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Archive for: December, 2013

Police investigate spate of Newry car break-ins

Police in Newry are investigating a number of incidents which occurred on the evening of Sunday 29th November in which parked vehicles were broken into. Between 5.20pm and 5.40pm a blue Ford Mondeo which was parked on Monaghan Street had the front passenger window smashed and entry gained. Nothing is believed to have been taken. […]

Newry RFC host Girls Rugby Blitz

Newry Rugby Club played host to around sixty girls recently for a Tag Blitz involving three local schools. Our Lady’s Grammar School fielded two teams and they were joined by St. Mary’s High School and St. Paul’s High School. The event was organised by Ulster Rugby’s Community Rugby Coach, Jonathon Graham, who has been delivering […]

Bradley welcomes Killeavy Castle proposal

SDLP Assembly Member for Newry and Armagh Dominic Bradley has welcomed the news that the new owners of Killeavy Castle are to bring forward proposals which will see the building restored to its former glory and at the same time creating jobs in the local community. Speaking to Newry Times, Bradley explained, “Killeavy Castle is […]

Police investigate double house burglary

Police are appealing for information following the report of two burglaries in the Tullymacreeve Road area of Newtownhamilton on Wednesday 4th December. It was reported that some time overnight Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th December two houses under construction were broken into by forcing windows to gain entry. Wiring and plumbing items were taken from […]

Fearon’s Assembly tribute to Nelson Mandela

Sinn Féin MLA Megan Fearon has spoken in the Assembly about the death of Nelson Mandela. Fearon said, “It is a great honour to be able to pay tribute to one of the most remarkable and inspiring leaders of our time. “I am the only person here who was not born when Mandela was finally […]

Gibbons welcomes new Rostrevor Christmas features

Sinn Féin council candidate Mark Gibbons has welcomed the installation of 22 new Christmas features installed in Rostrevor. Speaking to Newry Times, Gibbons said, “I am delighted to announce that, following representations from my Sinn Fein colleagues, Newry & Mourne District Council have installed some 22 new Christmas features in Rostrevor. “The features are now […]

Brady speaks to Assembly about 134 Newry job losses

Newry Assembly Member Mickey Brady has spoken in the Assembly about the proposal by HMRC to cut jobs in offices in Newry, Enniskillen and Derry. Brady said, “HMRC has proposed to close its Newry office by 2015, with the loss of 134 jobs, and to remove a substantial number of jobs from offices in Derry […]

Spate of house burglaries in South Armagh

Sinn Féin candidate Mickey Larkin has condemned one robbery and one attempted robbery which took place in the Dromintee area this week. “These incidents occurred at houses less than a mile apart which would point to the likelihood that the same people bear responsibility for both,” Larkin explained to Newry Times. “In the first incident […]

Rogers concern at PISA results

SEN Northern Ireland - Newry City newspaper

SDLP South Down MLA, and education spokesperson Sean Rogers says the latest PISA results show that despite investment, the standards in English, Mathematics and Science in Northern Ireland haven’t shown a significant improvement. The former high school principal was speaking after the latest PISA results – the Programme for International Student Assessment international education, based […]

PSNI hunt ‘foreign national females’ after string of Newry thefts

Police in Kilkeel are appealing for information following the theft of cigarettes from a number of shops in the Kilkeel, Rostrevor and Newry area. On 30th November, 2013, two foreign national females entered convenience stores on Newcastle Road, Kilkeel, Greencastle Street, Kilkeel and Bridge Street, Rostrevor and made off without paying for Marlborough cigarettes. In […]







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