As part of the Newry City Triathlons and Festival of Water the Inland Waters Association of Ireland Newry and Portadown Branch will be hosting their annual Bath Tub Race at this year’s event, which takes place on Sunday 28th August at Newry Albert Basin. This event is open to the entire community so whether you […]
Councillor Roisin Mulgrew has said that while a recent application for funding to develop a play park and a walkway around the Derramore Estate was unsuccessful she insists the project is still very much alive. “The Friends of Derramore, the National Trust and the Council have been working closely over the last few years to […]
Sinn Féin MP Mickey Brady has called for the immediate release of Palestinian prisoner Belal Kayed, currently being held on Administrative Detention. Mr Kayed is engaged in a prolonged Hunger Strike. Brady, who has visited the Middle East on a number of occasions on what he described as “fact finding missions and to express solidarity […]
Sinn Féin Irish language spokesperson Barra O’Muiri has said he is “genuinely saddened and disappointed” at the refusal of the DUP and UUP to engage with the council’s Irish Language Working Group. “I was genuinely saddened when I read the statements by the UUP and DUP Councillors stating that they refuse to nominate a representative […]
On Sunday 14th of August the second sponsored walk in memory of Harvey McCabe will take place in Bessbrook. Local Councillor Mulgrew praised the McCabe family for their tremendous fundraising efforts which will hopefully help to improve the quality of the lives of other sick children while in hospital. “Once again the Camlough, Derramore and […]
Sinn Féin MLA Megan Fearon has congratulated Cathal Fegan and his students after their stunning display at the 2016 Tae Kwon Do World Championships in England last week. The group returned home to a hero’s welcome in Sliverbridge on Friday night with an incredible haul of nine gold medals, 13 silver and 18 bronze. “Cathal’s […]
Two local Camlough men will be joining World and Olympic Champion Mo Farah at the starting line of the Great North Run this coming September. Larry McCabe and Pat McGinn will be participating in the World’s biggest half marathon in Newcastle England to raise funds for the Southern Area Hospice. The two “bhoys” were part […]
Local Ulster Unionist representatives, Danny Kennedy MLA and Cllr David Taylor have condemned damage caused to a memorial in South Armagh to Hugh William Clarke, who was murdered by the IRA in April 1977. In a joint statement the local representatives described the attack on the memorial as “disgusting and hurtful in the extreme to […]
SDLP Economy spokesperson Sinead Bradley MLA has commented following news that Bombardier has brought forward a further round of redundancies in Belfast. “The news coming from Bombardier this morning will be a huge disappointment to the workers there, who have now been told they will be out of work much sooner than they had previously […]
Detectives in Newry have charged four men with possession of a firearm in suspicious circumstances. The charges are in relation to an incident in Bessbrook in the early hours of Sunday 7th August. The men aged 19, 24 and two aged 23 appeared at Newry magistrates court on the morning of Monday 8th August. Article […]
