
Beatrice Mikutaite from St. Mary’s High Newry was a finalist at the 32nd Annual Youth Award Public Speaking Competition with her topic “Opt in or opt out…which way for organ donation?” The competition, which is organised by Soroptimist International and supported by Progressive Building Society, took place at Glenlola Collegiate in Bangor and saw students […]
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Sinn Féin councillor Terry Hearty has welcomed major road, footpath and drainage improvements in the Crossmaglen area following a sustained lobbying campaign. “There had been serious problems at St. Patrick’s Primary School with a flooding issue which had been ongoing for a number of years,” he told Newry Times. “The main drain that flows between […]
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SDLP Slieve Gullion Councillor Geraldine Donnelly has welcomed commitments from Roads Service to carry out improvements to the B30 Newry to Crossmaglen Road. Councillor Donnelly says she has raised the issue with the local Section Office on a number of occasions. Councillor Donnelly explained, “The Newry-Crossmaglen Road though Silverbridge is one of South Armagh’s busiest […]
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The Lislea Drama Festival Committee are delighted with the standard of the 2014 festival to date and are looking forward to a well-attended awards night on Saturday night. Last weekend brought festival stalwarts Kilrush Drama Group from Co. Wexford with “The Calvalcaders” by Billy Roche and festival newcomers Schull Drama Group, all the way from […]

SDLP Culture spokesperson and South Down MLA Karen McKevitt has welcomed an upgrade to Kilkeel Library that she says will bring it into the 21st Century. Speaking During a meeting of the Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee on the Department’s Review of Delivering Tomorrow’s Libraries; McKevitt said: “Kilkeel has now been brought into the 21st […]
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Detectives in Newry are appealing for information after a man was held at gunpoint in his car in the Monaghan Row area yesterday evening, Monday 3rd March. Shortly after 8:15pm, it was reported that a man was parked in a car outside premises in the area when an unknown man entered his vehicle. The man […]
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IN THE MATTER OF THE INSOLVENCY ORDER 1989 W.T.M. NORWIN LLP Company No: NC000890 Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Article 84 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, that a Meeting of the creditors of the above-named Company will be held at the offices of James B Kennedy & Co, 22 Lower Windsor Avenue, […]

The audience in Lislea were treated to a “very engaging production” of the second Billy Roche play to grace the stage last week by a very accomplished group visiting for the seventh time. Mrs Biddy White Lennon described this “memory” play as being difficult to portray as it switches back and forth in time which […]
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South Down Councillor Connaire McGreevy has urged the PSNI to step up its night-time patrols in the Warrenpoint and Rostrevor area after a so-called tiger kidnap involving a local family. Councillor McGreevy said the spiral in burglaries in recent weeks across the region should have acted as a “warning signal” regarding the possibility of a […]
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Police in Newry and Mourne conducted searches in the South Armagh area today in partnership with DARD and Newry and Mourne District Council and supported by the Food Standards Agency. Searches of two properties in Forkhill and one in the Bessbrook area have now been completed. A suspected illegal animal slaughter and meat cutting operation […]
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