
There has been a multi-vehicle road traffic collision outside the Eurospar on the Forkhill Road in Newry. The road is expected to be closed as a result. Article continues below: Emergency services are in attendance. There are no further details at present. For all the latest news in Newry & Mourne click here. […]
Mar 26 2017 | Posted in
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With this weekend seeing the clocks change on Sunday 26th March, and the start of brighter evenings, the Police Service of Northern Ireland is urging people to check their properties are secure against opportunist burglars. The message is check your locks, not only on your house but on any outbuildings, garages and sheds in order […]
Mar 25 2017 | Posted in
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Newry & Armagh Sinn Féin MLA Cathal Boylan has described news of the death of a man in a house fire last night in Armagh city as tragic. 30 firefighters tackled the blaze at a house in Culdee Drive. “I understand that a local man has lost his life in this incident and my […]
Mar 25 2017 | Posted in
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Detectives have charged three men, aged 18, 19 and 22, with a number of counts of burglary and going equipped for burglary. The charges are in connection with three burglaries in the Antrim area on Wednesday 22nd March and burglaries at two houses in Newry in 2016. The first took place in the Aghaboy […]
Mar 24 2017 | Posted in
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Owners of all types of licenced premises in Newry and the surrounding area must take action now if they don’t want to run out of time to renew their liquor licences ahead of the September 2017 deadline, a leading legal expert on liquor licensing has warned. Cathy Colton, partner at Carson McDowell, said most […]
Mar 24 2017 | Posted in
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SDLP Assembly Member for Newry and Armagh Justin McNulty has warned local people to be aware of a scam doing the rounds claiming to offer hundreds of thousands of pounds of winnings from the People’s Post Code Lottery. The SDLP Assemblyman believes fraudsters are targeting the elderly, frail and disabled as part of the scam […]
Mar 24 2017 | Posted in
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Friends, Family, Staff and Customers of David Morrow (Bessbrook) have recently made a donation to the Mandeville Unit at Craigavon Area Hospital. They donated £4,000 in the local man’s memory. Article continues below: On behalf of the family of David, Paula would like to thank everyone who contributed to her father’s donation to the […]
Mar 23 2017 | Posted in
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SDLP MLA for Newry and Armagh Justin McNulty has called for an audit of unfinished housing developments across Newry and Armagh and has written to the Chief Executives of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council to try and ascertain the scale of this issue locally. McNulty said, […]
Mar 23 2017 | Posted in
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Slieve Gullion Councillor Mickey Larkin has said that Department of Infrastructure Engineers have agreed with him that the repairing of the stretch of the Dromintee Road close to the Slieve Gullion Forest Park must be a priority. The Sinn Féin representative made his comments after meeting engineers on site. He explained, “A section of […]
Mar 23 2017 | Posted in
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Elaine Murray is one of the faces of local charity Leukaemia and Lymphoma NI’s new blood cancer awareness campaign, Empty Chairs. Elaine, who is from Newry, was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia in March 2013 when she was 53 years old. Elaine joins eight other blood cancer survivors to front the campaign, which will also […]
Mar 22 2017 | Posted in
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