This week we’re reflecting with a sense of nostalgia on where we’ve come from, where we are right now and where we’re going. Perhaps it’s ironically appropriate that the UK Number 1 song when we officially launched the Newry Times website on 1st November 2011 was ‘Read All About It’ by Emeli Sande. Newry […]
Police in South Down have arrested three people and recovered stolen property. During the early hours of Tuesday, 3rd February, police received a report of the occupants of a silver Vauxhall Zafira acting suspiciously in a yard on Oldtown Road, Annalong. They attended and a description of the vehicle was circulated to all police patrols. […]
On Tuesday 17 February at 7pm Warrenpoint Town Hall will be the venue for an interactive engagement event. Topics include; Economic Development/Rural Development/Regeneration, Health and Wellbeing, Education, Environment, Safety and Planning. The Council want to find out what the public across the District feel should be prioritised over the next few years and how services […]
St Paul’s High School Bessbrook was the venue for a Community Relations Seminar recently. This event was hosted by the Chief Constable, Sir George Hamilton and PSNI Chief Inspector, Davy Beck. In addition to the St Paul’s students, a selection of GCSE and A level History and Sociology students from St Joseph’s High School in […]
Newry community groups, charities and social enterprises are being encouraged to consider community shares as a means of financing new socially minded projects. Tiziana O’Hara from Co-operative Alternatives said that in a time of public sector cuts when start-up capital and grants are increasingly hard to come by, community shares is a viable option for […]
Plumbing apprentices Shane Branagan and Gary Doyle from Southern Regional College have started the final stage in getting a dream trip to Brazil. Gary from Ballyward and Shane from Hilltown are the final two competitors in the selection process to be the UK Worldskills Plumbing representative at the World Skills competition, which will take place […]
Education charity Young Enterprise showcased its work with local young people recently at its annual Trade Fair event at Rushmere Shopping Centre with students from St Paul’s High, Bessbrook making a big impression at the event. As part of the Young Enterprise Company Programme the students have started a business named A Star Supplies. They […]
Another historic milestone passed on Thursday 12th February 2015 when Newry Mourne and Down District Council struck its rate for the first time to meet the cost of services it will provide for the year 1st April 2015 to 31st March 2016. These include leisure and recreational services, economic development and environmental services as well […]
