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Politics

SDLP Calls on PSNI to Recruit More Catholics

SDLP Policing Board Member Dolores Kelly says more needs to be done to encourage Catholics to join. Following the PSNI celebration of twenty years since its formation. The SDLP have called for more Catholics to be recruited to the police force and a call for 50:50 recruitment to return. Speaking following an interview with ITV […]

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Business

Training With Talon Security

Newry based business Talon security is now providing training for door security throughout the month of November. The course which takes place at the WIN business park in Newry is a HABC level 2 award for working as a door supervisor within the private security industry. Speaking on the training a spokesperson for Talon security […]

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Business Community

Spend Local Deadline Extended

Economy Minister Gordon Lyons today announced that the deadline to use the £100 pre-paid Spend Local card will be extended to December 14. In a statement to the Assembly, the Minister said: “To date, over 1.024 million cards have been dispatched, over 580,000 of these have been activated. Over £26.5m has now been injected into […]

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Business Newry

Forklift Training Centre Opens in Newry

A new forklift training centre has opened in Newry by local business the Compliance HQ. Based at the Itec business park on the Armagh road in Newry city, the company has now become the premier facility for forklift training, developing a forklift and mobile plant training centre. Speaking on the new training centre a spokesperson […]

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Crime

Six Allegations Reported to PSNI of Criminal Activity Related to Mother and Baby Homes

The Police Service of Northern Ireland commenced an investigation into allegations of physical and sexual abuse involving Mother and Baby Homes on 6th October 2021. Since then, officers in the investigations team have received six allegations of criminal activity. The reports are from a number of people who were adopted from different named institutions and also […]

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Business Sport

Platinum Training Institute Offers Performance Nutrition Workshop

Want to develop your skills regarding nutrition? then look no further than Platinum training institute. Performance Nutrition is a wide and interesting topic. Nutrition can have a profound effect on sports and competition performance. This introduction to Performance Nutrition provides a firm, evidence-based foundation to inform your own knowledge and practice. Learn why macronutrients such […]

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Portadown Man Charged With Murder

Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Major Investigation Team, investigating the murder of Stephen Barriskill in the Whiteside Hill area of Portadown on 27 October, have charged a 53-year-old man with murder. Connor Lawrence McNeill, 53, of Whitesides Hill in Portadown has been charged with the murder at a residential property in the […]

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Sinn Féin Lies Needs Called Out – SDLP

SDLP Deputy Leader Nichola Mallon MLA has hit out at Sinn Féin’s Conor Murphy “fake news” claims after the SDLP exposed Sinn Féin’s failure to protect families from Universal Credit cuts. Ms Mallon said: “Sinn Féin have spent the evening spinning fake news to cover for their own failure to protect the most disadvantaged in […]

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Swann Welcomes October Monitoring Health Allocation

Robin Swann has welcomed the £200million monitoring round allocation for the health service. Minister Swann said: “The vast majority of this funding was available to the Executive as a result of the increased health spending announcements by the UK Government.. The fact that the Executive allocated more than the funding received from this source, with […]

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Murphy Announces £200 Million Cash Injection for Health Service

Finance Minister, Conor Murphy has announced an additional £200 million for the health service to meet Covid pressures on hospitals, tackle waiting lists and fund a pay award for health workers. The money comes from the £250 million October monitoring round allocations agreed by the Executive which also sees funding provided for Special Educational Needs, roads […]

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Crime Portadown

Two Arrested Following Portadown Assault

Detectives have arrested two people following an assault in the Enniskeen area of Craigavon last night (Thursday 28th October). Detective Sergeant Wilson said: “Shortly after 6pm, police received a report that a man was at a residential property in the Woodside Hill area of Portadown with a knife. “While police were trying to locate the […]

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Community South Armagh

Crossmaglen Road Cannot Be Put on the Backburner Again- Magennis

Sinn Féin Councillor for the Slieve Gullion area, Oonagh Magennis has said that it is important that vital works for the main Crossmaglen road from Camlough are not placed on the backburner again.  Councillor Magennis was speaking after contacting the DFI section manager about works that were originally pencilled in for 2020.  She said: “I […]