A £106,000 resurfacing scheme on Boat Street, Newry commenced on Thursday 1 September 2022. The improvement work will extend from William Street/Abbey Way to the junction with Quay Street, Newry. It includes resurfacing the carriageway with the upgrading of road drainage. To help ensure the safety of those using the road and to […]
Organised Crime Unit Detectives have seized nearly 500 items of suspected counterfeit designer goods and seized a BMW car following the search of a residential property in the Newry area on 1 September. Detective Inspector Conor Sweeney explains, “During the search, we have also arrested a 65-year-old woman on suspicion of a number […]
Economy Minister Gordon Lyons has welcomed the support that the Covid-19 Digital Selling Capability Grant (DSCG) and Covid-19 Micro-business E-commerce Grant (MBEG) have offered to over 700 local retail and wholesale businesses. Both schemes were developed by Invest Northern Ireland to help SMEs and micro-businesses improve their e-commerce and digital marketing capabilities and […]
A government grant scheme offering up to £75,000 per company for those seeking to make the switch to electric vehicles (EVs) is a “game changer” for local businesses, Belfast-based EV infrastructure company Weev has said. The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) provides assistance towards the cost of charge points, funding up to […]
Local charity Outdoor Recreation Northern Ireland has announced a 130% surge in traffic to its OutmoreNI.com website, which lists information on hundreds of trails and places across NI, including walking trails, cycling trails, canoe trails, and forest parks, beaches and other outdoor areas. The news comes as the charity’s recently-published People in the […]
A crime prevention strategy which protects badgers and their setts from the horrific act of badger baiting recently received a special commendation at the 32nd Annual National Wildlife Crime Prevention Conference. Lead by the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) and the Northern Ireland Badger Group (NIBG), the initiative […]
