
Early-stage start-ups could walk away with £50,000-worth of cash and business support at the Innovation Nation 2018 Ascend Start-up Competition this month. The inaugural tech and innovation conference – taking place in Newry on 27 September – has teamed up with leading start-up platform Startacus to deliver the all-island pitch competition where up to 12 […]

Detectives in Newry recovered a firearm in the city yesterday evening, Tuesday 4 September. The handgun was discovered in a bin in an alleyway in John Martin Street in the city at around 6.30pm yesterday evening. It has now been sent for further forensic examination. Speaking to Newry Times, Detective Sergeant James Johnston […]
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The first meeting of the Newry hub of the Next Chapter, the new civic empowerment initiative for women, will take place in Newry on Thursday 6 September at the Sean Holywood Arts Centre at 7 pm. This hub will welcome participants from right across the Newry area and surrounding counties. Women of all […]

Newry and Armagh Sinn Féin MP Mickey Brady has welcomed confirmation from the Southern Health & Social Care Trust that the present CT Scanner operating in Daisy Hill must be replaced. He said they are currently working on the Business Case for it. However, the MP, who raised his concern at a Board […]
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Deloitte is looking for graduates who are passionate about the healthcare industry to join their first ever Health-Tech Academy. The ten week pre-employment skills training programme, backed by the Department for the Economy will provide graduates with the skills and experience required to deliver complex technology solutions for Deloitte’s healthcare clients. Speaking to […]

Newry first-time buyers are still finding it difficult to get on the housing ladder despite new figures showing house prices in Northern Ireland have fallen. Co-Ownership, a not-for-profit organisation seeking to help people in Northern Ireland into affordable homeownership, says that despite a 1 per cent fall in house prices in Q2 2018, the fact […]
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Warrenpoint student Orla McAteer is putting her best foot forward for Guide Dogs NI. Orla (23), who is in her final year studying Law at Queen’s University, has been inspired to take on the Great North Run on 9 September after meeting a local guide dog owner and his four-legged friend. Speaking to […]
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SDLP Councillor Kate Loughran has called for the weed problem in John F Kennedy Park and the wider Bessbrook area to be addressed after she received calls from residents. Speaking to Newry Times, Loughran said, “Following calls from residents, I have contacted DFI Roads to have this issue addressed. “While green areas in […]
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Newry Sinn Féin Councilor Charlie Casey has met with the manager of The Quays, Newry to discuss ongoing parking problems in the Drumalane area. Speaking to Newry Times about the meeting Councillor Casey said, “The ongoing parking problems that residents are having is now becoming a health and safety issue. “Residents are facing […]
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There is a ‘trad treat’ of home-grown, national and international acts in store soon when Iúr Cinn Fleadh fills the streets of Newry with story and song. From 6-9 September residents, visitors and music lovers will enjoy a packed programme of concerts, culture and comedy headlined by a living legend of Irish music, Sharon Shannon. […]