
Volunteers from NIE Networks and The Conservation Volunteers pulled on their wellies recently to help Barcroft Community Centre plant an orchard in the centre’s grounds. Representatives from the Community Centre, the Conservation Volunteers and Christine Kelly Customer Relations Manager, NIE Networks, planted apple, plum and cherry trees, which will produce a good crop of fruit […]
Mar 24 2016 | Posted in
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Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Mickey Ruane and the Chair of the Strategy, Planning and Resources Committee, Councillor Robert Burgess are leading a delegation from St Paul’s School, Bessbrook, to travel to Kirovsk, Russia as part of the Newry and Kirovsk Twinning Project. The delegation has received an invitation from the Mayor […]
Mar 24 2016 | Posted in
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Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry has launched a Programme for Implementation of Further Education Means Success, the new Further Education Strategy for Northern Ireland. The Minister said, “The Programme for Implementation outlines how the 21 policy commitments in Further Education Means Success will be implemented jointly by my Department and the further education […]
Mar 24 2016 | Posted in
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Slieve Gullion Sinn Féin Councillor Mickey Larkin has condemned those who dumped over a dozen black bags of rubbish on the Quilly Road at Mullaghbawn. “The community in this area have had enough of those who think they can dump at will,” he blasted. “South Armagh may be open for business and visitors but it […]
Mar 23 2016 | Posted in
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Police in Newtownhamilton are appealing for information following a burglary in Crossmaglen. At 8.10pm on Sunday, 13th March, it was reported that a house on East Cloghogue Road, had been burgled. Entry was forced to the rear of the house and cash, an Iphone 5S, two wedding rings, an engagement ring and an eternity ring […]
Mar 23 2016 | Posted in
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SRC Newry student Caoimhe McKee is making her career dreams come true by completing her Foundation Degree in Early Year Childhood Studies at the local college. Through her determination and after several attempts Caoimhe gained the necessary grade in Maths to enter higher education at SRC. Before she started Caoimhe, who lives in Armagh, was […]

Health Minister Simon Hamilton has welcomed provisional figures which show that waiting times in Northern Ireland are falling. The latest provisional waiting time figures for outpatient appointments and admission for treatment as at the end of February 2016 show significant reductions compared to the end of December 2015. Those waiting more than 9 weeks for […]
Mar 23 2016 | Posted in
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Education Minister, John O’Dowd, has launched a new £3million learning programme aimed at pre-school settings. Funded jointly by the NI Executive and The Atlantic Philanthropies, the ‘Getting Ready to Learn’ programme will benefit from an investment of £3million over the next three years as part of the ‘Early Intervention Transformation Programme’ (EITP). The scheme is […]
Mar 22 2016 | Posted in
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Finance Minister Mervyn Storey has signalled changes to business rates, following the recent review of the business rating system. The Minister was speaking to business organisations and local entrepreneurs at an event, outlining his views on the way forward for business rates. Commenting on the outcome of the business rating system review and how we […]
Mar 22 2016 | Posted in
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SDLP MP for South Down, Margaret Ritchie, has described former Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith’s resignation as further vindication of the SDLP’s position on welfare reform. She said it ‘once again exposes the callousness of Sinn Fein’s decision’ to hand the Assembly’s welfare powers over to Westminster. Ritchie said, “Iain Duncan Smith’s assessment […]
Mar 22 2016 | Posted in
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