
SDLP Assembly Candidate Karen McKevitt has said a warning this week by local school Principals and Boards of Governors about new financial pressures must be taken very serious by the next Assembly. Speaking to Newry Times, McKevitt explained, “This week we heard local school leaders, from both the primary and secondary sectors warn that new […]

South Down Sinn Féin candidate Caitríona Ruane has welcomed a positive response from Transport NI following calls for additional resources for the A2 road works between Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. Speaking to Newry Times, Ruane said, “Given the need to have the work completed as early as possible Transport NI have contacted me to say that […]
May 4 2016 | Posted in
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Detectives from Reactive and Organised Crime Branch in Newry, investigating a number of distraction type burglaries, have charged a 43 year old woman with a number of offences. She has been charged with 2 counts of burglary, attempted burglary, and a number of motoring offences. The charges are in connection with a distraction type burglary […]
May 3 2016 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin’s Newry/Armagh candidates have unveiled an anti-Brexit poster at the Cloughogue Roundabout. The area was once the scene of huge tailbacks as vehicles coming to and from Dundalk were stopped and searched. The site was also looked over by what they described as a ‘monstrous British Army spy post that scarred the landscape’. Newry […]

May is National Walking Month and the Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging people to put on your walking shoes and make walking part of your daily routine. There are many health benefits of walking. Adding a brisk pace to your step can help you feel good, reduce anxiety, help manage your weight, reduce blood […]
May 3 2016 | Posted in
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In partnership with Queen’s University Belfast’s Centre for Archeological Fieldwork (CAF), the Ring of Gullion Landscape Partnership is planning to undertake a new programme of archaeological investigation at the site of Cornahove – a lost ringfort at Lough Ross – and there is going to be plenty of opportunities for the local community to be […]