
Local police are appealing for information following a burglary in Slieve Gullion Courtyard. On Friday, 2nd October, entry was forced to a portacabin, which houses a charitable organisation. Seven laptops, a digital projector and a CCTV hard drive were taken. Police would like to hear from anyone who has information in relation to the theft […]
Oct 8 2015 | Posted in
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The Housing Executive recently met with Newry, Mourne and Down District Council to outline its plans for the next four years and report on last year’s investment. The meeting represents the housing body’s annual consultation with local government and is the first with the newly established councils. The Housing Executive presented a Housing Investment Plan […]

Police are asking businesses to be vigilant after a number of companies across Northern Ireland were targeted by a sophisticated card scam. Detective Inspector Will Tate explained that a number of business had suffered losses as a result of the scam. “An agricultural supplies business in the Mid Ulster area has lost £5000 of stock […]

Police in Kilkeel are appealing for information following an assault in Cranfield in August. On Friday, 21st August, a 27 year old man was walking from the beach close to the children’s play park when he met a group of young males. They engaged in conversation before the man walked on. He was in the […]
Oct 8 2015 | Posted in
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The Southern Health and Social Care Trust has introduced a new web based system to help improve the way information from its Endoscopy Service is recorded. Prior to this around 80 staff and 300 patients across Daisy Hill, Craigavon and South Tyrone Hospitals had to complete paper surveys each year which had to be manually […]
Oct 8 2015 | Posted in
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The Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards programme has launched its annual search for Ireland’s top youth volunteers and is calling on Newry students, like Megan Daly who was a finalist in 2015, to enter the awards. The 2016 programme year marks the 10th anniversary of the Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards, the only all-Ireland youth […]

AWARE (formerly Aware Defeat Depression) has launched its new DOT campaign with Ulster and Ireland rugby star, Stephen Ferris. The aim of the campaign is to encourage members of the public to ‘Do One Thing’ they currently don’t do to improve their mental health ahead of World Mental Health Day on Saturday 10th October 2015. […]

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is reminding all people aged 70 and 78 years old that they are eligible to receive the shingles vaccine. The vaccine will help protect them against this common and painful skin disease and its associated complications. It will be offered routinely to people who were aged 70 years on or […]
Oct 8 2015 | Posted in
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SDLP MLA Karen McKevitt has announced that she will not seek the party’s nomination to contest the forthcoming Assembly election. McKevitt, who was elected to the Assembly in 2011, spoke to Newry Times about her ’11 wonderful years’ representing the people of South Down. She was a local councillor on Newry and Mourne District Council […]

SDLP MP for South Down, Margaret Ritchie, has voiced her concern about the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (DEFRA) attitude towards the European Union following the Secretary, Elizabeth Truss, speech at the Conservative Conference. Ritchie, a member of the EFRA Select Committee said, “The scant allusions to the European Union made […]
Oct 7 2015 | Posted in
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