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Archive for: October, 2016

Buttercrane to host Britain’s Got Talent auditions

Buttercrane Shopping Centre will play host to the Britain’s Got Talent Thames TV team as they come to Newry as part of their regional auditions tour on Monday 17th October. The team will be in the Shopping Centre from 11.30am – 5.30pm to audition local people hopeful of becoming the next star of Simon Cowell’s […]

Alarm following chemical fish kill

SDLP South Down MP Margaret Ritchie has called for an immediate investigation into problems at a waste water treatment works after discharge led to a significant fish kill. Speaking to Newry Times, she said, “I was dismayed to learn last night about the large scale of the fish kill on the Carrigs River near Murlough […]

Jewellery and sum of money taken in local burglary

Police are appealing for witnesses and information following the burglary of a residential premises on the New Road area of Tullydonnell, Silverbridge, Newry on Saturday 10th September. Speaking to Newry Times, Constable Finucane said, “It was reported that between the hours of 7.40pm and 8.15pm, two males gained entry to a residential premises and a […]

Southern Trust recognised in UK Top Ten

The Southern Health and Social Care Trust has been placed in the top 10 UK Trusts to work for, out of NHS providers across the UK. Over 53,000 Foundation Year 2 doctors around the UK take part in the annual General Medical Council (GMC) national trainee survey. This is the third consecutive year that the […]

Exciting opportunity for Newry businesses to work with NI Water

In a great opportunity for Newry businesses, NI Water has launched a summary of its goods, services and construction contracts, with an estimated value of approximately £198 million, required by the company over the next 12 months. This is an exciting opportunity for new and existing companies across a diverse range of sectors, including the […]

NI Water visits Rathore School in Newry

“Water makes the world go round.” This is just one interesting fact pupils of Rathore School in Newry learnt when NI Water’s education team came to visit to teach them all about the water cycle. NI Water’s educational programme, ‘H2O and the Wonderful World of Water’, taught the children all about the Water Cycle. Children […]

Local women urged to ‘be breast aware’

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, so the Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging all women to ‘be breast aware’ and to think about attending for screening when invited. In 2014/15 a total of 76,661 women aged 50–70 were invited for screening, with 57,758 attending. This means that over three quarters of the women who […]

‘British and Irish governments need to act to break funding log jam’ – Murphy

Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy has said the British and Irish governments need to act to break a log jam, which is holding up €120m of European funding. “My party colleague and Finance Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir told the Assembly that there is currently a log jam of letters of offer for EU funding worth […]

‘Panel of redress required for victims and survivors of child abuse’ – Fearon

Sinn Féin MLA Megan Fearon has said a panel of redress should be set up to meet the needs of victims and survivors of child abuse. “Sinn Féin has consistently supported the call from victims and survivors, and from experts, to establish a panel to redress the needs of the groups and individual victims,” she […]

Taoiseach’s commitment to all Ireland convention welcomed

Newry Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy has welcomed the Taoiseach’s commitment to establish an all Ireland body to consider the implications of Brexit. “As a representative of a border area I welcome the Taoiseach’s commitment to an island-wide process to discuss the implications of an EU exit,” he said. “It would be useful if he […]







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