CLANRYE NEWS

TUV leader Jim Allister has written to the PSNI Chief Constable in the following terms: Chief Constable, The South Armagh White Flag policing report was a new low for you as Chief Constable. Quite apart from your obnoxious politicking in the promotion of all-Ireland policing, your report plumbed the depths when it suggested that memorials […]

Health Minister Robin Swann has updated the Assembly on the Urology Services Public Inquiry The Minister’s update included the establishment of Terms of Reference and the appointment of expert personnel to the Inquiry. It also confirmed that the setting up date for the Inquiry will be 6 September 2021. The update was provided in a […]

Economy Minister Gordon Lyons has launched Skill Up, a new initiative to deliver free training places, in an investment of up to £23million. Supported by the Northern Ireland Office, Skill Up will fully fund the local further education colleges and universities to deliver approximately 15,000 training places in over 250 subject areas for qualifications ranging […]

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has announced that she is extending legislation to protect private renters from eviction to 4 May 2022. Introduced at the start of the pandemic the Private Tenancies (Coronavirus Modifications) Act requires landlords to give tenants a 12 week notice to quit period before seeking a court order to begin proceedings to […]

The UK government alongside the Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Assembly have confirmed it will seek further advice from the four Chief Medical Officers on the COVID-19 vaccination of young people aged 12 to 15 with COVID-19 vaccines, following the advice of the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The JCVI […]

SDLP Assembly Member Justin McNulty has hit out at the decision by the Executive to exclude 16-18 year olds from the High Street Voucher Scheme. The Newry & Armagh MLA, ‘I have had some reservations about this scheme from the outset. Initially, the stated intention of the Voucher Scheme was to provide a much needed […]

Police in Newry arrested a 20 year old man from the Carnagat area of the city on suspicion of a number of offences including driving when unfit due to drink or drugs, failing to report, failing to stop and failing to remain where an accident occurred, possession of an offensive weapon and possession of a […]

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. James 1.6 I remember the first time doubt seriously assailed my soul. I was 26, a young assistant pastor, and my friend had just succumbed to stage four brain cancer. […]

“The threat being levelled by big pharmaceutical companies to cease supplying a range of essential medicines to Northern Ireland has to rank as one of the lowest forms of immoral blackmail and will impact directly on the ill, the vulnerable and the long-term sick”, says Nicola Campbell, Workers Party spokesperson in Newry & Armagh. “It is […]

Aontú Education Spokesperson Gemma Brolly warns “School staff cannot be held accountable if the bubbles burst and circuit breakers follow.”  On 18th August, the Minister of Education informed the public of the alterations to restrictions within school settings, including no longer operating with ‘bubbles’ yet recommending ‘consistent groups’ in order to ensure effective contact tracing.  Essentially […]

A Newry man who was found in possession of £40 worth of cocaine has been ordered to pay a fine totalling over five times that amount. Andrew William Chambers, of Innisfree Park, had a plea of guilty entered on his behalf to the single count at the city’s Magistrates’ Court. Prosecution outlined that the detection […]

Around 14,000 local families are facing crippling debt, fuel and food poverty and mounting rent arrears unless the measures to mitigate against the impact of the Universal Credit system are extended immediately. Families will also endure further financial hardship if the £20 uplift introduced at the start of the Covid pandemic is not made permanent. […]