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Northern Ireland housing market: Research indicates house price stability as NI re-emerges from ‘lockdown’

Newry house prices, NI housing market - Newry Times news

Residential property in NI costing on average £175,551, 5.8% annual growth since the same period in 2019 and a slight reduction in average house prices during the second quarter of 2020.   The latest Quarterly House Price Index report from Ulster University has pointed to the Northern Ireland housing market stabilising with the market displaying […]

Crime prevention booklets launched in Northern Ireland

Scamwise Chief Supt Walls and Joe - NOrthern Ireland scams and frauds - Newry news

The ScamwiseNI Partnership has produced two crime prevention booklets designed to raise awareness about the ways fraudsters use to swindle people out of their hard-earned money.     The booklets, ‘The Little Book of Cyber Scams’ and ‘The Little Book of Phone Scams’ are designed to help the public protect themselves from scammers. They are […]

Newry and Belfast have highest amount of break-ins, new data reveals

Cash register taken during Hilltown burglary - Newry news

New data has revealed that Northern Ireland has one of the lowest burglary rates in the UK, but Newry has one of the highest number of reported burglaries.   Embed from Getty Images   By contrast, South Yorkshire had the highest burglary rate during the same period, with 10.29 burglaries. The figures show that from […]

Newry woman “shocked and upset” after car vandalised causing extensive damage

Newry vandals target car in city centre car park - Newry news

A local woman has said she is shocked and upset after vandals attacked her car in a Newry car park – the third such attack in just one week.     Marketing Executive Jessica Phillips, a member of staff at Co-Working and Serviced office business Granite Exchange in Kildare Street, parked her Mercedes car in […]

Newry police appeal for information after man “stabbed in the chest”

Newry stabbing - Newry news

Detectives in Newry are appealing for information following the report of a stabbing in a house in the Michael McCreesh Park area of Forkhill last night, Wednesday 19 August.     Speaking to Newry Times, Detective Sergeant Johnston said, “We were notified by Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, just after 7.15 pm, that a man had […]

Dodds welcomes Irish Open back to Northern Ireland

Irish Open 2020 - Newry sports news

Economy Minister Diane Dodds has welcomed the news that the Dubai Duty-Free Irish Open golf tournament is to return to Northern Ireland next month.     She was speaking after the European Tour announced that this year’s tournament would be hosted by Galgorm Spa and Golf Resort in Co Antrim on 24-27 September 2020. The […]

New £1.5 million state-of-the-art play park opens

Hillsborough LCCC PARK - Newry newspaper

Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots MLA has previewed phase one of a new £1.5 million state-of-the-art play park, which officially opened on 17 August.     The Minister was joined by elected representatives from Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council (LCCC) to mark the opening of the park in Hillsborough. DAERA has provided just under £1m […]

250,000 downloads of Stop COVID NI app

NI Stop COVID app Coronavirus Covid190 Newry - COVID NI app - Newry newspaper

Department of Health figures show that there have been more than 250,000 downloads of the ‘StopCOVID NI’ proximity app since it went live two weeks ago.     Health Minister Robin Swann said, “Surpassing a quarter of a million downloads in just two weeks is a fantastic achievement. “I want to thank everyone who has […]

Scam warning after more than £80k lost to fraudsters

Newry scam fraud - Newry newspaper

Police are warning the public to be vigilant after more than £80,000 was lost in a spate of scams in Northern Ireland.   Embed from Getty Images   Scammers employed a variety of means to deceive their victims. Some were cold-called at home by people claiming to be from an online retailer who was told […]

Christmas in August? It could only happen in 2020

Newry Cinema - Newry news

Christmas in August? The special day is in aid of Barnardo’s Children’s Charity.     Today Omniplex Cinemas have announced something that could only happen in 2020 – they’re doing Christmas in August.     The cinema chain, which has 33 cinemas across the country will be pulling out the Christmas trees, cranking up the […]







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