NI Water has announced it is releasing contracts to a value of £240m over the next 18 months. To support this it is inviting companies to learn more about the opportunities on offer at a Supplier Engagement Event on Wednesday 24 October at the Dunadry Hotel, Antrim, organised in partnership with InterTradeIreland. Everything […]

The Southern Health and Social Care Trust has launched a new campaign to increase the number of domiciliary care workers helping clients live in the comfort of their own homes. A career in domiciliary care is ideal for a compassionate person who would like to help improve a client’s daily routine. The campaign […]

Margaret Cloughan from Richhill has donated £1,000 to the Southern Heath and Social Care Trust’s Acute Services Fund. To raise the money, Margaret held a coffee morning for family, friends and neighbours. Margaret has raised money for the Southern Trust before and thanked everyone who has supported her to make these donations. Margaret […]
Oct 5 2018 | Posted in
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Newry and Armagh Sinn Féin MLA Megan Fearon has urged everyone to be extra vigilant. She was reacting to news of a recent spate of burglaries in the Crossmaglen and Killeavy areas. “It is disappointing to hear of this recent spate of criminal activity in the south Armagh area,” she told Newry Times. […]
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Full Fibre broadband connections offer the fastest and most reliable speeds available, and the government is committed to a vision of full fibre. As part of this commitment in March 2018 the government announced a £67m Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme. Gigabit vouchers can be used by small businesses and the local communities surrounding […]

Newry SDLP Councillor Michael Savage has accused Sinn Fein of not being honest with the people of Ballybot and Barcroft over the future of McCreesh Park. And he insisted that the local community will be fully consulted on the future of the park when viable options that can be funded and benefit the people of […]

A preferred route for the Newry Southern Relief Road has been announced. Five routes were considered taking into account performance across the scheme objectives and the views of the public raised in the community consultation event. The Newry Southern Relief Road aims to provide a strategic transport link from the A1 Belfast-Dublin key […]

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council have invited all residents and business owners to a free Brexit event, with BrexitLawNI, to capture views on how Brexit has been impacting people living in the district. The event takes place on Thursday 4 October 2018 in the Auditorium, Sean Hollywood Arts Centre, Bank Parade, Newry BT35 6HP […]

Newry City Councillor Valerie Harte has spoken out after damage to a number of vehicles in the city. She was speaking after an incident in the Church Street and Mount Pleasant areas of the city and said the entire affair has left the local community very angry. “Residents who had their vehicles damaged […]
Oct 3 2018 | Posted in
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Newry Mourne and Down Councillor Liz Kimmins has said that recent developments reinforced the belief that the SDLP have a stated objective of rejecting the democratic decision of the people of the area to name the area after Raymond McCreesh. Speaking to Newry Times, Councillor Kimmins stated, “McCreesh Park was one of a number of […]