
Local police are reminding traders and members of the public to be wary of counterfeit notes. The reminder follows an incident at a local fast food premises where a counterfeit bank of Ireland £10 note was passed. Sergeant Wendy Walker, Community Safety, is advising shops and other businesses that handle currency to check all notes […]
Mar 12 2014 | Posted in
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Speaking after information appeared from a leaked Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) review document that the Department intends to stop paying benefits into Post Office card accounts the MP for South Down Margaret Ritchie said it was ‘disgraceful’. “This proposal, to stop paying benefits into Post Office card accounts, coming from a leaked internal […]
Mar 12 2014 | Posted in
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Police in Newry are appealing for information following an assault in Aileen Terrace during the early hours of Sunday, 2nd March. Some time between 1am and 3am two men, aged 21 and 22 years old were assaulted by a group of men. One of the victims had his two front teeth broken and both sustained […]
Mar 11 2014 | Posted in
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The Quays Shopping Centre, Newry will be steeped in Irish fun and culture this weekend to help kick start St Patrick’s Day celebrations. There will be lots of fun for the entire family to enjoy kicking start the celebrations early on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th March as The Quays Kids Club will be running […]

Newry based Chartered Accountancy firm, Malone Lynchehaun, are developing their management skills through the Department for Employment and Learning’s Management Analysis and Planning (MAP) Programme. The MAP Programme uses the services of a professional consultant to help organisations better understand what they are doing well and to identify areas for improving the effectiveness of its […]
Mar 11 2014 | Posted in
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Join in the fun this St Patrick’s Day in Newry and you might even catch Buttercrane’s Mascot Roary the Tiger as he makes his first ever appearance in the main St Patrick’s Day parade as it makes its way up Buttercrane Quay shortly after 12 noon. Across the district there are a host of family […]

Two local riders, Charley-Rose Ward (age 8) and her brother Dylan Ward (age 11) each received a major award after their incredible first season’s performances. Charley-Rose came first in the National Pony Discovery League (Ulster Region) for Under 8’s. She topped the league with wins at Cavan, Ballymena, Banbridge, Saintfield and the National Balmoral Championships. […]
Mar 11 2014 | Posted in
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Over 100 Councillors and staff from both Councils and the Department of Environment (DOE) attended an event at the Canal Court in Newry on 6th March to help prepare for the transfer of planning functions from central government to the 11 new councils in April 2015. This is an important time for local government and […]
Mar 11 2014 | Posted in
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Detectives from Serious Crime Branch investigating the attempted murder and serious sexual assault of an eight year old girl in Newry in 1994 have reissued their appeal for information. The girl was playing with a friend close to Barcroft Community Centre on 10th June 1994 when she was approached by an unknown man aged in […]
Mar 11 2014 | Posted in
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South Down MP Margaret Ritchie has demanded a meeting with Transport Minister, Stephen Hammond MP in London over the delay in making a decision on Driver Vehicle Agency jobs in Coleraine and throughout Northern Ireland Margaret Ritchie said today, “Staff employed in the Driver Vehicle Agency throughout Northern Ireland have faced continuing uncertainty and anxiety […]
Mar 11 2014 | Posted in
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