Southern Regional College (SRC) has been given the go-ahead to create a new £45 million campus in Craigavon, completing its £95 million investment plans to open three new, state-of-the-art educational facilities. SRC is already advancing the development of two campuses in Armagh and Banbridge as part of the overall investment by the Department for the […]
SDLP MLA for Newry and Armagh Justin McNulty has called on the GAA, RTÉ and BBC Northern Ireland to clarify what games, including where Ulster Clubs and Counties are competing, are to be broadcast during 2019. McNulty was speaking as RTÉ announced it would be expanding its coverage of games to include National League and […]
SDLP Councillor Kate Loughran has called on the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Education Derek Baker to reinstate the Curriculum Sports Programme as six Councils across the North support motion calling for funding to be restored. Speaking to Newry Times, Loughran said, “In November 2018, the Department of Education pulled the plug on the […]
2017 saw the number of alcohol-related deaths in Northern Ireland increase for the fourth consecutive year to the highest on record. This is one of the findings of the statistics published this week by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). The statistics show that 303 of the 16,036 deaths registered in […]
Newry SDLP Councillor Michael Savage has called for sewers serving The Meadow area to be monitored as part of the ongoing Area Drainage Plan for the city. Councillor Michael Savage made the call after NI Water staff met with him and local residents of the Killeavy Road in The Meadow recently to discuss ongoing flooding […]
Thanks to the generosity of a local family, a new sensory room has opened in The Daisy Children and Young People’s Unit at Daisy Hill Hospital. ‘Harvey’s Haven’ was the dream of Bessbrook woman Clare McCabe, following the sad loss of her little boy Harvey who passed away in January 2015, aged just two and […]
SDLP MLA for Newry and Armagh Justin McNulty has praised the organisers of the commemorative Civil Rights March held in Newry on Sunday. Speaking to Newry Times, McNulty said, “Sunday’s commemorative march was hugely symbolic and deeply personal for many who took part both 50 years ago and again on Sunday. “50 years ago campaigners […]
Sinn Féin MLA Megan Fearon has said that the announcement from the Irish government that it will continue support for Irish students to study in the north and Britain, and vice versa until 2019 is reassuring but added that further clarity is needed. She also stated that the issue had once again highlighted the ‘utter […]
SDLP Assembly Member for Newry and Armagh Justin McNulty has met with the Permanent Secretary at the Department of Education on the need for new build facilities for Bunscoil an Iúir. McNulty was joined at the meeting with the school Principal and members of the school’s Board of Governors. Speaking to Newry Times, […]
Newry and Armagh MLA Conor Murphy has said that there is great disappointment within the Camlough community at the failure by the Special EU Programme Body SEUPB to support the application for a Peace Centre in the village. Speaking to Newry Times, the local Sinn Féin MLA explained, “Six years of work has gone into […]
