
Sinn Féin MLA Caitríona Ruane has called on EU member countries to ensure that refugees fleeing war, persecution and famine are not left in limbo. Speaking at a debate in the Assembly Ruane said, “Our hearts are broken by the daily scenes of drowned refugees on Europe’s beaches or the lines of people attempting to […]
Sep 22 2015 | Posted in
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Finance Minister Arlene Foster MLA has launched a new, improved online tender system for public sector contracts in Northern Ireland. The new eTendersNI system will make it easier for companies to submit online tenders for government contracts. The portal has been developed by the Department of Finance and Personnel’s Central Procurement Directorate, (CPD), which carries […]
Sep 22 2015 | Posted in
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SDLP South Down MLA Karen McKevitt has welcomed the decision to make disabled access points on Warrenpoint Promenade free from parking. Speaking to Newry Times, she said, “Over the summer months I have received numerous complaints from constituents and visitors about cars blocking all three disabled access points along Warrenpoint promenade. “This is causing great […]
Sep 22 2015 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin MLA Chris Hazzard has said the public want to see ministers from all parties back at their posts and working in the best interests of all of the community. Speaking to Newry Times, Hazzard said, “Today I tabled a number of important questions to the Minister for Regional Development concerning the pumping of […]
Sep 22 2015 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin councillor Terry Hearty is urging South Armagh businesses to attend a rates meeting in Newry at the end of the month. artsOrganised by Newry, Mourne and Down Council the Business Rates Clinic will allow people to discuss their issues and concerns about rates valuations with the people responsible for setting them. “A number […]

Research from the College of Optometrists shows that 84% of adults value their sight more than any other sense, yet many people are living with poor vision and putting their sight at risk because they don’t get their eyes checked. During National Eye Health Week (21–27 September) the Public Health Agency (PHA) is reminding everyone […]
Sep 22 2015 | Posted in
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South Down farmers gathered in the Burrendale Hotel, Newcastle recently for an event titled ‘Farming 2020’ hosted by local SDLP MLA Seán Rogers. Chaired by SDLP’s Councillor Seamus Doyle the group of over eighty local farmers engaged with a panel of Industry leaders which included, M.E.P. Mairead McGuinness, Margaret Ritchie M.P., Joe Byrne MLA (Vice […]
Sep 22 2015 | Posted in
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Cross-border roaming charges are a real concern for Northern Ireland companies conducting business across the Northern and Southern Ireland border. Businesses working in border regions are particularly affected by inadvertent roaming, when their mobile phones accidentally connect to a mast in the Republic of Ireland and their domestic calls are then billed as international calls. […]

The Annual Famine Commemoration 2015 will take place on Saturday, 26th September, in Newry. This is the eighth year in which the Great Famine has been marked with a formal Commemoration and the first time that the Commemoration will take place in the north of Ireland. In recognition of the fact that the Great Famine […]

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Naomi Bailie, this week called upon sporting clubs across the Council district to consider holding a minute’s silence in memory of the many hundreds of thousands of people who perished during the Great famine, or who were forced to leave these shores, never to return. In a […]