
SDLP South Down MP Margaret Ritchie has submitted an Early Day motion calling for an end to UK investments in nuclear weapon production and for the British Government to ‘stigmatize, prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons’. She said, “This motion reflects the longstanding global outrage at the continued existence and continued production of nuclear weapons. At […]
Nov 23 2015 | Posted in
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SDLP Councillor Gillian Fitzpatrick has condemned those behind a tyre fire in Mayobridge that threatened NIE infrastructure. Speaking to Newry Times, she said, “I was shocked to see a blazing fire at Chapel Hill in Mayobridge. “Aside from the environmental damage done by setting tyres on fire, this blaze posed a significant risk to nearby […]
Nov 23 2015 | Posted in
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Newry City Sinn Féin councilor Charlie Casey has condemned those responsible for an attack on St Patrick’s Primary School over the weekend. The incident is the latest in a long line of attacks on the Meadow-based school. On 18th January, 2013 the school was broken into by burglars and suffered damage to the inside of […]
Nov 23 2015 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin MLA Megan Fearon is reminding farmers to make their applications for the Farm Business Improvement Scheme before next month’s deadline. The South Armagh representative added that this phase of the scheme will also help them with preparing for the second phase, due to begin in March next year. “The £250m scheme will provide […]
Nov 23 2015 | Posted in
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The Public Health Agency is reminding all those ‘at risk’ to get the flu vaccine as the overall uptake for the vaccination is lower than at the same time last year. So far this year there has been a 10 percentage point decrease in uptake by people categorised as ‘at risk’ – pregnant women and […]
Nov 23 2015 | Posted in
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Police are appealing for information following a burglary at a work site on Aughnagurgan Road. Sometime between 5pm on Monday, 9th November and 8am on Tuesday, 10th November, entry was forced to a site hut. A number of items were taken including a HP printer, a LEC fridge, three pair of Trojan rigger boots, a […]
Nov 23 2015 | Posted in
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Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Naomi Ballie visited the new breast screening service being offered by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust to women in Crossmaglen. From now until early January the service will operate from the Health Centre in McCormick Place. Women aged 50-70 who have a GP in Crossmaglen, Mullaghbawn […]

Sinn Féin MLA Megan Fearon has said that she is ‘extremely worried’ for people seeking homes in rural areas. The South Armagh representative expressed her concern after it was revealed that less than 6% of social housing built in the last year was in rural areas. “In response to a written question the DUP’s Social […]
Nov 23 2015 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin Newry and Armagh MLA Conor Murphy has welcomed an independent study which shows that Irish Unity would be economically beneficial for both jurisdictions on the island. The study finds that reunification would increase GDP both north and south and bring some €35.6 billion Euro over eight years into the country. The Newry MLA […]
Nov 20 2015 | Posted in
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Sinn Fein Councillor Mickey Larkin has conveyed the dismay and anger of the Jonesborough community who found themselves on the receiving end of a crime spree on Tuesday morning. “Residents awoke to find a two man gang breaking into vehicles in the village at just after 6am,” he said. “Several cars and a van had […]
Nov 20 2015 | Posted in
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