As Valentine’s Day approaches, Newry’s Buttercrane Shopping Centre is on a mission to help shoppers get into the mood for the most romantic day of the year. On the afternoon of Saturday 9th February Buttercrane’s savvy shoppers will be invited to enjoy a timely taste of romance with their retail experience. The smooth and sultry […]
Newry Chamber of Commerce and Trade is hosting a special breakfast meeting to promote the European Union’s Funded programmes of support available under the INTERREG IVA Programme. This event will cover three diverse projects, PLATO EBR, Smart ECOHub and STEM, that are currently recruiting SMEs onto their programmes of activity. PLATO EBR provides owner managers […]
An exhibition of locally inspired paintings by artists, Aileen Parker from outside Newry, and North Antrim’s Deborah McConaghie opened on Saturday, 2nd February in “the GAP” gallery at Newry City Library. The exhibition was opened by Newry & Mourne Mayor, Councillor John McArdle. The theme of the collection is “Our Place” – which reflects the […]
A new organisation has recently been formed locally, namely the South Armagh Branch of the Ancre Somme Association. Based on the old South Armagh Parliamentary constituency in existence in 1916, the group aims to cover the districts of Newtownhamilton and Markethill, whilst also stretching its boundaries to cover the Keady, Middletown and Tynan areas. Its […]
Newry Chamber Music has announced that the world famous Brodsky Quartet will be performing as part of their 2013 season on 12th February at Sandy’s Street Presbyterian Church. The Brodsky Quartet, who celebrated their 40th year in 2012 have performed worldwide and have made more than 60 recordings. They have been at the cutting edge […]
Newry Chamber of Commerce & Trade has announced that it will host a business information seminar, ‘Online Marketing an A to Z for 2013’. Speaking to Newry Times, Ms Colleen Dowdall, Acting Chief Executive of Newry Chamber stated, “Newry Chamber of Commerce & Trade in partnership with Impact Sales Solutions and ITS New Media is […]
Newry Style City is back for 2013 and this time Newry Chamber of Commerce and Trade hopes to make it even bigger and better than the successes of the previous two years. Running from Thursday 18th April to Sunday 21st April there will be something for everyone with the return of Newry Style Awards as […]
Planning for the eagerly anticipated 85th Newry Musical Feis is now at an advanced stage. Details are as follows: PART ONE: February 14th – 17th Irish Dance [Open]; in Newry Town Hall with adjudicator Nuala Dunne (Dublin). Timetable details for this section are available for download on www.newrymusicalfeis.com PART TWO: April 8th – 12th Speech […]
The East Border Region Ltd recently announced the appointment of Helix Innovation Partnerships Ltd as the delivery agent for the innovative cross border Aspire Programme. Funded through the European Union’s INTERREG IVA Cross Border Programme, the Aspire Programme offers micro businesses across the East Border Region a real boost to help them remain competitive and […]
The Spring lecture series this year complements the temporary exhibition “A Mourne Miscellany: historic documents and artefacts from the Mournes and Kilkeel”, which is on display until 4th March 2013. On 31st January at 8pm Ronnie Hanna will visit the Museum to speak about “The Americans in Ulster 1942-45”. Ronnie, the author of Pardon Me […]
