
Police in Newry are reminding residents to take steps to secure their sheds following a number of shed burglaries over the last few weeks. Speaking to Newry Times, Crime Prevention Officer, Lisa Sherman said, “We often focus on making our homes secure and forget about protecting the property we store outside the home. There are […]
Mar 15 2016 | Posted in
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Ciara Small from Bessbrook is pursuing a career with SP McKeown & Co., Newry, while completing a Higher Level Apprenticeship in Accountancy. The Accountancy Higher Level Apprenticeship, which is delivered by Southern Regional College (SRC), is one of the Higher Level Apprenticeships developed as part of the Northern Ireland Apprenticeships Strategy – Securing Our Success. […]

A new library of information is available to foster carers and social workers in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust area. Developed by Newry Foster Care Group, the wide range of literature is available to help carers in their role of supporting young people in care. Paul Morgan, Director of Children and Young People’s […]
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Education Minister John O’Dowd has launched a new Teacher Professional Learning strategy. The strategy sets out the Minister’s vision for teacher professional learning through to 2025. Explaining the purpose of the strategy John O’Dowd said, “We know that the quality of teaching significantly affects pupil outcomes. We therefore need to support our teachers to deal […]
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Minister for Employment and Learning Dr Stephen Farry has published an options paper outlining the various potential models available to fund higher education in the future, including addressing the structural funding gap and the necessary expansion of provision to meet future economic requirements. Minister Farry said, “Our higher education system is a vital component of […]
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Local MLA Karen McKevitt has officially launched the Assembly’s first Women’s Caucus at Stormont. Dedicated to enhancing the role of women in public and civic life, the new Women’s Caucus is a cross party group of female MLAs who will lobby for greater female representation in the Assembly and within political parties. Speaking in the […]
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South Armagh MLA Megan Fearon has welcomed the progression of the Rural Needs Bill to its final stage in Stormont. “The Rural Needs Bill will go a long way to addressing the issues and challenges faced by rural dwellers,” she said. “The north is the first area in the EU to introduce this kind of […]
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Detectives from Reactive and Organised Crime have arrested two people following an incident in Drumalane Park. At around 8.05pm on Monday, 7th March two males and a female entered a house at Drumalane Park. One of them had a knife in their possession and the occupants of the house, an adult female and three children, […]
Mar 14 2016 | Posted in
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Environment Minister Mark H Durkan has announced two powerful new DOE Road Safety adverts addressing driver distraction and inattention. Driver carelessness/inattention is consistently the main cause of fatalities on our roads. Over the last five years, 116 people have lost their lives due to driver carelessness. This was nearly 40% of the total number of […]
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Police in Newry are appealing for information after tools were stolen from a number of vans in the Rostrevor area. Overnight between Tuesday, 23rd February and Wednesday, 24th February, builders/trader’s vans were entered in the Rosses Quay, Rosswood Park, Beechfield Park and St Bronach’s Cottages areas of Rostrevor. A quantity of tools were stolen including […]
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