
Dear Editor, On November 21st 2012, Republican prisoners ended their long running protest in Maghaberry. Just a few days later, on November 29th, I was arrested, taken from my home to Antrim interrogation centre before being charged and then imprisoned in Maghaberry. As many readers will be aware, there has been long and protracted campaign […]

Dear Editor, I am writing to inform people of the new parking arrangements at the site of TK Maxx in Newry. Now let me state first of all that this should be the job of TK Maxx etc to inform their customers of the new parking arrangements and not for a member of the public […]

Dear Editor, As Christmas approaches I’m sure, like me, a lot of your readers’ thoughts will turn to ideas of what to buy a loved one. But this year I’d like to suggest a truly wonderful gift that will change lives across the world: sponsoring a child with Plan UK. It costs just £15 a […]

Dear Editor, I would like to tell you a story that happened to me a few days ago. I was coming from Hill Street to Abbey yard at approximately 8pm on my way home. As you are aware it is dark at this time and I proceeded to go through the tunnels and go under […]

Dear Editor, I welcome the opportunity to reply to Councillor Mick Murphy and his advisers who no doubt helped draft the attack on me for “stating what I believe”. For the record and in the interests of accuracy may I state the obvious to Councillor Murphy; what I actually said in response to being asked for […]

Dear Editor, I would like to respond to views recently expressed by Councillor Michael Carr in the local press, in which he states that Newry and Mourne is in the grip of a cancer epidemic caused by the Sellafield nuclear power station. Councillor Carr makes this statement based on the incidence of cancer patients and […]

Dear Editor, This letter is in response to the previous Letters to the Editor posted on Newry Times on 30th October 2012: Letters to the Editor, ‘Concerned parent unhappy at adult TV celebrity appearing at local teen disco’ We would like to express our disappointment at the content of the letter submitted to the editor […]

Dear Editor, I am writing as a concerned parent and Primary School Teacher about the recent teenage disco ‘Rapture’ that took place in the City Hall on Friday 26th October. As a parent I was not aware until two evenings before it took place that there was a celebrity guest appearing. This guest is from […]

This letter is in response to ‘Hypocritical outrage from the DUP over council motion’ Dear Editor, I watch the situation in N.I. from my observation point in London very closely and am bemused. For an observer outside N.I. the letter from Damian Herron (26 Oct) describes a situation which is bizarre to say the least. That […]

Dear Editor, The DUP are outraged over the recent council motion passed calling for the immediate release of Gerry McGeough, Marian Price and Martin Corey. Referring to the imprisonment of Gerry McGeough, Fianna Fáil TD Éamon Ó Cuiv stated,“This is a lot bigger than Gerry because this in my view is a major step back […]