Stories written by DeclanCo-Founder, IT Specialist and Journalist at Newry Times. Declan is a graduate of the University of Ulster, gaining a Bachelor's degree in Interactive Multimedia Design.

IWAI Newry & Portadown branch volunteers, in partnership with Queen’s University, have begun this year’s programme of giant hogweed eradication along the canal and river. “The non-native giant hogweed completely takes over an area and no other plants can grow there.” said Maurice Turley, QUB, who is leading the team of sprayers. “The giant hogweed […]
Apr 4 2012 | Posted in
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Music lovers in the city are in for a very special treat on April 12th as Newry Chamber Music announces details of their Spring Concert which will feature two home grown outstanding musicians, Baritone Ben McAteer and pianist David Quigley. Regular NCM concert goers will be aware that the society aims to bring world class […]
Apr 4 2012 | Posted in
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Catering services in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust have been commended at a recent meeting of the Trust Board. The majority of Trust facilities have achieved the maximum score of 5 in the National Food Hygiene Rating scheme. Trust Chair, Roberta Brownlee said: “Catering services are an essential part of patient and client […]
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Health Minister Edwin Poots has congratulated the Southern Health & Social Care Trust on winning an award for their remote tele-monitoring pilot scheme, aimed at patients with long term conditions. Mr Poots said, “These awards are testament to the Southern Trusts commitment to do things differently through innovation and enterprise. Northern Ireland is seen as […]
Apr 3 2012 | Posted in
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The BBC have this week announced that Newry Library will host the ‘BBC Experience’, which is part of a series of road show events taking place throughout Northern Ireland. The event will be open at both 10am and 1pm on Tuesday 24th April. The BBC announced that several activities will take place, including a live […]

In March 2011, Louth Local Authorities and Newry and Mourne District Council signed a unique Memorandum of Understanding committing the Joint Local Authorities to promote, strengthen and stimulate social, cultural and economic links between the people of the region. Described by Senior European Officials, Members of the European Parliament and local political and economic leaders […]
Apr 2 2012 | Posted in
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The Newry & Mourne District Council have this week announced that new development works are set to commence in Monkshill Cemetery in Newry. The work is set to commence next week and will be ongoing for 6 months. Some of the development works includes upgrades to the existing cemetery, including replacing flagged footpaths with concreted […]
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Investment Minister Arlene Foster has in the last week spoke of how the majority of government jobs, supported by Invest NI, were located in areas “of economic disadvantage” such as Newry. She said, “During the past five years almost 60 per cent of new jobs supported by Invest NI were located in areas of economic […]
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According to early results of the 2011 Census, Irish is the third most used language in Ireland. The results, released by the Central Statistics Office Ireland, indicate that approximately 82,600 people speak Irish in their every day lives. With English being the highest spoken language on the island, Polish is said to be second with […]
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144 Housing Executive homes in the Newry area are set to receive new PVC double glazed windows. The windows will be delivered through a new Housing Executive scheme costing in the region of £340,000. Minister for Social Development, Nelson McCausland spoke of the scheme saying, “Through the Programme for Government the Northern Ireland Executive has […]
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