
Councillor Liz Kimmins has confirmed that a broader range of community groups will receive funding for revenue projects including summer schemes, major and minor festivals, community engagement, tourism and arts and culture. It follows a proposal made by Sinn Fein to defer the decision back to the Active and Healthy Communities Committee at the full […]
May 16 2018 | Posted in
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SDLP MLA Justin McNulty has revealed that the Southern Trust is to be given the go-ahead by the Department of Health to implement the Pathfinder Action Plan for Daisy Hill in full. McNulty has said he expects major capital works to be completed before the end of the year at the site. McNulty […]
May 16 2018 | Posted in
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Newry and Armagh Sinn Féin MP Mickey Brady has said that the delay by the Southern Trust in providing paediatric surgery is completely unacceptable. The MP, who met with the Southern Health Trust to discuss the issue said, “Children’s Theatres in both Craigavon and Daisy Hill Hospitals have not been running at full capacity. […]
May 15 2018 | Posted in
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Newry City Councillor Charlie Casey has confirmed that all flags erected for the recent Easter Rising Commemorations in Newry City by his party have been taken down as per his party’s agreed protocols. The Sinn Féin representative appealed for all those individuals and groups who had erected flags and emblems prior to the Easter Rising […]
May 15 2018 | Posted in
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SDLP MLA for Newry and Armagh Justin McNulty has called for a fundamental rethink of the way the Out of Hours medical services are configured. McNulty made the call as the Department of Health confirmed monies are being allocated to transform the health service locally. Speaking to Newry Times, McNulty said, “Out of […]
May 15 2018 | Posted in
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Detectives are appealing for information following a burglary at a house in the Tullyframe Road area of Kilkeel on the morning of Tuesday, 8 May. It was reported that entry was forced via the rear of the property at some point between 9:00 am and 10:05 am. A sum of cash and jewellery […]
May 14 2018 | Posted in
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This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and the Public Health Agency (PHA) is using it as an opportunity to raise awareness about stress and the steps we can take to tackle it. Mental Health Awareness Week runs from 14-21 May and this year shines a spotlight on how we can learn to manage stress […]
May 14 2018 | Posted in
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SDLP MLA for Newry and Armagh Justin McNulty has branded the treatment of the disabled and the vulnerable by private health assessor Capita as appalling. Speaking to Newry Times, McNulty explained, “We have heard many stories in the media where those with disabilities and in receipt of Disability Living Allowance have lost their benefit when […]
May 14 2018 | Posted in
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In his funniest and most impossible show yet Mindreader, BBC star and mentalist David Meade will blow your mind as he beats the odds and predicts the impossible. Now performing all over the world, David’s ‘Wizard of Odds’ national tour on home soil has been blowing minds across the country. This year’s ‘Wizard of Odds’ […]

Newry Library is one of Northern Ireland’s 96 public libraries that are joining the Public Health Agency’s (PHA) Breastfeeding Welcome Here scheme. The new members will take the number of businesses, council facilities and popular tourist attractions signed up to the scheme to over 600. Breastfeeding Welcome Here was established to enable businesses […]
May 11 2018 | Posted in
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