
Police in Newry and Mourne are appealing for information following a distraction burglary in Warrenpoint on Friday 26th June. At around noon on the day in question, a man called to a house in Lower Dromore Road and claimed to be from the council. He took the male occupant of the house to the back […]
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The Rural Development Programme (RDP) has delivered tangible benefits for the community of Ballyholland, Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill has said. Minister O’Neill was speaking as she officially opened a new £1.2million multipurpose community resource centre in Ballyholland, Newry, this week. Ballyholland Development Association (BDA) were awarded £800,000 funding under Axis 3 of the Rural Development […]
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Sinn Fein MLA Megan Fearon has called on Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy to readjust his budget and make road repairs a priority before someone is killed. The Sinn Fein MLA made the call from the scene of the latest single car crash to happen in South Armagh. “Just over a week ago the Road […]

Police in Newry are appealing for information following the theft of parts from a car. Sometime between 9am and 4pm on Monday, 22nd June, the wheel trims and front bumper grille were taken from a silver Volkswagen Passat, parked in North Street car park. Speaking to Newry Times, Constable Nicki Martin said, “It is believed […]
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Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Naomi Bailie opened the Community Planning Engagement event in the Whistledown Hotel, Warrenpoint last week. The event, held in partnership with the Newry, Mourne and Down area Rural Community Development Advisory Group was attended by over 130 community representatives. In her opening speech Councillor Bailie outlined the […]
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SDLP South Down MP Margaret Ritchie has criticised the decision by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to withdraw subsidies for new onshore wind farms a year earlier than expected. itchFollowing a statement by the Secretary of State, Ritchie said, “Cutting the subsidies for new onshore wind farms will hinder rather than […]
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South Down MLA Seán Rogers has called on the Minister for Agriculture to set up a small grant programme to provide responder devices to fishermen. In particular the MLA referred to the dangers associated with oyster fishing and how such devices may have the potential to save lives. Speaking in the Assembly the South Down […]
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Newry Neighbourhood Policing Team are asking residents in Barcroft to report any suspicious activity after three cats sustained unexplained injuries. Speaking to Newry Times, Constable Ali McCartney said, “We received a report of a cat in the Barcroft area sustaining injuries to its pelvis on 28th June. “It transpired that this is the third cat […]
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The Warrenpoint community has been shocked by a robbery in the town that saw a 95 year old man subjected to a terrifying ordeal in his own home on Lower Dromore road. During the incident, three individuals entered the elderly man’s home. Local Sinn Fein councillor Mickey Ruane expressed his anger at what he described […]
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Health Minister Simon Hamilton today announced the introduction of two new meningitis immunisation programmes aimed at infants, teenagers and university freshers, in line with the rest of the UK. Meningococcal B and Meningococcal ACWY vaccination programmes have been recommended by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the UK expert group that advises Ministers. […]
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