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Newry attractions urged to enter search for best small visitor attraction

Attractions and experiences in the Newry area have until Friday 1 March to enter the search for Northern Ireland’s Best Small Visitor Attraction – a competition which will offer the winner a prize of £30,000 free marketing support and brand visibility at George Best Belfast City Airport. Launched by the airport in partnership with Tourism […]

Newry Council approves £2.5 million Play Strategy projects

Newry Mourne and Down Councillor Liz Kimmins has said the decision by the Council’s Active & Healthy Communities Committee to approve a large number of capital schemes projects will help improve the quality of life of all who will benefit from the projects. The local representative explained, “The Active & Healthy Communities Committee, as a […]

Road surface in Camlough estate “a battlefield for wheelchair users”

A candidate in the forthcoming Local Council Elections has said that some pavements and road surfaces are a battlefield for many wheelchair users and people with mobility issues and she has urged Roads Service to address the issue. Oonagh Magennis, a Sinn Féin candidate for the Slieve Gullion Area, made her appeal after visiting St […]

Newry students visit Westminster

Sinn Féin MP Mickey Brady has welcomed a group of students from Abbey CBS, Newry, to Westminster. The Newry and Armagh MP said, “I welcomed a group of students and staff from Abbey CBS Grammar School in Newry to Westminster.     “I had an engaging discussion with the students on a variety of topics […]

Two new play parks in Newry welcomed

Newry SDLP Councillor Michael Savage has welcomed the news that residents in the Carrivemaclone and Newtowncloughoge areas are to get two new play parks. Newry, Mourne and Down District Council AHC Committee agreed to include the two local play parks for major upgrade early in the new financial year.     Speaking to Newry Times, Councillor Savage […]

FAST campaign re-launched – call 999 if you see any signs of stroke

Stroke is a common cause of death and disability in Northern Ireland. There are approximately 2,800 new strokes here every year and in 2017, 988 people died following a stroke.     While the majority of strokes occur in people over the age of 65, it can strike at any age, with 25% occurring in […]

Job opportunities to be seized at major Job Fair

The Department for Communities, in partnership with Belfast City Council, is hosting a major job fair in Belfast on Tuesday 5 March 2019. The job fair will take place in the Europa Hotel, Belfast between 11.00am and 4.00pm and admission is free.     More than 60 employers will take part, with representatives from the […]

Drugs valued at £20,000 found during police search

Police in South Armagh have dismantled a cannabis factory situated in an uninhabited cottage on the Annaghad Road in Cullaville. Speaking to Newry Times, Sergeant William Nulty said, “We received information in the early hours of Tuesday 19 February that illegal drugs were being grown at the property.     “Officers attended and found cannabis […]

Say ‘I do’ to Marriage Allowance

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is sharing the love and encouraging married couples and those in a civil partnership to sign up for Marriage Allowance. More than 3.5 million couples are already benefitting from Marriage Allowance, which was introduced in April 2015, but HMRC estimates around 700,000 couples are still eligible for the free tax […]

£800 donation to PIPS and Kevin Bell Repatriation Fund

Michelle Curran (Commercial Manger) and Teresa Mooney (Company Accountant) at local business Mobile VMS, have presented Padraig Harte of PIPS Hope and Support and Colin Bell of Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust with a donation of £400 each. Speaking at the cheque presentation, Michelle said Mobile VMS were delighted to be able to donate the funds […]







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