
Councillor Connaire McGreevy has lent his support to Northern Ireland’s first ever Carbon Monoxide Awareness Month which aims to help protect the public from the dangers of carbon monoxide. The initiative, which was developed by the Carbon Monoxide Safety Group, is steered by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI), which is warning […]
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Local Sinn Fein Councillor Charlie Casey has described a meeting over the housing of two sex offenders as ‘informative and useful’. The meeting was arranged after it emerged last week through a Sunday Life newspaper exposé that two dangerous sex offenders were living in close proximity to Our Lady’s Grammar School in a house believed […]
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The North’s Department of Agriculture is failing farmers due to the excessive administrative burden placed on them and, unless DARD takes action to reduce unnecessary red tape and bureaucracy, it must undergo a radical shake up. That was the hard hitting message from South Down MLA Sean Rogers in the Assembly this week when he […]
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Pupils from Newry High School went canoeing on Carlingford Lough this week as part of the Loughs Agency’s education programme. Gillian Simpson from the cross border body explained to Newry Times, “As part of the functions of the Loughs Agency, we provide opportunities for schools to learn about their local catchments and engage through a […]
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