
Infrastructure Minister, Nichola Mallon has announced the rollout of Phase 2 of the part-time 20mph speed limit schemes at 106 schools across Northern Ireland, including five schools in the Newry and Mourne area. This takes the total number of schools benefiting from this new road safety scheme introduced by Minister Mallon to 209. […]
Sep 17 2021 | Posted in
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Economy Minister Gordon Lyons has launched Skill Up, a new initiative to deliver free training places, in an investment of up to £23million. Supported by the Northern Ireland Office, Skill Up will fully fund the local further education colleges and universities to deliver approximately 15,000 training places in over 250 subject areas for […]

Northern Ireland’s largest community and civic pride initiative, Live Here Love Here, is calling for volunteers in County Down to play their part in cleaning up local beaches on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 September 2021. The big weekend event marks the start of its annual Healthy Oceans, Healthy Minds campaign, in partnership […]

University students taking part-time jobs are at increased risk of falling victim to scams, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is warning. Higher numbers of students going to university this year mean more young people may choose to take on part-time work. Being new to interacting with HMRC and unfamiliar with genuine […]

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has announced that she is extending legislation to protect private renters from eviction to 4 May 2022. Introduced at the start of the pandemic the Private Tenancies (Coronavirus Modifications) Act requires landlords to give tenants a 12-week notice to quit period before seeking a court order to begin proceedings […]
Sep 16 2021 | Posted in
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Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has urged students to check if they could be entitled to benefits by using the Department for Communities’ Make the Call Wraparound service. Minister Hargey was speaking as students began returning to college and university at the start of the academic year. The Make the Call service […]
Sep 15 2021 | Posted in
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People from all walks of life across the Newry and Mourne area are being encouraged to apply for one of the free Open University courses available this autumn as part of the government’s Skill Up initiative. The most recent data for students registered with The Open University (the OU) in the Newry […]

Life and Time Care, the palliative charity which delivers end of life care to Warrenpoint, Burren and the Rostrevor region, has this month launched a new team of nurses to deliver services to the Rathfriland, Hilltown and Mayobridge area. The established end of life charity, Life & Time Care, provides palliative support to […]
Sep 15 2021 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has told the Assembly’s Infrastructure committee that hourly bus services from Newry to Dublin should be reinstated. The Newry and Armagh MLA stated, “In 2019 there was an hourly bus service from Newry to Dublin and Dublin Airport. “Currently, Translink’s 2021-2022 timetable only has services from […]
Sep 14 2021 | Posted in
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Newry SDLP MLA Justin McNulty has welcomed the announcement of a Taxi Action Plan from SDLP Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon to benefit taxi drivers. SDLP Minister Mallon has announced a number of new steps to support the taxi industry as they rebuild following the Covid-19 pandemic. Among the proposals are plans […]
Sep 14 2021 | Posted in
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