
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council are encouraging residents to recycle as much as possible over the Easter holidays. Every year over 80 million Easter eggs are sold in the UK and these excessively packaged gifts generate an extra 4370t of card and 160t of foil waste. Fortunately most of this packaging can be easily […]
Mar 25 2016 | Posted in
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Newry Town Hall and St Patrick’s Centre, Downpatrick are turning purple on Saturday 26th March to celebrate Purple Day, the global day of epilepsy awareness. The iconic buildings join other landmarks from all over Northern Ireland in showing epilepsy’s true colours by switching on purple lights. Epilepsy Action Northern Ireland has worked with Newry, Mourne […]

Detectives in Newry are appealing for information following a burglary in Daisy Hill Gardens. Shortly before 3pm on Monday, 14th March, two females called to a house. The female occupant opened the door and one of the females entered the house and went into the living room. This female took a purse and during a […]
Mar 25 2016 | Posted in
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Education Minister John O’Dowd has sent his congratulations to St Joseph’s Convent Primary School in Newry on the opening of their new £8million school. Speaking to Newry Times, the Minister said, “I originally announced the capital investment for St Joseph’s Convent Primary School in June 2012 and I am delighted that the new £8million accommodation […]
Mar 25 2016 | Posted in
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A Newry man who recently launched his own Graphic Design business has spoken to Newry Times about his excitement for the future after a strong start to business life. Local man Martin McCabe, a Freelance Graphic Designer born and raised in Newry, explained to us his reasons for starting McCabe Graphics. “I always wanted to […]

Health Minister Simon Hamilton has announced that patients will be able to avail of an innovative new treatment to help tackle cancer in Northern Ireland, rather than have to travel to England. The necessary funding has been earmarked to further develop Northern Ireland’s capacity to deliver stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) which offers the potential for […]
Mar 25 2016 | Posted in
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Justice Minister David Ford has launched a scam call blocking initiative which aims to protect vulnerable people from falling victim to phone scammers. The call blocking initiative has been jointly funded by the Department of Justice, the PSNI and the Northern Ireland Policing Board, building on the work that has been undertaken by Trading Standards […]
Mar 25 2016 | Posted in
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The Consumer Council has welcomed the announcement from the Minister for Regional Development regarding a fares freeze on bus and rail services. Speaking about the announcement, Scott Kennerley, Head of Transport at the Consumer Council said, “Value for money is important to passengers, so this is very good news. “However, we know that many passengers […]
Mar 25 2016 | Posted in
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Come along and join Haldane Fisher at their Paving and Decking Event in the Newry branch on Saturday 2nd April from 9.00am-1.30pm. There’ll be lots of ideas on how to transform your outside space with tips and advice from their paving and decking experts. Suppliers present at the event include; Acheson & Glover Tobermore ACO […]

Detectives in Newry are appealing for information following a burglary. Sometime between 7pm and 9.30pm on Friday, 11th March, entry was forced to the rear of a house in Kenard Villas. The house was searched and a quantity of jewellery, including a wedding ring and engagement ring, was taken. Police would like to hear from […]
Mar 24 2016 | Posted in
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