
Music and fun will provide the perfect backdrop for all visitors to Newry and Mourne Museum as they celebrate St Patrick’s Day and Easter. As we get close to St. Patrick’s Day, the Museum will host an evening of traditional and popular music, with Brendan Monaghan, Vessie and Nikolay Ivanovi on Wednesday 16th March at […]

St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Newry are hosting a Sponsored 24 Hour Spinathon from 12 noon Wednesday 23rd March to 12 noon Thursday the 24th of March. Monies raised will go to support the work of The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust and Newry & Mourne Alzheimer’s Society. The Alzheimer’s Society is the leading care and […]

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council are pleased to welcome and host Cycling Ireland to the Cloughmore Centre at Kilbroney Park and also to the Rostrevor Mountain Bike Trails. Chairperson of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Mickey Ruane welcomed the group to the area and said, “I am delighted to see Cycling Ireland hold […]

Cuan Mhuire Newry is holding its annual fundraising Coffee Morning on Saturday 5th March and Sr Consilio Fitzgerald, founder of Cuan Mhuire, has extended an invitation to all to come along and enjoy the day. The Kerry born Sister of Mercy Nun founded her first Cuan Mhuire Centre in Athy County Kildare in 1966. The […]

Local Sinn Féin environmental spokesperson Michael Gray-Sloan has said that an environmental clean up of the Carmeen Road area will take place this Saturday. Speaking to Newry Times, Sloan said, “I have arranged for a clean up of the Carmeen Road area with the local council in order to remove rubbish from the area. “It […]

Billed as the biggest-ever St Patrick’s Festival of events to be held in the UK and Ireland, a jaw-dropping combined programme of more than 100 events will bring the best of culture, music, song and dance to key locations right across Armagh and Down. For ten full days from March 10th, thousands of visitors get […]

Buttercrane Shopping Centre in Newry have the biggest competition of the year for the best person in our lives; our mums. All you have to do is upload a PHOTO of your Mum to their Facebook page and tell them why she deserves to #Win. THE PRIZE: ** £120 Yummy Mummy Wardrobe makeover from Vila […]

Sinn Féin Councillor Terry Hearty is urging volunteer and community groups to attend a workshop on funding applications this week. The Slieve Gullion representative said it was vital that groups that get funding from the council familiarise themselves with new procedures for applications. “I would urge all voluntary and community groups out there, indeed any […]

Sinn Fein MLA Conor Murphy has confirmed that there will be a public meeting with senior Translink staff to discuss issues with the Newry rail service this week. The Newry MLA confirmed that the meeting will be open to the public and will allow people to raise their concerns directly with Translink, following confusion over […]

Sinn Féin Councillor Liz Kimmins has said the first meeting of a newly set up interagency group in the Barcroft area was a positive initiative with huge potential for the future. The Newry representative urged residents in the area get involved with the new group, which met recently, to raise any issues they have in […]