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Archive for: March, 2019

Amended fees to benefit Access NI registered bodies

The Department of Justice has announced that it is to reduce fees for Basic and Standard Criminal record checks made through AccessNI.   From 1 April 2019, the cost of basic and standard checks will be reduced from the current fee of £26 to £18.     The reduction will benefit individual applicants and also […]

Illegal dumping ‘at epidemic proportions’

Sinn Féin Local Council Election candidate for the Slieve Gullion area, Oonagh Magennis has said that the issue of illegal dumping was now a widespread major problem throughout the area and that it needed to be tackled head-on by those charged with doing so. Oonagh was speaking after visiting the scenes of more illicit dumping […]

SRC caters for growth with £600,000 ‘Graduate’ investment

Southern Regional College, one of Northern Ireland’s leading providers of dedicated skills training and support for the local and regional hospitality sector, has served up its newest culinary innovation. Confirming its reputation for excellence in hospitality and tourism, Southern Regional College has officially opened the hatch on a new, ultra-modern training restaurant and kitchen which […]

Bessbrook death: 5 arrested on suspicion of murder

Drumalane Newry death - Newry news headlines

Detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man, aged in his 30s, whose body was discovered in a property in the Acorn Hill area of Bessbrook this morning, Wednesday 13 March. Police received a report shortly after 10.15am this morning.      Speaking to Newry Times, Detective Chief Inspector Eamonn Corrigan said, […]

Newry MLA meets police chiefs

SDLP MLA Justin McNulty has held separate meetings with the PSNI’s Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton and the District Commander Super Intendent Jane Humphries this week. Speaking to Newry Times, McNulty explained, “This week I have held a number of meetings with the PSNI at a regional and local level. Our meetings were both important […]

Appeal for witnesses after South Armagh VW van theft

Police in Newtownhamilton are investigating the report of the theft of a van in Silverbridge on Tuesday 26 February. Speaking to Newry Times, Constable Tom Nugent said, “A silver Volkswagen Caddy van was parked at the side of the road at Ford’s Cross around 3.30pm on Tuesday afternoon, and when the owner returned to collect […]

Daisy Hill Hospital Renal Unit amongst the best in UK

The Southern Trust’s Renal Unit has been ranked as fourth in the UK and top in Northern Ireland in a national patient experience survey. The Renal Unit at Daisy Hill Hospital treats patients with kidney disease from across Armagh, Dungannon, Craigavon, Banbridge, Newry and Mourne and some from border areas of the Republic of Ireland. […]

Life & Time to welcome Professor Max Watson to Warrenpoint

Life & Time, the new charity set up to deliver extra end of life care to people in the Rostrevor, Warrenpoint and Burren region, is to officially launch the service at a special event on Tuesday 26 March in Warrenpoint Town Hall at 7.30pm. After almost a year since the concept of a community-driven, end-of-life […]

Newry’s Disabled and Deaf Artists urged to apply for funding

Awards of up to £5,000 are available for artists in Newry who are disabled/deaf. The grants are to help progress artists’ careers. The iDA (individual disabled and deaf artists) Awards scheme is a dedicated programme to build skills and develop original and challenging work by disabled and deaf artists across all art forms.     […]

Newry-based business announced as Best Managed Company

Around Noon has been named as one of Ireland’s best-managed companies in the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards programme, in association with Bank of Ireland. The company, which demonstrated superior business performance, was recognised at a gala awards dinner in Dublin on 1 March 2019. It is the second consecutive year that it has received […]







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