
It’s the last chance to enter the Housing Executive’s Rural Community Awards 2015. On offer is a prize fund of £4,000, with four prizes of £1,000 being awarded to help and support communities working to improve their area. The closing date for entries is coming soon – 4pm 26th June 2015. The Rural Community Awards […]

Down Arts Centre is delighted to host a unique and moving performance that makes a tender exploration of the effects of Alzheimer’s Disease on one woman’s life, Let Me Stay, on Saturday 20th June at 8pm. Living with dementia? You’re having a laugh! Written and performed by Julie McNamara, Let Me Stay is a tender […]

Newry, Mourne and Down District Commander, Superintendent Simon Walls is inviting the public to put their questions to him on Twitter. twittThe Commander will hold an hour long open tweet session on local PSNI Twitter accounts for Newry and Mourne and Down on Thursday, 18th June, between 6.30pm and 7.30pm. You can come on live […]

Down Arts Centre is delighted to welcome back a celebrated local performer with her unique tribute to one of our most loved screen icons, five years after it first appeared at Down Arts Centre; Doris Day – In Song and on Screen with Brigid O’Neill will return to DAC on Saturday 13th June at 8pm. […]

The SMA Family Fun Day takes place in Dromantine on Sunday 14th June, from 1.30pm to 6pm. The Family Fun Day has been an important date on the calendar since the 1950’s and is the main fundraising event for Dromantine. So if you’ve never seen the beautiful grounds and lake this is your invitation to […]

The Connacht Hotel, Galway has a fantastic Summer Family Break offer for Newry Times readers! Enjoy a family break in Galway, The City of the Tribes – a buzzing family friendly city with great atmosphere and back to back festivals throughout the summer. Enjoy a 2/3 Night Break, available from 28th June – 31st August […]

On Friday 19th June at 7.00pm join King Conor and his bards at the Navan Centre & Fort, Armagh to enjoy a fabulous King Conor’s Supper. The courageous and great King Conor invites you to take your place at his sumptuous supper table. The supper will be held in his feasting hall, which will be […]

Action Cancer, Northern Ireland’s leading local cancer charity marks Volunteer Week 1st – 6th June by thanking all of their dedicated volunteers representing the areas that volunteering opportunities exist within the charity. The charity held a celebratory event at the Kings Hall, Belfast on June 4th attended by volunteers from across the country including the […]

Want to know more about our oceans and have fun while doing it? On Saturday 6th June bring the whole family along to a celebration of World Oceans Day at Annalong Community Centre from 12-4pm. World Oceans Day, held every year on the 8th June, is the UN recognised day of ocean celebration and action. […]

Down Arts Centre is delighted to bring two wonderful local singers to Downpatrick as June heralds the start of summer. On Friday 5th June at 1pm, local signer/songwriter Brigid O’Neill will launch Soup and a Song, a series of four lunchtime concerts at Denvir’s Hotel, and on Saturday 6 June at 8pm, soprano Michelle Baird […]