Mayor Charlie Casey recently hosted the launch of the 2012 St. Patrick’s Day Festival in the Sean Hollywood Arts Centre. Introducing the programme of events for this year’s festival which includes a host of new, innovative events, he assured the community that there would be something for everyone. He was particularly pleased to announce the […]
The search for Miss Northern Ireland 2012 launched this month with a glamorous brunch at the Europa Hotel. The local heat will be at The Bank Newry on Saturday 10th March and application forms are available from The Bank Bar or by emailing stephen@thebanknewry.com Contestant organiser Alison Campbell and the current title holder Finola Guinnane – […]
Get ready to put a spring in your step during March by being active, eating well and feeling good, because for the whole month, people living in the Newry and Mourne Council area are being offered an exciting opportunity get involved in a groundbreaking healthy living initiative called ‘Give it a Go!’ to help them […]
Heard the one about the accountant who went into showbiz – combining mind-boggling magic and top-class comedy? The good news is that this remarkable entertainer is coming to Newry for one night only. Ian Keable brings Funny Tricks to the Sean Hollywood Arts Centre. Ian has been voted the British Magical Champion of Comedy and […]
The stage is set for The Genuine Articles this weekend as the band prepares for a memorable homecoming. It is perhaps fitting as well that the band are to perform at the venue where it all began. The Genuine Articles made a huge impact on the local music scene in 2008 when they won the […]
From 12th February there will be a free tour of Newry and Mourne Museum every Sunday at 3.30pm. The highlight of any visit to the Museum is the exhibitions, which tell the exciting and complex story of the region’s history from 9,000 years ago to the present day. Using a combination of interpretative panels and […]
The very popular Irish language courses in the Morgan Athletic Grounds in Armagh will make a return on Saturday 11th February. The classes, which are organised by local Irish language group Cairde Teo in conjunction with the Culture Committee of the Armagh County GAA board, cater for learners at beginners, intermediate and advanced level. The […]
Big Theatre Company are all grown up and turning 25. To celebrate their greatly anticipated first production of the year ‘Melmoth the Wanderer’ opens in the Sean Hollywood Arts Centre, Newry on Monday 20th February at 8pm. In keeping with their effervescent and eccentric style, the colourful, quirky production is an adaptation, scripted by Nicola […]
Sinn Fein is set to host a public meeting regarding broadband access in County Armagh next month. The information session is to held at St Mochua’s Primary School in Derrynoose on Thursday 16th February and aims to look at the problems people in the County Armagh area are experiencing with broadband. Newry Times reported last […]
Newry and Mourne Museum will host a number of lectures in February and March, which will complement the exhibition ‘Beliefs and Customs through the Ages in Newry and Mourne’, which is on display until May 2012. On 5th February at 3.30pm Dr Andrew Holmes will give a talk titled “Revivalists, revolutionaries, and ordinary folk: Protestants […]
