
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Mickey Ruane hosted a reception in the Council Chamber in Monaghan Row Newryrecently to honour the achievements of Martin Fitzpatrick and his nephew Ronan Fitzpatrick, World Piping Champions and Orlaith Hollywood, World Champion Irish Dancer. As first Citizen of Newry, Mourne and Down District, Chairperson Ruane expressed […]
Mar 7 2016 | Posted in
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Education Minister John O’Dowd has praised the Catholic Principals Association for their vision and commitment to changing education. Speaking at their annual conference in the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, the Minister said, “I want you to be proud of yourselves for the work that you do. You have the courage of your convictions and as […]
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Health Minister Simon Hamilton has announced a further £30m of additional funding to go directly towards tackling waiting lists. This follows on from the investment of £40m at the end of 2015 and an extra £2m recently announced to assist autism waits. Hamilton also revealed that provisional waiting list times for February 2016 show that […]
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Accountancy and Business Advisory firm, BDO Northern Ireland, has awarded six Financial Accounting students from Queen’s University entry to a special student mentoring programme. Jonathan McMaw, Lisa Wilson and Tiárnán Moore, all in their first year, were the top three performing students in their Introductory Financial Accounting Module assessment while second year students Neil McAleenan, […]

A foster carer from Newry received very special recognition from Ant and Dec on their ‘Saturday Night Takeaway’ show on Saturday night, 5th March. To mark Mother’s Day, one of Ella Rafferty’s foster children nominated her to be given a very special surprise by the famous TV duo. Ella, who has been fostering for 27 […]
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Slieve Gullion Forest Park has been awarded the ‘Best Outdoor Recreation for Families’ Award. The extremely popular ‘Families First Awards’ took place in the Armagh City Hotel and gave parents their say in recognising the products, people and brands their families love across the Island of Ireland. Nestled in the Ring of Gullion, the Slieve […]
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DUP Leader Arlene Foster has confirmed that local MLA Jim Wells will be the Democratic Unionist Party’s candidate in South Down in the NI Assembly election in May. Following his selection DUP leader Arlene Foster said, “I am delighted that Jim will be my candidate in South Down and will be the DUP’s standard bearer […]
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The Public Health Agency (PHA) is using Self-Harm Awareness Day (1st March) as an opportunity to encourage people who are affected by self-harm to seek help. Self-harm is when a person harms themselves through injury or poisoning. People self-harm for various reasons and are usually experiencing severe emotional distress. For some people, self-harm is a […]
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Independent Newry City Councillor Kevin McAteer has opened up about his battle with depression in an effort to raise awareness on what he described as a ‘growing issue’ in society. The Councillor says he attempted suicide in 2008 following a period of depression and self-harm. He explained to Newry Times that he has been living […]

All grant-aided schools have been informed of their budgets for the 2016-17 financial year. The amount of money directly delegated to schools is £1,167.5m. Speaking as schools received their allocations, Education Minister John O’Dowd said, “As we are all aware, the budget position for all departments remains very challenging. As a result of reductions imposed […]
Mar 4 2016 | Posted in
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