Sinn Fein Councillor Colman Burns has urged dog owners to act responsibly in the coming weeks and months, during the lambing season, to ensure that there is not another year of losses and carnage. Speaking to Newry Times, Councillor Burns said,“Every year we read in the newspapers and look at the photographs of lambs ripped […]
SDLP South Down MLA Karen McKevitt says she wants to create greater awareness of the symptoms associated with Ovarian cancer in order to increase survival rates. Speaking to Newry Times, Karen said it is imperative that all women, young and old, are educated on the signs of ovarian cancer so that we can increase the […]
Alliance Party South Down spokesperson Councillor Patrick Clarke has welcomed news of a major publicity campaign being planned to promote the Mournes area between Down, Banbridge and Newry & Mourne District Council areas which was outlined at a recent Destination Mourne Tourism Management Forum Meeting. The meeting was attended by Councillors and Officers from Down […]
SDLP South Down MLA Karen McKevitt has said she is delighted that further money has been granted to Newry and Mourne District Council by the Minister for Environment to tackle decay and dereliction in Warrenpoint and Rostrevor in advance of the World Police and Fire Games. Speaking to Newry Times, McKevitt said, “I am pleased that extra […]
SDLP Education spokesperson Sean Rogers has said the Department of Education must champion the literacy and numeracy skills of young people in order to raise standards. The South Down MLA was responding to the Northern Ireland Audit Office report (NIAO) ‘Improving Literacy and Numeracy Achievement in Schools’ which was published this week. Speaking to Newry […]
Representatives from Newry Council and the Careers Service NI recently visited the classes of SRC’s ‘Employ Me’ programme. The classes, which are being held in the SRC Newry campus, include Hospitality, Finance, Retail and External Wall Insulation. ‘Employ Me’ aims to provide a pathway into work by offering employability and vocational skills to unemployed and […]
SDLP MP for South Down, Margaret Ritchie, has called for the UK government to clarify whether they were aware of the possibility that horse meat had entered the food chain prior to the current scandal. Speaking to Newry Times, Ritchie said it is ‘absolutely vital’ that the Department for Health and the Department for the […]
Following a recent ‘Letters to the Editor’ on Newry Times, during which local woman Marie-Claire Fitzpatrick brought the issue of parking fines at the Merchants Quay Retail Park into question, the issue is now being brought to the attention of the council via local Sinn Fein councillor Valerie Harte. Reacting to a spate of parking […]
The Grounded Slieve Gullion book club continues on Saturday 16th February at 10.30am in the coffee shop based at Slieve Gullion Forest Park. The book of the month chosen for discussion by the group is “The Lost Horizon” by James Hilton, written in 1933. The book is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a […]
Newry Chamber of Commerce & Trade will host a Labour Relations seminar on Handling Discipline & Grievances on the 31st January 2013 in Bagenal’s Castle Newry. Local business representatives are invited to this informative seminar which will be conducted by the Labour Relations Agency. Do you have the knowledge, skill and confidence to deal with […]
