CLANRYE NEWS

Personal bests and individual goals were well and truly smashed last month, as over 300 people of all ages and abilities took part in the first ever Virtual ABC 10K race across the borough’s city, towns and villages. Organised by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough (ABC) Council and supported by Armagh Athletics Club and […]

Health Minister Robin Swann has expressed concern following a sharp increase in cases in Northern Ireland. The Department of Health dashboard today reported 1,083 new cases in the past 24 hours with the number of people testing positive over the past seven days now at 4,437. Health Minister Robin Swann said: “We have seen the numbers […]

The Revolutionary Republican Party Saoradh have announced plans to hold an Anti-Internment picket in Newry at the end of August. Announcing the party’s intentions Saoradh’s Newry representative and former Republican Prisoner Stephen Murney said “Due to the Covid pandemic there hasn’t been an Anti-Internment picket in Newry for a couple of years. “The 50th anniversary […]

Lord Mayor of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Alderman Glenn Barr welcomes launch of grant scheme for local rural micro-businesses. Now open for applications, the Rural Business Development Grant Scheme offers capital grants of up to £4,999 to eligible rural businesses to help support their sustainability, development and recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Successful applicants […]

Newry & Armagh MP Mickey Brady has said that the British government has shown its complete disregard for victims of the conflict. The MP also said  it was clear  the British government was intent on hiding its role in the conflict and putting its forces beyond the law.The MP said,  “Families many from this constituency […]

Responding to the Tory Amnesty for crimes committed in the North of Ireland which was published today, Aontú Cllr for Derry, Emmet Doyle has said that this proposal would violate the rights of survivors and victims – under previous agreements – to pursue justice, and has called on the Irish government to immediately initiate legal […]

Newry BID (Business Improvement District), representing 600 city centre properties, has been lobbying for some time for fair parking enforcement in Newry City centre’s on-street parking zones. The on-street charged parking is managed by Department for Infrastructure while the off street (designated car parks) is largely managed by NMD Council. In relation to on-street parking […]

The inescapable reality is that integrated education is being deliberately side-lined by the Assembly. MLAs from the DUP, Sinn Fein and other parties continue to go to great lengths to find reasons why children should not be educated together. Last week’s debate on a private member’s bill to progress integrated education exposed the real differences […]

Almost 5000 mums-to-be and their birthing partners have spent the past 12 months learning about birth education via video link. When the pandemic first stuck last year, our maternity team in the Southern Trust had to consider alternative ways of how they could run their antenatal and parenting education classes. We were delighted to be […]

The Health Minister Robin Swann has praised the contribution made by community pharmacists and GPs to the outstanding success of the vaccination programme. Since they began delivering jabs at the end of March, Northern Ireland’s network of community pharmacies have delivered more than 100,000 doses of Astra Zeneca vaccine. GPs – who began giving jabs […]

The Executive received an update on the progression of the Covid-19 epidemic.  After very careful consideration of a range of factors we are signaling our intention to move forward with relaxations as outlined below.   The Executive has decided that from 26 July, to be ratified on 22 July: Arts and music venues Audiences will be […]

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey MLA and Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, TD today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cultural Heritage and Climate Action to support greater North-South co-operation in dealing with the impacts of climate change on built and archaeological heritage across the island. Minister Hargey said: “This is […]