
Health officials are being urged to retain the fracture clinic at Daisy Hill Hospital after it was revealed the cost to do so is £45,000, according to SDLP MLA Dominic Bradley. The Newry and Armagh assemblyman has called on the Southern Trust not to transfer the service to Craigavon Area Hospital. Speaking to Newry Times, […]
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Dear Editor, Barnardo’s NI would like to say a big thank you to all the under-fives from Jolly Tots Parent and Toddler Group, Newry who took part in the Barnardo’s nursery rhyme and fairy tale themed Big Toddle last year (2013). The tremendous toddlers helped raise over £320 for local Barnardo’s NI projects – including […]

Crotlieve Sinn Féin candidate for the May council elections, Mark Gibbons, has called on anyone seeing suspicious behaviour around St Rita’s in Rostrevor on the evening of February 19th to report it to the PSNI. “A long term resident of the estate came home that evening to find their house ransacked,” Gibbons explained to Newry […]
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Police in Newry have arrested a 43 year old man on a European Arrest Warrant. The man was arrested in the Newry area on Saturday, 15th February on a warrant issued by Lithuania for rape and sexual assault. He appeared before Belfast Crown Court on Sunday, 16th February for an initial extradition hearing.
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SDLP MLA for Newry and Armagh and Party Finance Spokesperson on Finance Dominic Bradley has welcomed the news that 1,200 civil service pensioners who lost out on the equal pay settlement are to have their cases settled. The news came today in response to a question put to the Minister of Finance during in the […]
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Sinn Féin councillor Terry Hearty has said that it is essential that the PSNI make rural crime their top priority for 2014. Speaking during the latest Policing & Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) meeting Councillor Hearty said, “All across South Armagh tractors, machinery and livestock are being targeted by thieves on a regular basis. “In fact […]
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Local Sinn Féin MLA Megan Fearon has expressed concern that Fracture services at Daisy Hill Hospital may be under threat following reports that all fracture related treatment will be relocated to the Craigavon Area Hospital in the months ahead. Speaking to Newry Times, Fearon said, “I have been contacted by a local sports club who […]
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During Question Time in the Assembly this week Karen McKevitt MLA called upon the Minister for Regional Development to improve rural roads in South Down particularly the roads used by vast amounts of traffic during the A2 road closure. Speaking to Newry Times, McKevitt said, “The A2 shore road was closed from Wednesday 12th February […]
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Newry’s very own award-winning theatre company, Newpoint Players, have been busy rehearsing for their upcoming production of Frankenstein – an adaptation of the classic Mary Shelly novel written by Newpoint’s own Sean Treanor – who is also directing the piece. The cast have high hopes for this year’s run after having scooped more than 20 […]

SDLP MP Margaret Ritchie has welcomed the news that the Irish Open will come to South Down with the announcement that it will be staged in the Royal County Down in 2015 for the first time in 75 years. “The news that the Irish Open is coming to South Down will allow the area to […]
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