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New housing development in Newry

Newry Sinn Fein’s Conor Murphy has welcomed progress at a new housing development in the city. Murphy was invited by developer NHBC to see the new Heslips Court development on the Dublin Road with their Regional Manager David Little. “After the turmoil we have seen in the housing market and the construction industry, not to […]

Trust wants everyone to ‘Walk this May’

The Southern Health and Social Care Trust, as part of National Walking Month (May), has launched a #WalkthisMay campaign. The campaign aims to encourage staff and people living in the local area to go walking whilst highlighting the importance and benefits of daily exercise. Francis Rice, Interim Chief Executive for the Southern Trust said, “Walking […]

Mayobridge teen wins Face of Buttercrane

16 year old Clarice Downey from Mayobridge has been named the Face of Buttercrane. She scooped top place at the recent Spring Wedding & Fashion Showcase in Buttercrane Shopping Centre. The teen, a pupil at Our Lady’s Grammar School Newry, was selected from over 500 entrants. She and four other finalists (Georgia Bannon, Sarah McShane, […]

Tipton and McDonnell move to Warrenpoint Town FC

Warrenpoint Town FC have announced that Matthew Tipton and Stephen McDonnell will join Barry Gray’s back room staff for the upcoming season. Matthew Tipton is a former Welsh professional footballer and recently had spells with Linfield and Ballymena. Meanwhile, Stephen McDonnell is a former player of Warrenpoint Town with spells at Dundalk and Shelbourne but […]

Possibility of high air pollution this weekend

Moderate levels of air pollution are being forecast across Northern Ireland this weekend and into Monday, with the possibility of localised high levels on Sunday. The high levels of ozone and particulate matter expected will be as a result of local pollution, in combination with weather conditions which could see pollution transported from the Continent. […]

Elderly woman left ‘very badly shaken’ during distraction burglary

Detectives are appealing for information following the report of a distraction burglary in the Oliver Plunkett Park area of Belleek on Tuesday, 26th April. At approximately 7.30pm the elderly female occupant of the house heard someone in the hallway of her property. On checking, she found an adult female and a young boy in her […]

‘Education needs to be at the heart of next Programme for Government’ – Ruane

Former Education Minister Caitríona Ruane says that the next Stormont Executive must continue to do everything in its power to protect Education budgets. Speaking to Newry Times, Ruane said, “After seven years of austerity from Westminster, the next Executive must unite behind our pupils, teachers, support staff and schools. “The outgoing Executive had been largely […]

Newry businesses targeted in ‘cloned card’ incidents

Police in Newry, Mourne and Down are warning business owners to be alert following three incidents of fraud over the bank holiday weekend. The reported incidents involved a man who requested £300 be loaded onto a top-up type credit card. Staff carried out the transaction and the customer left the premises on the pretence of […]

‘Mortgage companies discriminating against cross border workers’ – McKevitt

SDLP Assembly Candidate Karen McKevitt has said that new financial rules being imposed by lending institutions are ‘blatantly discriminating against cross border workers’ when they refuse to take into account any income earned outside the UK when considering mortgage offers. Speaking to Newry Times, McKevitt said, “Over the last couple of weeks I have been […]

‘Lower roaming charges welcome but they should have been abolished’ – Fearon

Sinn Féin South Armagh candidate Megan Fearon has welcomed the introduction of lower EU roaming charges for phone users but said that the charges could and should have been abolished by now. The lower charges are coming into force ahead of the planned abolition of roaming fees across the EU next year. An earlier position […]







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