
Police in Kilkeel are appealing for information following an incident of criminal damage in Slieveshan Park. On 21st December, 2013, the front window of a house was smashed and subsequently boarded up. It is believed further windows were broken between 21st December and 3rd January, 2014. Police are appealing to anyone who has information in […]
Jan 9 2014 | Posted in
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SDLP Newry and Armagh MLA Dominic Bradley has expressed hope the autism community in the North will hear positive news from the health minister next week regarding much needed services. The assemblyman was speaking in advance of an expected statement from the minister next Tuesday in the Assembly. Speaking to Newry Times, Bradley said, “I […]
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SDLP MP for South Down, Margaret Ritchie has paid tribute to former NIO minister, the late Paul Goggins who she described as ‘a man of great integrity’. Speaking to Newry Times, Ritchie said, “On behalf of the SDLP, I want to tender my deepest and heartfelt sympathy to Paul’s widow Wyn, and to his children; […]
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Police in Newry are investigating the theft of a car from the Dominic Street area on Saturday 4th January. The black Mercedes C-Class car is believed to have stolen sometime between midday and 5.15pm. At around 5.25pm police received a report of a car on fire at Ballintemple View Point on the Aghmakane Road near […]
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A number of homes in South Armagh have been evacuated following the discovery by police of what they described as a ‘suspicious object’. Army bomb disposal officers and local police officers in Cullyhanna have closed the Lisleitrim Road, Sheetrim Road and Lake Road while investigations continue. Newry and Armagh MP Conor Murphy said he spoke […]
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Leading local cancer charity Action Cancer is bringing its Big Bus mobile unit to Newry next week, as part of its ongoing tour of Northern Ireland. The unit will be hosted by the Southern Health Trust’s Promoting Wellbeing Team and located at Loanda Crescent on Friday 7th February. The 18 metre-long articulated vehicle with expanding […]

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Danny Kennedy, the Ulster Unionist Assembly member for Newry & Armagh, attended two services of remembrance at Kingsmills, South Armagh, to mark the anniversary of murders in the area. A short service was held at the new roadside memorial marking the site of the Kingsmills Massacre, 38 years to the date of the atrocity in […]
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SDLP representatives in South Down have condemned those responsible for dumping in Hilltown. South Down MLA Karen McKevitt and Crotlieve Councillor Gillian Fitzpatrick were on site at the Mullaghgariff Road where household waste was dumped illegally. McKevitt commented “The people of Hilltown take great pride in keeping the village clean and tidy so it is […]
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Local political representatives in Newry have pledged their support to over 30 employees battling to get paid several weeks of wages owed to them. Newry Times revealed on Sunday evening that around 35 members of staff working at Newry On Ice – A Winter Wonderland have not been paid despite working in freezing conditions over […]