
Food-to-go manufacturer, Around Noon, has been presented with its prestigious award for securing a place in the Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 league table for the second year in a row. The Newry-headquartered business is one of a small number of companies to make the esteemed ranking two years in succession. […]
May 30 2019 | Posted in
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Local Charity Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful is calling for volunteers across Northern Ireland to get involved in Clean Coasts Week, running from 1 -9 June with a series of litter picks and cleanups. Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful want to inspire and create a Clean Coasts Community to take action and help preserve the coastline for […]

Newry Mourne and Down Sinn Féin Councillor Liz Kimmins has said that the campaign for the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) to introduce traffic calming measures on the main Forkhill Road which runs through Cloughoge remains a high priority for her. The Sinn Féin representative made her comments after members of the local Toal / Harte […]
May 29 2019 | Posted in
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The Waterbus from NI Water recently visited Bessbrook Primary School, Bessbrook, Newry, to tell pupils about the water cycle. During the visit, the children learned about what can and can’t be put down the toilet; only flush the 3 Ps: pee, poo and paper; what NI Water does to clean the water and how sewage […]
May 29 2019 | Posted in
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Newry based food-to-go company Around Noon picked up a highly commended award in the Excellence in Regional Delivery category at the Henderson Wholesale Fresh Innovation Awards held during the Balmoral Show. The awards celebrate Henderson’s fresh food suppliers, farmers and growers and reward their product innovation, accessibility of goods and sustainable practices. Pictured […]
May 28 2019 | Posted in
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Children and adults recently helped to tackle Northern Ireland’s lack of woodland cover by planting thousands of trees as part of the Woodland Trust’s free tree’s scheme. The Woodland Trust want to make sure that everybody in the UK has a chance to plant a tree, so are giving away hundreds of thousands of trees […]
May 28 2019 | Posted in
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Six of Newry’s spas, hair and beauty salons and aesthetics clinics have been announced as finalists for the first ever Northern Ireland Beauty Excellence Awards, which take place in June. The shortlist in its entirety has been whittled down from hundreds of entries, and the Newry contingent join over 80 other companies announced as finalists […]
May 27 2019 | Posted in
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The Southern Health and Social Care Trust has launched a new campaign to increase the number of domiciliary care workers helping people to live in the comfort of their own homes. A career in domiciliary care is ideal for a compassionate person who has had experience of caring for someone. The campaign involves […]

FinTrU Assured Skills Academy is offering 20 training places in financial services for graduates in Belfast. Funded by the Department for the Economy, the latest FinTrU Assured Skills Academy will provide successful applicants with six weeks of industry-relevant pre-employment training at Belfast Metropolitan College and Ulster University. Participants who complete the training successfully […]

With sunny spells and high temperatures expected this Summer, NI Water has announced extended opening hours at the breath-taking Silent Valley Mountain Park. The park offers true peace and tranquillity whilst housing the most picturesque, and Insta-worthy, scenery in Northern Ireland. Speaking to Newry Times, Stewart Walsh, Park Manager, commented, “Silent Valley is […]
May 24 2019 | Posted in
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