
Food retail company Karolina Int Foods Ltd was today sentenced at Newry Magistrates’ Court after pleaded guilty to the illegal sale of prescription medicines from its specialist Eastern European convenience food stores in Newry and Portadown. The Company was fined £1,000 (plus offender levy) and received a conditional discharge for 12 months. The conviction followed […]
Jul 19 2016 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin Councillor Barra Ó Muirí has described attacks on bilingual signage in the area as ‘idiotic and futile’. The party’s Irish language spokesperson was speaking after yet another bilingual sign in the district was vandalised. “I don’t know what the people behind these attacks are hoping to achieve but they should know that their […]
Jul 19 2016 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy has condemned the theft of flags from a number of republican monuments around Newry. Flags were stolen from several monuments on last week, including the national flag from the Óglach Michael Hughes monument at Derrybeg. “This was a despicable act, carried out by people with no comprehension of compassion, or […]
Jul 18 2016 | Posted in
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Two men aged 31 and 58 and a 56 year old woman have been charged with concealing criminal property, converting criminal property, 2 counts of possessing criminal property and possession of a prohibited weapon. The charges are in connection with the arrest of four people last Wednesday in the Armagh area in a major operation […]
Jul 18 2016 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin MLA Megan Fearon has branded the burning of election posters on bonfires a hate crime. The South Armagh MLA was reacting to reports that her image was among those burned on bonfires across the constituency. “The burning of flags and posters of anyone who is not overtly unionist is clearly a hate crime. […]
Jul 18 2016 | Posted in
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This July (24th to 30th) Strangford Lough welcomes crews from over 40 rowing clubs from across the world to a week of Skiffie racing in the beautiful setting of Delamont Country Park, Killyleagh. Participants will come from Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, the Netherlands and as far away as the USA and Australia! This is only […]

The Southern Health and Social Care Trust are seeking volunteers to support a new physical activity and leisure opportunities programme for adults with a learning disability – Fit 4 U 2. Fit 4 U 2 has been piloted at Orchard Leisure Centre, Armagh in recent months. It is planned to introduce Fit 4 U 2 […]

Independent Slieve Croob Councillor Patrick Clarke has called for both the availability of application forms for Irish passports and the extension of the express service for Irish Passports at Castlewellan Post Office and has now written to both the Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan and the Post Office. Councillor Patrick Clarke stated, “Currently the nearest […]
Jul 18 2016 | Posted in
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Kieran Donaghy, Southern Health and Social Care Trust Director of Human Resources & Organisational Development was recently named ‘Human Resources Director of the Year’ at the prestigious Healthcare People Management Association (HPMA) Awards. The HPMA promotes and rewards outstanding work in healthcare human resources management across the whole of the UK. Kieran was described by […]
Jul 15 2016 | Posted in
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If you have just left school or are going to be a first-time university student the Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging you to get the meningococcal vaccine. Everyone born between 2nd July 1997 and 1st July 1999, and first time university students up to the age of 25, are entitled to the Men ACWY […]
Jul 15 2016 | Posted in
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