
Anita Lavery from the Southern Trust’s Financial Planning team asked her colleagues to help raise money to provide hats, gloves, thermals and other winter clothing to homeless over Christmas. An amazing £420 was collected which bought a wide selection of clothing for both men and women and has been donated to The Welcome Centre in […]
Jan 9 2018 | Posted in
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Buttercrane Shopping Centre enjoyed a great Christmas trading period, according to the Centre’s end of year report which cites a + 4% increase in footfall on December 2016. National footfall in UK is down by 3.83 % in November and December but Buttercrane has bucked this trend by enjoying a sizable increase of 4.0% in […]

Recycle your unsuitable Christmas gifts and help vulnerable children at the same time is the message from children’s charity Barnardo’s NI. Barnardo’s is appealing for those ‘not quite right’ gifts from the festive season to be donated to their shop at Damolly Retail Park, Newry so they can be sold to raise vital funds. […]
Jan 8 2018 | Posted in
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Crotlieve Sinn Féin Cllr Oksana McMahon has spoken with PSNI after a recent spate of house burglaries locally over the Christmas period. Speaking to Newry Times, Cllr McMahon said she was asking for more resources. “I have been contacted by concerned families in the Mayobridge and Rostrevor area in the aftermath of the local attacks. […]
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The Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging people who are eligible for the free flu vaccination to get it without delay. The call comes as the strains of flu seen during Australia’s winter season, particularly A(H3N2), are increasing in prevalence on this side of the world. Australia experienced its worst flu season since […]
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A technical issue in the benefits computer system means some Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) customers will receive weekly payments instead of their normal fortnightly payments. This affects customers due a fortnightly payment on Monday 15th January 2018. Instead, these customers will receive two weekly payments, on Monday 8th and 15th January. No […]
Jan 5 2018 | Posted in
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The Consumer Council is advising consumers to complain if they have experienced problems with their Christmas post. Kellin McCloskey, Head of Post at The Consumer Council said, “Many of us will have ordered online or sent parcels this Christmas. “Whilst most items will have arrived hassle free, some of us may have experienced […]
Jan 5 2018 | Posted in
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SDLP representatives have met with the Chief Nursing Officer amid health service concerns locally. Speaking to Newry Times, South Down MLA Sinead Bradley said, “This is one of the most serious challenges facing our health service. “It’s more than just normal winter pressures – the situation our doctors, nurses and other frontline staff […]

A short stay service from Cloughreagh House, outside Newry is offering older patients the chance to regain independence from illness or injury in a residential setting, avoiding the need for a hospital stay. The service is designed to provide an alternative to hospital care for those patients who are medically well but would benefit from […]
Jan 4 2018 | Posted in
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The Department for Infrastructure is encouraging all road users to take personal responsibility and share the road in 2018 and ensure their own safety and that of other road users. The release of provisional figures this week by the PSNI show that 63 people died in road tragedies during 2017, five fewer people than last […]
Jan 4 2018 | Posted in
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