Challenge of Change, led by Newry and Mourne District Council is celebrating two years of successful projects with a showcase event to be held in Newry on 22nd November. Challenge of Change aims to facilitate greater involvement of people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in civic, community and political life and increase community […]
Business owners in Newry are being invited to apply to take part in a business showcase event being held in the Newry branch of Danske Bank from Monday 2nd December to Saturday 7th December. Katherine James, Head of Small Business at Danske Bank said, “We are delighted to announce our first Business Showcase Week. The […]
The Ring of Gullion AONB project has received over 800 trees from the Woodland Trust and they are asking the local community to get involved in a tree planting event on the 23rd November from 11.00am until 3.00pm at Flagstaff View Point. The trees, all native broadleaved species, will grow into a flourishing young wood […]
Local SDLP Assembly Member Seán Rogers had a very informative meeting with People First who are administering the Community Family Support Programme. Speaking to Newry Times, Rogers said, “It was good to meet with Melanie Poland, Family Liaison Officer for People 1st. Melanie updated me on the scheme which is currently underway in the local […]
In November the Verbal Arts Centre will launch the `Crows on the Wire` project, which centres on the transition of the RUC to PSNI. The play will be held in The Sean Hollywood Arts Centre, Newry on Wednesday 20th November at 8.00 p.m. Part of the project is based on a newly commissioned play which […]
Newry Sinn Féin activists are seeing stars as training intensifies for their inaugural White Collar Boxing Spectacular which will be held in Bellini’s on Friday 22nd November at 8.00pm. The event will see ten matches between twenty amateur boxers from across the Newry and Mourne area. Both ladies and gentlemen are participating in the event […]
The organisers of the annual Santa Fun Run in Newry are looking your help in making this the biggest and best Santa Fun Run to date, raising much needed funds for four local and very deserving charities; Newry Gateway Club, PIPS Newry & Mourne, Headway Newry and Southern Area Hospice. The Santa Fun Run is […]
A reception was held at Newry and Mourne Museum on Tuesday 12th November 2013 to mark the donation of The Éamon Donnelly Collection. A prominent Nationalist politician in Ireland in the 1920s and 1930s, Eamon Donnelly was one of the founding members of Fianna Fáil. Born in Middletown, County Armagh, in 1877, Éamon Donnelly’s political […]
On November 28th 2013 Newry & Mourne District Council will host the Steven O`Hare Memorial Tournament in Newry Sports Centre. This is the tenth tournament as the inaugural one was held in November 2004. The tournament is an indoor 5-a-side with players donating £10 each which is presented to The Patients Comfort Fund in Daisy […]
Fundraisers and generous shoppers up and down the country will once again be able to make donations in cash to BBC Children in Need at more than 25,500 local shops with PayPoint right up to 10.00pm or even 11.00pm on the night of the Appeal Show on 15th November. Donations can also be made at […]
