its festive campaign this week. ‘Mission Christmas’ is a nationwide gift donation […]

St John Bosco A.B.C has announced a new deal which makes local business Pflexxsports their main sponsors. A spokesman for the local boxing club spoke to Newry Times of the club’s delight at the new deal. “The time given by Les Pape (Managing Director) and Tricia Russell (Sales and Marketing Director) to date has made […]
Nov 22 2013 | Posted in
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Newry & District Trades Council will host a public meeting on Monday 25th of November at 7.30pm in Ballybot House to highlight what it describes as a ‘tirade of government failures dressed up as austerity’. A panel of four speakers have been confirmed for the event; Alison Millar from the public service trade union NIPSA, […]