
A passing police patrol became aware of a fire at a vacant Parochial House, on Castlewellan Road in Hilltown, shortly before 3am, on Thursday 31 August. NIFRS personnel were in attendance and brought the blaze under control. However, extensive damage has been caused to the property. It is believed at this time that […]
Sep 1 2023 | Posted in
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Emerging artist Jack Devlin from Newry has been awarded the winning title of this year’s Translink Sessions – Sounds of Summer music competition, at the grand final held at Belfast’s Oh Yeah Music Centre. Following over 40 entries from local music talent from across Northern Ireland, who had been tasked with submitting an […]
Sep 1 2023 | Posted in
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Local students from Newry, Warrenpoint and Kilkeel are heading off on the adventure of a lifetime this month after being accepted into a US Scholarship programme. They are among 56 students from across Northern Ireland on the prestigious Study USA programme, which enables students to study business or STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and […]

NFU Mutual’s Armagh and Markethill offices are joining forces to meet the increasing demand for the rural insurer’s services. Creating a brand-new merged office will allow the team to continue to provide a local, personal service for NFU Mutual customers across a wider geographical region. The new larger office, which has been renamed […]

From September 2023, Southern Regional College will be offering a new range of flexible courses under the Step-Up (Skills, Training and Employment programme). Step-Up consists of three strands. They are: 1) College Connect+ 2) DARE (Disability Access Route to Education and Employment), and 3) WRAP (Women Returners Access Programme) The programme […]

Following a recent tractor run and charity night dedicated to the memory of Paddy Simpson at Glenn GAC, an astounding £13,286.83 was donated to the local charity PIPS Hope and Support. The tractor run and charity night took place on Sunday, 7 May 2023, at Glenn GAC, which was the main host. It […]
Aug 30 2023 | Posted in
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Players from Newry’s Ashgrove Rovers F.C. recently joined with the McDonald’s Newry restaurant for a litter clean-up in the town. The event formed part of McDonald’s campaign aimed at tackling litter in parks, on paths and along roadsides in towns across Northern Ireland. The ‘30 Parks in 30 Days’ campaign saw McDonald’s employees […]

Thursday 27 July marked the official launch of the exciting new programme for young people ‘YouthStart’. The programme will support over 2200 young people throughout Northern Ireland over the next two years (2023-2025). This youth employability programme, which is founded on a youth work approach, aims to build young people’s skills for life, […]

Figures released by the Consumer Council reveal that Northern Ireland has lost 27% of its total bank branch network in less than three years. Between May 2020 and January 2023, banks in Northern Ireland permanently closed 52 branches. The Consumer Council carried out research in 2022 to understand the impact of bank […]
Aug 25 2023 | Posted in
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Maghaberry Prison has teamed up with Ulster GAA to coach skills for Gaelic football to prisoners as part of a sports rehabilitation initiative. More than 20 prisoners have taken part in the coaching course over a six-week period with a focus on key skills of the game as well as encouraging healthy minds […]
Aug 25 2023 | Posted in
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