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A Big Screen King’s Coronation event is taking place in Bessbrook Town Hall on Saturday 6 May. Everyone is welcome from 10.30am to view the festivities on the Big Screen. The screening will be followed by some refreshments and family entertainment. Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s Slieve Gullion District Electoral Area Forum received funding […]
A nurse within the Southern Trust who is the longest serving Breast Cancer Specialist Nurse in the region, is retiring after a quarter of a century in her specialist role. Annie Treanor has worked as a nurse for 39 years and has dedicated 25 years of those to providing advice and specialist breast care support […]
Police are appealing for information following the report of an arson incident in the Derrylee Road area of Dungannon in the early hours of Tuesday morning, May 2nd. It was reported at around 4.20am that a vehicle transporter parked in the area had been set on fire. Officers along with colleagues from the Northern Ireland […]
The Ulster Unionist Party has slammed the DUP regarding their recent plea to allow voters to let them “finish the job.” Ulster Unionist Peer, Lord Empey said: “I note a comment from Sir Jeffrey Donaldson regarding a recent opinion poll, and his plea to voters to allow his party to ‘finish the job.’ This is […]
Officers investigating a reported hate crime in the Ashleigh Crescent area of Lurgan on Sunday 30th April have made an arrest. A video has circulated on social media were the home of a young single mother was subject to harassment. A 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted criminal damage. He was later bailed […]
SDLP Councillor Michael Savage in his role as First Citizen of the District attended and spoke at the Save Our Emergency Surgery Rally in Newry on Saturday. Speaking after the rally he said: “While I accept we are taking positive steps forward through the work of groups like the Daisy Hill Future Group there are […]
Sinn Féin MP Mickey Brady has said the purchase of the Monaghan Row site, along with investment to purchase the Abbey Way site, are key steps in securing the future of Daisy Hill Hospital. The Sinn Féin MP said: “The news that the Monaghan Row site has now been bought by the trust is very […]
The award-winning ASM Chartered Accountants has joined GGI Global Alliance, one of the top multidisciplinary associations of accountants and lawyers worldwide. The strategic move will further enhance ASM’s international capability and will help it connect with a group of world-wide companies with the joint potential to help support their clients requiring financial, legal and tax […]
Local Fine Gael TD, Fergus O’Dowd, has welcomed news that €507k in capital funding has been secured by the Louth Meath Education Training Board this morning. The news was confirmed by his colleague the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD as part of an €8m national announcement. O’Dowd said “This particular […]
DUP MP Carla Lockhart has expressed her delight at securing a commitment from the Department for Infrastructure to resurface a significant stretch of Pines Park in Lurgan. 300m of the Park will be resurfaced as part of the Avenue Road resurfacing scheme scheduled for July/August. Carla Lockhart said: “It is ten years since I first […]
Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has met with representatives of DART, the local community transport provider, to discuss uncertainty with their funding for the next financial year. After the meeting, Carla said: “DART provide an essential service to many people locally, particularly those who have no other means of getting around. This can be the […]
Lurgan resident Norah McCorry makes a donation of £500 in total to the Lord Mayor’s chosen charities, Southern Area Hospice and B Positive, thanks to sales generated by a local poetry and songbook. Compiled by Norah and her brother Paul Carville in collaboration with David Weir of Lurgan Townscape Heritage Scheme, the local anthology book […]
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