
Sinn Féin councillor Terry Hearty is urging South Armagh businesses to attend a rates meeting in Newry at the end of the month. artsOrganised by Newry, Mourne and Down Council the Business Rates Clinic will allow people to discuss their issues and concerns about rates valuations with the people responsible for setting them. “A number […]

The Annual Famine Commemoration 2015 will take place on Saturday, 26th September, in Newry. This is the eighth year in which the Great Famine has been marked with a formal Commemoration and the first time that the Commemoration will take place in the north of Ireland. In recognition of the fact that the Great Famine […]

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Naomi Bailie, this week called upon sporting clubs across the Council district to consider holding a minute’s silence in memory of the many hundreds of thousands of people who perished during the Great famine, or who were forced to leave these shores, never to return. In a […]

Following the success of last year, Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is once again hosting the Ballynahinch Harvest and Country Living Event in Market Square, Ballynahinch on Saturday 19th September from 12noon to 4pm. The event, set up to celebrate the pig, potato and pageantry, which the town was once popular for, will see […]

Sinn Fein councillor Terry Hearty is advising local businesses to get involved with the Broadband Connection Vouchers Scheme. The Slieve Gullion representative said businesses in the area should make use of all the help they can get. “The scheme will allow local SMEs to claim grants of up to £3000 for the installation of superfast […]

Do you know a style hero? If so, why not nominate them for one of Buttercrane’s Style Awards on Saturday 3rd October from 12pm – 4pm. Categories include: ★ FEMALE FASHIONISTA ★ MOST STYLISH MALE ★ TRENDIEST TEEN ★ MOST STYLISH MUM ★ MOST STYLISH GRANNY The winner will receive a £100 Buttercrane Gift Card, […]

Culture Night, the annual celebration of arts and culture is taking place this year on Friday 18th September 2015. This year in Newry, activities will take place at the Sean Hollywood Arts Centre and in Newry and Mourne Museum at Bagenal’s Castle. From five o’clock until late, the Sean Hollywood Arts Centre will host performances […]

On Saturday 26th September the Ring of Gullion Outreach & Volunteering Group is partnering up with Re-Gen Waste Ltd in a litter lift operation of the shores and amenity sites of Camlough Lake. With the summer holidays coming to a close and the lowered water level of the lake it is an ideal time to […]

Everyone is invited to join the celebration of food, beer and music at this year’s Oktoberfest held in Kings Hall. Oktoberfest will be held every Friday and Saturday over three weekends from 25th of September – 17th October In 2008 and 2009 Belfast played host to a small imitation of the Munich festival and after […]

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging everyone in Northern Ireland to say “I do” when it comes to their organ donation wishes and tell their family and friends that they want to be a donor. The call coincides with National Transplant Awareness Week, which runs from 7–13 September, under the theme of ‘Seven days […]