
A group of people with addiction issues from across the Southern Health and Social Care Trust is working with staff to help improve services. ‘So Hope’ which stands for ‘Southern Hope’ brings staff and service users, past and present together with the common ground of shaping and changing services for the better. Cathy Guy from […]

SDLP South Down MP Margaret Ritchie has pressed the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Andrea Leadsom on more support for low carbon electricity and carbon capture and storage. “We greatly welcome the commitments that the UK and other nations made in December through the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, but the Prime […]
Jan 13 2016 | Posted in
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The local community is in shock after the body of an elderly man was discovered beside Mill Pond in Bessbrook this morning. SDLP Assembly Member for Newry and Armagh Dominic Bradley MLA and local Councillor Kate Loughran said there was a dark cloud over the village after the news. Bradley told Newry Times, “Whilst details […]
Jan 13 2016 | Posted in
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éirígí Newry have welcomed the erection of additional Irish language street signage in the Derrybeg Terrace area of Newry. The signage was erected following contact between the party and Newry, Mourne and Down council’s Irish Language Department. Commenting on the development éirígí’s Newry spokesperson Stephen Murney explained, “Several weeks ago I contacted the council’s Irish […]
Jan 12 2016 | Posted in
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Police have arrested a 36 year old man in the Newry area on suspicion of drugs trafficking offences after seizing approximately 25,000 Class ‘C’ pills. The man is being interviewed at Armagh in connection with the joint PSNI/An Garda Siochana investigation. Speaking to Newry Times, Detective Inspector Andy Dunlop of the PSNI Reactive and Organised […]
Jan 12 2016 | Posted in
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Police are appealing for information following a suspected arson at flats in the Church Road area of Forkhill in the early hours of Wednesday 30th December. Just after 4.20am, police received the report of a fire at a flat. A 27 year old man from another flat was taken to hospital for treatment. He was […]
Jan 12 2016 | Posted in
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Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry has launched the 2016 Apprentice of the Year competition. Nominations are now open for the three award categories; Apprentice of the Year Award, Higher Level Apprentice of the Year Award and the Innovation in Partnership Award for Employers and Training Suppliers. Speaking at the launch, Minister Farry said, […]
Jan 12 2016 | Posted in
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It’s now only two months until The Southern Health and Social Care Trust goes “Smoke Free” and the Trust is reminding everyone that change is on the way very soon. On the 9th March 2016 (National No Smoking Day), The Trust’s new Smoke Free Policy will replace the current policy and will mean that smoking […]

From mid-January, a major project to improve the Daisy Hill site will begin. The £1m development will include resurfacing and relining of the main car park and the adjacent staff car park. There will also be a replacement and upgrade of large sections of the hospital’s flat roof coverings amd refurbishment of the hospital’s distinctive […]
Jan 11 2016 | Posted in
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Police in Newtownhamilton are appealing for information following the theft of a playhouse. Sometime between Christmas Eve and Sunday, 27th December, a pink and white plastic outdoor playhouse was taken from the back garden of a house in Woodvale. The house has a purple roof and is made by Little Tikes. Police would like to […]
Jan 11 2016 | Posted in
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