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Co-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.

Corrinshego club notes – 23rd April 2012

Corrinshego 0-18 Dromintee II 0-02 Corrinshego hosted Dromintee II’s on a wet Sunday afternoon. Played in poor weather conditions it was Corrinshego who came out on top and opened the scoring from the boot of Daniel Hughes. This looked as it was to be Daniel Hughes day as he soon added another score to Corrinshego’s […]

Craobh Rua Camlocha club notes – 23rd April 2012

Craobh Rua Camlocha Hurling Club Notes The season is now in full flight. Our seniors have their first match of the season this Tuesday night away to Sean Treacy’s Lurgan, whilst both our Under 12 teams will have their first games of the League on Thursday night. Senior: The seniors will meet at the Craobh […]

Crossmaglen Rangers club notes – 23rd April 2012

Crossmaglen Rangers G.F.C. An extremely busy week on the football front with teams involved at all levels. Messages of congratulations continue to arrive and we would like to thank all those who sent same. It never ceases to amaze me the generosity of our supporters and the club would like to thank Raymond Watters of […]

Carrickcruppen club notes – 23rd April 2012

CARRICKCRUPPEN 1-10 WOLFE TONES 0-9 Carrickcruppen travelled the long journey to the shores of Lough Neagh on Wednesday night last to take on Wolfe Tones and came home with the two points in what had been somewhat a mediocre performance and not the same free flowing football that they played last weekend. A Stephen Harold […]

Locals invited to join in with ‘Birds of a Feather’ at Slieve Gullion

Locals are encouraged to join Enspire’s bird experts next month in learning all about Slieve Gullion’s amazing wild birds. The event, on Sunday 6th May, will take families and guests on a fun packed guided walk around Slieve Gullion to experience the beauty of bird singing and learn how to identify some of our local […]

Survey suggests more people than ever claiming benefits

The number of people claiming Job Seekers Allowance in Northern Ireland has increased this month according to a survey released this week. However, the number of those unemployed has remained the same according to the latest figures in the ‘labour force survey’. The number of people unemployed in Northern Ireland is expected to be in […]

Translink announce public transport fares increase

Public transport fares in Newry and Mourne are set to rise after Translink announced a price hike of 3%.  Fares on a number of bus and rail routes across the country will be affected by the rise after the plans were revealed to MLAs this week during a Stormont committee meeting. It is the first […]

Vodafone staff meet with Minister for Enterprise over proposed Newry jobs

Union representatives for Vodafone call centre staff in Dundalk and Dublin have held a meeting with the Irish Minister for Enterprise in Dublin in the last few days to discuss their concerns over the proposed transfer of jobs to Newry. The representatives met with Richard Bruton as they try to save the loss of potentially […]

No Parking Increase at St Patrick’s Trian

Sinn Féin councillor, Cathy Rafferty, has proposed that there is no increase in car parking charges in the Saint Patrick’s Trian car park. This proposal was accepted at an Internal Scrutiny meeting on Tuesday 17th April. Speaking to Newry Times, Councillor Rafferty said, “Council officers brought a recommendation that, in line with DoE and Sainsbury’s […]

Man convicted of benefit fraud is fined

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A man has been convicted of benefit fraud this week at Newry Magistrates’ Court. The man was convicted after having claimed benefits he was not entitled to. The 38 year old from Blaney Crescent was fined £150 and ordered to pay court costs of £22 for wrongful encashment of Job Seekers Allowance totalling £222. The […]







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