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.

The Yuletide Fair was in Warrenpoint this week and Newry Times have a picture special of the event to share with you. Click any of the pictures below to open the gallery: [nggallery id=1] With thanks to Brian at oldwarrenpointforum.com for supplying the photographs.

Police in Bessbrook are appealing for information following an incident in the Ashmore Hill/St Oliver Plunkett Park area of Camlough on Sunday 4th December. At approximately 5.30am two males were observed abandoning a silver coloured Volkswagen Passat and making off from the area. The males, aged 19 and 21 years old, were subsequently arrested on […]
Dec 9 2011 | Posted in
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Northern Ireland Water today announced a £4.4 million water improvement programme, set to get underway in January 2012 in the Newry and Lough Ross area. Throughout the project there will be disruption to traffic and a one way traffic light system will be operational in short sections of the road in the area. Speaking about […]
Dec 8 2011 | Posted in
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The Canal Court Hotel is hosting a book sale in aid of Ambulance for Sisters of St Ann Mangadu, India tomorrow. The book sale will begin at 10am and will finish at 5pm with proceeds going to the charity.

Benefit fraudsters across Northern Ireland risk a hefty fine or even a jail sentence after two people were convicted at Newry Magistrates’ Court on Monday for claiming benefits they were not entitled to. Gary Thompson from Gilford recieved a three-month prison sentence suspended for two years. The 41 year old was charged with wrongful encashment […]
Dec 7 2011 | Posted in
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Police in Newry have urged witnesses to come forward after the PSNI revealed they are looking to question two men in connection with two armed robberies on Tuesday night. Two masked men, one armed with a hatchet, forced staff to hand over money from an off-licence on the Forkhill Road in Newry just after 8:30pm. […]
Dec 7 2011 | Posted in
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Mairead McElkerney, the daughter of murdered Newry pensioner Maire Rankin, has spoken out after a Criminal Justice Inspection (CJI) report found that care given to victims and witnesses of crime needs to improve. Maire Rankin was murdered at her home in Newry on Christmas Day in 2008 and it took a staggering two years and […]
Dec 7 2011 | Posted in
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A former Kilkeel secondary school headmaster has been co-opted by the SDLP to replace Margaret Ritchie as an MLA for South Down. Sean Rodgers, who is currently a Newry councillor, was selected at a party meeting in South Down on Sunday evening. Mr Rodgers, 58, a former principal of St Louis Grammar School in Kilkeel, […]
Dec 7 2011 | Posted in
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The Castleblayney and South Armagh Partnership (CASA) has secured funding to the value of £1.36 million which will aid the development of Slieve Gullion, Lough Muckno and Ballybay. The funding has been recieved through the Special European Programmes Body as well as the INTERREG IVA Programme within the framework of the Cross-Border Territorial Co-operation Programme […]
Dec 7 2011 | Posted in
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This winter doesn’t have to be a problem if you attend the free “Winter Wise” information event being organised by Newry and Mourne Council’s Environment, Health & Building Services Department. Members of the public are invited to attend the event being held in the main foyer of the West Campus at Southern Regional College, Patrick […]