
The Public Health Agency (PHA) today launched three new research studies which aim to reduce suicide and parental alcohol misuse. The studies are part of the PHA’s Research and Development (R&D) Division’s commissioned programmes and were carried out by researchers in the Bamford Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing at Ulster University and at Queen’s […]
Mar 8 2016 | Posted in
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St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Newry are hosting a Sponsored 24 Hour Spinathon from 12 noon Wednesday 23rd March to 12 noon Thursday the 24th of March. Monies raised will go to support the work of The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust and Newry & Mourne Alzheimer’s Society. The Alzheimer’s Society is the leading care and […]

A number of Southern Health and Social Care Trust staff have been recognised at the prestigious Institute of Health Care Management Awards recently. The Institute of Healthcare Management is the leading independent membership organisation for health and social care managers. The Institute supports personal development and promotes the improvement of health and wellbeing through quality […]
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Sinn Féin Newry MLA Conor Murphy has welcomed legislation to ban smoking in cars carrying children. “Tobacco kills half of its long term users, that is between 6 and 7 people a day here, 2,300 people a year,” Murphy told Newry “A recent study highlighted that the concentration of toxins in a smoke filled vehicle […]

Would you like to live in Whitecross? Do you think the Whitecross area needs more housing? These are the questions the Housing Executive is asking local residents as it carries out a survey to help decide if there is a need for new social housing for rent in Whitecross. The Housing Executive wants to hear […]
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Dr Maelíosa McCrudden, 34, from Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, is attending Parliament to present her biomedical research to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of SET for Britain on Monday 7th March. Maelíosa, now a postdoctoral research fellow at Queen’s University Belfast, was shortlisted from hundreds of applicants […]
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Sinn Féin MLA Caitríona Ruane has met with members of the Narrow Water Bridge Community Network to discuss the progress of key infrastructural projects in the Warrenpoint area. Speaking to Newry Times, Ruane said, “I and my party colleague Michael Gray Sloan met with members of the Narrow Water Bridge Community Network which is made […]
Mar 8 2016 | Posted in
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Newry, Mourne and Down District Council are pleased to welcome and host Cycling Ireland to the Cloughmore Centre at Kilbroney Park and also to the Rostrevor Mountain Bike Trails. Chairperson of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Mickey Ruane welcomed the group to the area and said, “I am delighted to see Cycling Ireland hold […]

Junior Ministers Emma Pengelly and Jennifer McCann have announced funding worth up to £3million for projects which promote good relations. Community groups and voluntary organisations can now apply for funding through OFMDFM’s Central Good Relations Fund for the 2016/17 financial year. The Junior Ministers said, “This Fund provides financial support to deliver tangible projects which […]
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Police in Newtownhamilton are appealing for information after an outbuilding was broken into. Sometime between 12 noon and 6.30pm on Thursday, 11th February, entry was forced to an outbuilding on Drummill Road, Cullyhanna. A red and white Ervine Williams horsebox, a lawnmower and an axe were taken. Police would like to hear from anyone who […]
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