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.

On the day of an important debate in the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Fostering Network is calling on the Government to launch a public awareness campaign to ensure kinship carers get the essential advice and support they need. At a point of crisis when a child can no longer live with its birth parents, their […]
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Sinn Féin MLA Chris Hazzard has today signed the Assembly register and taken on the role of representing the people of South Down. Speaking on his first official day in the Assembly Mr. Hazzard stated, “The last few weeks have been very busy and I was delighted today to sign the register and officially begin […]
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Mayor Charlie Casey chaired the recent Canal User Groups meeting the in the Arts Centre, Newry. This twice yearly committee meeting allows users of the canal to bring issues affecting the local waterways to official council attention. The meetings were initiated several years ago by the Newry & Portadown branch of the Inland Waterways Association […]
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ACL I: Clonduff 1-9 Longstone 0-8. The Division 1 season got underway last Friday and Longstone were away to Clonduff. The opening score of the game was a goal by the home team, scored by Patrick McGreevy, in the 4th minute. Longstone recovered well and tied the game at 3-3 by the 19th minute. During […]

Chartered Accountants in Newry are getting active to support Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stoke next Friday 20th April, as part of an all-Ireland charity initiative organised by Ireland’s biggest accountancy body. The Newry event takes place on Friday 20th at 4pm at Newry City Football Club, Newry Showgrounds, Greenbank Industrial Estate. The ‘Cheartered Accountants […]

MIXED FORTUNES FOR CARRICKCRUPPEN IN ALL COUNTY LEAGUE Carrickcruppen 0-12 Clann Eireann 1-11 The Senior team travelled to Clann Eireann Park last Wednesday night for their second league fixture of the season and returned empty handed after a disappointing performance. Cruppen went into the interval with the scoreboard level on 5 points each with scores […]

Crossmaglen Rangers G. F. C. We got our league campaign under way when we played hosts to Sarsfields and we would like them and our under age players for their guard of honour. Conditions were ideal for the game and it was Rangers who were quickly out of the blocks and after ten minutes were […]

Senior Football Thomas Davis Corrinshego 0-12 St Patricks Cullyhanna 0-07 Corrinshego got back to winning ways on Sunday with a well deserved win at home to Cullyhanna. Corrinshego started the game strong with an excellent score from Shane McArdle. It wasn’t long before McArdle was involved in the second consecutive score with a great run […]

Hurling Week A Tremendous Success The hurling week hosted by St. Peter’s GAA Club in Milltown playing fields over the Easter week was a tremendous success. Over fifty participants from the ages of 6 to 12 took part in action packed training and coaching sessions. The coaching was co-ordinated by Damien McConville along with St. […]

The Senior Camogie team started their league campaign with a win after they beat Castlewellan 2-8 to 2-2. This was a great team performance with the forwards hitting some great scores and the defence played very well from the goalie outwards. The midfield worked extremely hard all night at both ends of the pitch and […]