
The Public Health Agency (PHA) is calling on people to get talking about organ donation and share their donation decision with their loved ones. The ‘Words save lives’ campaign highlights the need to tell your family you want to save lives through organ donation. More and more people are supporting organ donation, but […]
Sep 18 2018 | Posted in
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Newry is set to mark Good Relations Week with a number of events taking place in the local area. Coordinated by the Community Relations Council (CRC), Good Relations Week runs from Monday, 17 September – Sunday, 23 September, with more than 180 events taking place across Northern Ireland. The initiative, which supports the […]

Newry company STATsports has announced more than 200 jobs for the city. The local business, a global leader in the elite sports performance wearable market, said the multi-million-pound expansion will create over 200 new jobs for the city. The jobs will be based at its headquarters at Drumalane Mill in Newry. The company […]

Newry SDLP Councillor Michael Savage has welcomed a commitment from DfI Traffic Management to install double yellow line corner restrictions at the Flagstaff Road junction with the Dublin Road at Cloughoge Bridge to alleviate parking chaos in the area. And he has also welcomed a commitment from the DfI to commence a process of identifying […]
Sep 17 2018 | Posted in
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Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses following reports of criminal damage to a memorial at Narrow Water in Warrenpoint on the evening of Saturday 15 September. Speaking to Newry Times, Chief Inspector Gerry McGrath said, “We received a report of this incident at around 5.20pm and we are currently treating it as a hate […]
Sep 17 2018 | Posted in
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Entitled ‘A Time to Encounter God’, Mission at Newry Metropolitan Church takes place from 23-30 September, Sundays at 7pm and Monday-Friday at 8pm. Many people these days asking questions about the meaning of life (What’s it all about? / Why is there such suffering in the world? / Who is God? What happens when I die?) […]

NI Water together with their appointed contractor Conwell Contracts Ltd. will commence work on a new storm sewer on New Street / Canal Street, Newry this month. The first section of work on New Street will begin on Monday 24 September 2018 and following completion of this section, work will progress onto Canal Street. […]
Sep 14 2018 | Posted in
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Newry, Mourne and Down Sinn Féin Councillor Róisín Mulgrew has expressed her anger at the failure by Roads Service to resurface a 110 metre stretch of the Green Road prior to the reopening of the local schools after the summer break. Speaking to Newry Times, the local Councillor explained, “This is a missed opportunity. Last […]
Sep 14 2018 | Posted in
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Warrenpoint Port is inviting members of the public and other key stakeholders to comment on proposed changes to how dredged material from the harbour is dealt with. The Port currently carries out a major dredging programme every two to five years with material disposed of in the Irish Sea. However, new plans have […]
Sep 13 2018 | Posted in
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Newry City Councillor Liz Kimmins has met with residents living in Thomas Street and Cleary Crescent in Newry after they expressed concern over parking issues in the area. At the meeting, which the Sinn Féin Councillor described as ‘useful’, residents highlighted the ongoing issues they are having as a result of people parking along their […]
Sep 13 2018 | Posted in
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