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‘Street light failings are endangering children’, warns Sinn Féin Councillor

Sinn Féin Councillor Terry Hearty has called on Transport NI to address the huge number of broken streetlights across South Armagh. “There are a high number of broken streetlights across South Armagh but particularly in the Crossmaglen, Culloville and Creggan areas,” he told Newry Times. “This cannot simply be dismissed as an issue of resources […]

Four cars damaged in overnight Newry incident

Police are appealing for information following incidents of criminal damage that occurred in the Helens Terrace area of Newry in the early hours of Thursday 11th February. At approximately 2.50am, police received a report that a window had been smashed in four cars in the area. Anyone who may have seen any suspicious activity in […]

Barcroft interagency meeting success

Sinn Féin Councillor Liz Kimmins has said the first meeting of a newly set up interagency group in the Barcroft area was a positive initiative with huge potential for the future. The Newry representative urged residents in the area get involved with the new group, which met recently, to raise any issues they have in […]

Newry home ransacked during burglary

Police in Newry are appealing for information following a burglary. Sometime between 3pm on Friday, 5th February and 10pm on Saturday, 6th February, entry was forced to a house in Latt Villas and a number of rooms ransacked. Police are appealing to anyone who noticed any suspicious activity or vehicles in the area during this […]

Murphy labels Loanda Crescent delay ‘a scandal’

Newry MLA Conor Murphy has written to senior management in the Housing Executive urging them to sort out what he described as the ‘Loanda Crescent retrofit scandal’. The Sinn Féin MLA said it was unacceptable that residents were still waiting for the much needed project almost a decade after it was first mooted. “This scheme […]

South Armagh smash and grab attempt ‘an attack on entire community’

Local councillor Barra Ó Muirí has described a smash and grab attempt in South Armagh as ‘an attack on the entire community’. “These criminals are a stain on the good name of South Armagh,” he told Newry Times. “There has been a catalogue of attempted robberies in South Armagh over the past 12 months, a […]

Five burglaries in Newry over the weekend

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Police are appealing for information following a number of burglaries in the Newry area over the weekend. On the afternoon of Friday 12th February, a house was broken into in the Castlekeele Heights area. Nothing was taken. A quantity of jewellery, a laptop and televisions were stolen from a house in the St Oliver Plunkett […]

Four men and one woman charged with handling stolen goods

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Police have charged four men aged, 29, 31, 35 and 41 and one woman aged 38 with handling stolen goods. They will appear appear at Newry Magistrates’ Court today, Monday, 15th February It is believed that some of the property recovered was taken during a burglary at a school in Antrim on 3rd February. The […]

Ram-raid at Newry shop

Detectives are appealing for information following a burglary that occurred at a shop in the Millvale Road area of Newry in the early hours of Monday 15th February. At approximately 4.25am, it is believed that a vehicle rammed the shutters of the shop and gained entry. A number of cigarettes were taken in the burglary. […]

Newry police call for witnesses after burglary

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Police in Newry are appealing for information following a burglary. Sometime between 5.10pm on Monday, 25th January and 7.45am on Tuesday, 26th January, entry was gained to a shed and store at business premises on Temple Hill Road. Tins of spray paint, a Honda pressure washer and a drill were stolen. The pressure washer has […]







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