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Newry MLA meets parking officials about local parking enforcements concerns

SDLP MLA for Newry and Armagh Justin McNulty has met with representatives of the Department of Infrastructure in Newry about concerns around parking enforcement by NCL Parking Attendants. McNulty was accompanied by Sinead Forde and Eamonn Connolly, MD of Newry BID to a meeting with Aidan O’Callaghan of the Parking Enforcement Unit and Ciaran McKenna, […]

Relocation of Outpatients and GP Out of Hours at Daisy Hill Hospital

From Monday 22 October the General Outpatients Department and GP Out of Hours Service at Daisy Hill Hospital will be based at Bernish House (the old Nurses Home).  The move is part of ongoing work at the hospital to make way for a new Direct Assessment Unit.     The creation of a Direct Assessment […]

Vigilance urged following Newry break-in

Local Saoradh representative Stephen Murney has called on local residents to be vigilant as Christmas approaches. He was speaking after an attempted break-in that took place in the Derrybeg area on 10 October.     The local community activist said, “Criminal hoods caused damage to a resident’s front door as they attempted to gain entry […]

‘Adoption Changes Lives’ campaign launched

With falling numbers of applications for adoption, a new campaign has been launched today, Monday 15 October, to encourage more people to become adoptive parents. There are currently around 3000 children in care in Northern Ireland. Almost 700 of these children are under 5 years old.      Most of these children, who come into […]

Cannabis-based medicinal products to be made available in Northern Ireland

The Department of Health has announced it will be taking measures to enable patients for the first time in Northern Ireland to be prescribed cannabis-based medicinal products without a licence. This mirrors similar changes which will occur in England, Wales and Scotland and will come into force on 1 November 2018.     The amendments […]

Police investigation ‘ongoing’ after man’s body found

A police investigation into the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a man’s body on a beach in Newcastle is ongoing. The body was found by a member of the public shortly before 5 am on Thursday 11 October.     Speaking to Newry Times, Detective Sergeant Bell said, “We have carried out a number of […]

Appeal for information after burglary

Police investigating the report of a burglary in the Mullaghbawn area are appealing for information. Speaking to Newry Times, Constable Karl Smith said, “We received a report shortly before 8am on Monday 17 September of a burglary at a property in the Aughanduff Road area.     “It was reported that entry was forced sometime […]

Four men arrested after stolen property recovered by police in Mayobridge

Newry stabbing: Man stabbed in the face in 'vicious attack' | Newry Times - Newry news

Local police have said a four day search for stolen property has led to the arrest of four men. On Friday 5 October police commenced a search of premises in the Mayobridge area for suspected stolen property.      This search ended on Monday 8 October and four men, aged 59, 51, 40 and 37, […]

Canal Street, Newry works “progressing well”

NI Water has said their work on a new storm sewer on New Street / Canal Street, Newry is “progressing well” and are currently ahead of the original 6-week programme. The proposed construction work involves laying approximately 165m of storm sewer and associated manholes on New Street and Canal Street, Newry to serve a new […]

Newry Leisure Centre in the running to win national title

Newry Leisure Centre is in the running to win a national title at the 2018 Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Awards Grand Final next month. In May the £19m leisure centre project funded mainly by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council was named the winner of the Regeneration category at the Northern Ireland final of […]







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