
Five year old Oliver McKee wandered lonely as a cloud, daffodils in hand while channelling his inner poet this week to launch the Translink Smart Moves Poetry competition. To celebrate National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) Translink has teamed up with Poetry NI to encourage people to be smart movers and to sit back, relax and […]

Excitement is building for Countryfest 2015, with many people from Newry & Mourne expected to make the journey to the expansive grounds of Inniskeen’s Pairc Grattan in south Monaghan. Countryfest, which runs from April 30th – May 4th, is now in its fifth year and each year the event is continuing to deliver the best in […]

Local police have arrested two men, aged 19 and 22, and a 16 year old girl after a burglary at a house in the Main Street area of Bessbrook. In the early hours of Saturday 4th April local police received a report of a burglary and after obtaining a description of the culprits, apprehended the […]
Apr 15 2015 | Posted in
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Slieve Gullion Sinn Féin Councillor Mickey Larkin has condemned the latest dumping of laundered diesel waste outside Forkhill. “The community in this area are fed up with these attacks on the environment and themselves,” he told Newry Times. “They take pride in their district and the label Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty that is attached […]
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Dear Editor, British Heart Foundation (BHF) Northern Ireland is calling for local people living in Newry and the surrounding area to become Heart Heroes and use some of their spare time to volunteer with the local BHF Northern Ireland Shop. We are always on the lookout for more volunteers to join the fight against heart […]

If you’re weighing up some options for your future career, one choice you may be considering could be an apprenticeship. Johnny Nolan, careers manager for Newry in the Department for Employment and Learning’s Careers Service, offers the following tips to remember if applying for an apprenticeship. “Apprenticeships allow you the opportunity to develop specialist skills, […]

SDLP Westminster Candidate for South Down Margaret Ritchie has promised that the party will make securing a VAT cut to boost the local tourism and hospitality sector a priority following the election. Speaking to Newry Times, Ritchie stated, “I was disappointed that another Budget went past in April in which the opportunity was missed to […]
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School children from the primary school in Lurganare, St Mary’s PS recently took part in the Housing Executive’s ‘My Dream Home’ competition. The competition is part of a programme of events to help decide if new social or affordable housing is needed in the Lurganare area. Sinead Collins, the Housing Executive’s Rural Unit Co-ordinator, explained, […]
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Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service helped out a local pet owner whose dog fell into Newry canal last month. Though unhurt, the nine-month-old crossbreed dog named Ziggy couldn’t get out and local firefighters freed the animal. Pictured by local photographer, Paul McCambridge, they are from left: Fintan Burns, Paul McKee, Retained Watch Commander Pat […]
Apr 14 2015 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin MLA Chris Hazzard has said Sinn Féin is committed to protecting frontline public services. The South Down Westminister candidate said, “All Sinn Féin ministers make decisions based on protecting the most vulnerable and creating greater equality. “Despite Margaret Ritchie’s claims the statistics have shown that Sinn Féin’s approach is right. “In education in […]
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