
Newry entrepreneurs could get a huge cash boost for their business, thanks to a total prize fund of €280,000 being offered by InterTradeIreland’s Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition 2015. Now in its 13th year, InterTradeIreland is calling on young, innovative companies from all business sectors to enter the competition. Speaking about the competition, Connor Sweeney, InterTradeIreland, […]

“Motorists come off the A1 and drive through Glenn as if they’re still on a dual carriageway”, was how one resident put it to Chris Hazzard MLA, when he walked the roads of the area recently. The Sinn Féin candidate for South Down, in the upcoming Westminster Elections, says he had to stand in off […]
Apr 20 2015 | Posted in
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Local charity Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF) is calling runners and walkers taking part in this year’s Newry City marathon to do so in support of their work. This year’s event which includes a full marathon, half marathon, 10k run and 12 mile walk takes place on Sunday 24th May. Perhaps you have experienced meningitis first […]

Police in Newry are appealing for information following the theft of a digger. Sometime between midnight and 6.30am on Thursday, 9th April, a 22 tonne Case CX210 digger with a 5ft digging bucket was taken from a construction site on Clontigora Road, Newry. The digger is orange with a grey cab. Speaking to Newry Times, […]
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Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has announced details of their family fun launch weekend which will give members of the public the opportunity to sample the new state of the art facility. This unique weekend of events will take place on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th April 2015. With an all encompassing range of […]

Naomi Baillie, Chair of the new Newry, Mourne and Down District Council recently took time to visit Burrenbridge Community Field near Castlewellan to find out more about practical sustainability ahead of a Council-led Sustainability workshop on April 27th. The project in Burrenbridge, where volunteers have led community efforts to transform waste ground into a resource […]

Sinn Féin MLA Chris Hazzard has written to the Health Minister Jim Wells seeking clarification on why the number of specialist Diabetic Nurses in the Newry & Mourne Area have been cut by 75% in recent months. Speaking to Newry Times, Hazzard stated, “For many years the Newry & Mourne area set a very high […]
Apr 17 2015 | Posted in
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Belfast based Réalta are now a mainstay of the Irish music scene with their lively, exciting and unique approach to traditional music. They will make their first appearance at Down Arts Centre on Sunday 26th April at 8pm. Reared on a staple diet of The Bothy Band, Planxty and other such classics, the band captures […]

The Newry District Inter Church Forum (NDICF), in partnership with the Irish Churches Peace Project and Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, will be holding a series of events in April/May based on a locally produced film “A Step Too Far: A Contemplation on Forgiveness”. The events will take place at 7:30pm on four Thursday […]

Craigavon Area Hospital is hosting a special service to give thanks for and remember babies and children who have died. The service will take place on Sunday 26th April 2015 at 3pm in the Lecture Theatre, Medical Education Centre, Craigavon Area Hospital, (main hospital building). The event is being organized by the Hospital Maternity Services […]