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Improving Day Care Experiences for Older People

The Southern Health and Social Care Trust recently hosted a workshop to focus on the experiences of older people using its day care services. Service users, carers and Trust staff took part in the event along with representatives from the Health and Social Care Board, Public Health Agency and the Commissioner for Older People for […]

Flu season is coming – help protect your family

The seasonal flu vaccination programme for 2017/18 is getting under way, so the Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging people to ‘Stay Well This Winter’ by ensuring that all eligible family members get the free flu vaccine when offered it. The vaccine changes each year to cover the strains which are likely to be prevalent […]

New defibrillator installed in Rostrevor

A new defibrillator has been installed at Williamson’s Nisa Local, Rostrevor following a fundraising drive instigated by Rostrevor Golf Society and supported by number of local businesses and the Rostrevor Arts Group.     The Defibrillator is now installed for use and is accessible, 24/7. The surplus fundraising totalling £1,400 was donated to Life and […]

Get Creative with the OpenDataNI Challenge

The OpenDataNI competition entitled Make-it Challenge has been launched. The Make-It competition funded by the Department of Finance, challenges young people to use datasets from the Northern Ireland Government open data portal – and create an innovative visualisation of the data.     The challenge is open to teams of up to 12 students from […]

‘Trust health cuts are damaging and unnecessary’ – Brady

Newry & Armagh MP Mickey Brady has met with the Southern Trust to voice Sinn Féin’s opposition to proposed cuts to local health. Speaking to Newry Times, Brady said, “I questioned the Financial Director as to who sanctioned these cuts, and urged the Trust directors to meet with the Permanent Secretary of the Health Department […]

£25,000 of illegal fireworks seized during South Armagh police raid

Newry burglary: 5 masked intruders prevent occupants from leaving while ransacking house - Newry news

Detectives from CIB department have seized a large quantity of illegal fireworks after the search of a house in the Jonesborough area. Speaking to Newry Times, Detective Inspector Gawley said, “Officers seized the fireworks with an estimated value of £25,000 following the search of a property on Thursday, 5th October.     “They also recovered […]

South Armagh diesel waste dumping condemned

Slieve Gullion Sinn Féin Councillor Mickey Larkin has condemned the latest incident where diesel waste has been dumped at Dromintee. “Four pods of toxic waste have been dropped at the Ballynamadda / Tievecrom junction,” he told Newry Times.     “Two have landed on their side, one of which has spewed out its poisonous waste […]

New Digital Catapult open funding call for creative industries

Digital Catapult NI is hosting a briefing session on 10th October in partnership with Immersive Tech NI to provide information about CreativeXR, a new funding stream for the creative industries. CreativeXR is a three month programme which will work with the best creative teams, from across the UK, to help develop concepts and prototypes of […]

Newry SRC students enjoy Italian work placements

Southern Regional College students recently spent 2 weeks on work placement in Forli Italy, fully funded by the Erasmus+ programme.  The 30 students were from courses in horticulture, childcare and IT from Newry, Armagh, Portadown and Lurgan campuses.     The IT students were placed in a gaming company and had experience of an array […]

Top 100 Hospitality Businesses Awards launched

Building on the success of the Pub of the Year Awards, Hospitality Ulster has launched The Top 100 Hospitality Businesses Awards. The awards recognise the increasing quality, diversity and regional spread of Northern Ireland’s great pubs, bars, café bars, hotels and restaurants.     Through nomination, rather than application, the awards will recognise the Top […]







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