
Armagh is to play host to a Jobs and Advice Fair on Thursday 12th November between 10:00am and 4:00pm. The event, which is free and open to all, will take place in the City Hotel, Armagh. Speaking ahead of the event, Gillian McPherson, Manager of Armagh Jobs and Benefits office in DEL’s Employment Service, said, […]

On Saturday night the Safer Warrenpoint Project staged its eighth annual Halloween festival. Sinn Fein councillor Mickey Ruane, who has chaired the Project group since its inception, shared his thoughts on why the festival was first conceived and what it has achieved to date. “Nine years ago we set out on a journey to try […]
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Newry and Armagh MLA Megan Fearon has congratulated all those who took part in the Cycle Against Suicide in Crossmaglen at the weekend. “This was a tremendous event with a very worthy message on an issue that affects us all,” she said. “It was a terrific way of highlighting the importance of mental health, removing […]
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Sinn Féin MLA Megan Fearon has condemned a decision by the European Council to maintain ‘extortionate’ roaming charges until 2017. “People living on the border know all too well the annoyance, inconvenience and expense caused by these extortionate roaming charges,” she told Newry Times. “As a proud South Armagh woman I know personally the hassle […]
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SDLP South Down MP Margaret Ritchie has addressed the annual meeting of Nuclear Free Local Authorities in Dundalk. ritchRitchie raised the issue of nuclear submarines in the Irish Sea and the dangers of the Conservative Government’s ‘obsession’ with nuclear energy. She said, “Communities along the east coast of Ireland know all too well the dangers […]
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Police in Kilkeel are appealing for information following the theft of a mountain bike. Sometime between 9pm on Thursday, 22nd October and 10am on Friday, 23rd October, a silver and green mountain bike was taken from outside a house on Livins Road. Police would like to hear from anyone who has information in relation to […]
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Newry, Mourne and Down District Council was the first local authority in Northern Ireland to host a local road show on the forthcoming Northern Ireland Year of Food and Drink. The road show took place in Warrenpoint on Friday 23rd October and gave delegates the opportunity to learn more about the Tourism NI initiative and […]

Sinn Fein Councillor Terry Hearty has thanked all those who helped make this year’s South Armagh Halloween Festival “yet another outstanding success.” “The South Armagh Halloween Festival gets bigger and better every year and is fast becoming the number one family day out in the area,” he told Newry Times. “Families from all over Armagh, […]
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Justice Minister David Ford has outlined major changes in the way that AccessNI processes applications. The changes are effective from 2nd November 2015 and have been introduced following the enactment of the Justice Act (NI) 2015. David Ford said, “We are constantly looking at how we can modernise the delivery of Government services. In April, […]

Sinn Féin MLA Megan Fearon has welcomed the announcement that St Laurence O’Toole’s Primary School in Belleeks is to receive an almost £150,000 investment from the Department of Education. The South Armagh MLA said the £142,350, coming from the Department’s Minor Works Scheme, would be of huge benefit to an already tremendous school. “This is […]