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Pull on your walking boots and get hiking to change childhoods in Northern Ireland

The NSPCC in Northern Ireland is appealing to walkers to pull on their hiking boots and change childhoods for the better. Now in its seventh year, the NSPCC Hike Against Cruelty to Kids (HACK) will be back at the breath-taking Mourne Mountains on Saturday 19th September. This year’s Mournes HACK will again be offering walkers […]

Fitzpatrick calls for enhanced traffic calming for Saval and Lurganare

SDLP Councillor Gillian Fitzpatrick has called for enhanced traffic calming measures in the rural areas of Saval and Lurganare. Cllr Fitzpatrick has written to Transport NI and says she has received assurances that additional road safety signage will be erected around Saval but remains frustrated that no action is to be taken in Lurganare. Speaking […]

SRC Newry student scoops Gold medal at Skills Olympics

Gold medal winner Gary Doyle, 20, a plumber from Castlewellan who trains at Southern Regional College’s Newry campus and employed by Kieran Trainor Plumbing and Heating in Newry, is among five local young people who have triumphed at the global skills competition WorldSkills Sao Paulo 2015. Northern Irish competitors won gold, two silver and one […]

Going Bats in Newry, Mourne and Down!

Are you interested in bats? Would you like to find out more about these creatures of the night? Come along to the Council’s two ‘Bat Nights’ being held this August in the Fairy Glen, Rostrevor and Castlewellan Forest Park. The truth about these misunderstood flying mammals will be revealed along with the “old wives tales” […]

Witnesses sought after cyclist knocked down in hit and run incident

Police are seeking witnesses after a hit and run road traffic collision. Speaking to Newry Times, Constable Leona Mallon said, “We are investigating a hit and run road traffic collision on the Carrigenagh Road at around 5.45pm on August 14th. “A cyclist was knocked from their bicycle. We are keen to speak to anyone who noticed […]

Excitement builds for Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust Golf Classic

Friends of the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust invite you to take part in their first annual Golf Classic at Clover Hill Golf Club, situated at the foot of Slieve Gullion mountain in Mullaghbawn, Co.Armagh on Saturday 29th August 2015. The format for the day is a four-ball scramble. This is a fun and fast way […]

Camlough hurlers enjoy Slieve Gullion Trek

Following in the footsteps of mythological Irish hero Cu Chulainn and legendary hunter and warrior Finn Mc Cumhail, 35 young local hurlers attending the Craobh Rua Camlocha Summer Activities Week, climbed Slieve Gullion; the mountain of magic, myth and romance. The group, accompanied by mentors from the South Armagh based hurling club, listened to local […]

Newry & Mourne second highest road deaths: Concerns raised by local MLA

Sinn Féin MLA Megan Fearon has called on Roads Minister Danny Kennedy to rethink his cuts to road maintenance. The Newry and Armagh Assembly member made the call after it was revealed that Newry and Mourne had the second highest level of deaths and serious injury on the north’s roads last year. Many of the […]

‘We cannot bury the issue of nuclear waste’ – Ritchie

SDLP South Down MP Margaret Ritchie has expressed her concern over moves to dump nuclear waste underground. Ritchie said that such a decision would have serious environmental and health implications and called on the British Government to distance itself from such a strategy. Speaking to Newry Times, she said, “This is a precedent that must […]

Anger over Dromintee vandalism

Slieve Gullion Sinn Fein Councillor Mickey Larkin has described damage caused to a mobile home in Dromintee as ‘wanton vandalism’. “I was contacted by a neighbour of the people who own the mobile who expressed disgust at the damage,” he explained. “On viewing the mobile with the owner I fully understand the anger of locals. […]







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