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.

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 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 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 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 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 […]

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 […]
Apr 22 2012 | Posted in
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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 […]
Apr 22 2012 | Posted in
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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 […]
Apr 21 2012 | Posted in
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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 […]
Apr 21 2012 | Posted in
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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 […]
Apr 21 2012 | Posted in
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