Categories
Health

HEALTH MINISTER CALLS ON PUBLIC TO REPORT CHILD PROTECTION CONCERNS

Health Minister Robin Swann has said that children’s services remain open and ready to help protect children and to support families despite the Covid-19 pandemic. The Minister’s comment follows evidence of a significant decrease in child protection referrals in Northern Ireland in recent weeks.  Mr Swann stated: “Child protection figures can vary substantially week on week. […]

Categories
Community Newry Politics

Council Launches Corporate Plan 2021-2023

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has published its second Corporate Plan, which covers the two-year period from 2021-2023. These are unprecedented and difficult times and the COVID-19 pandemic is greatly impacting upon everyone. The Council has therefore taken the decision to develop an interim two-year plan to ensure it can adapt and respond in […]

Categories
Community

Chairperson Opens Online Book of Condolence in Memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore

The Chairperson of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, Cllr Laura Devlin has opened an Online Book of Condolence for the residents of Newry, Mourne and Down district to extend their sympathies to the family of Captain Sir Tom Moore. Councillor Devlin said, “Captain Sir Tom was an inspiration to us all during lockdown, his […]

Categories
Armagh Health Newry Politics

Coade Reaffirms Stay at Home Message

Newry and Armagh Alliance representative Jackie Coade has reaffirmed the message to stay at home during the Covid pandemic and only make journeys if absolutely necessary. Speaking on the issue Ms Coade said: “I was talking to a member of the public recently about all the things we were looking forward to post covid. Birthdays, […]

Categories
Crime

Incident Ongoing at Cowan Street Newry

Police are currently attending an incident at both Cowan and Stream Street in Newry.  Ambulance also in attendance. More information to follow.

Categories
Health

ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR HOSPICES IN RECOGNITION OF IMPACT OF COVID-19

Health Minister Robin Swann has announced additional funding of £1.65million for hospices in Northern Ireland.   The funding, which is non-recurrent, is part of additional Covid-19 funding for 2020/21.  This is in recognition of the impact of Covid-19 and the additional costs that hospices face as they continue to provide palliative and end of life […]

Categories
Business Uncategorized

LABOUR MARKET STATISTICS

The labour market statistics have been published by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency. Almost 10,500 redundancies proposed since March 11,000 collective redundancies were proposed in the twelve months to the end of December, more than double the number recorded in the previous twelve months. Almost 10,500 were proposed in the ten months since […]

Categories
Community

MINISTER HARGEY ANNOUNCES FURTHER £13MILLION TO HELP FIRST TIME BUYERS

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has announced a further £13m funding to Co-Ownership to provide assistance to first time buyers struggling to raise a deposit to purchase their own home.  The Minister is allocating this funding in response to an increase in demand for Co-Ownership’s shared ownership product.   Co-Ownership is seeing an increase in applications as […]

Categories
Education Politics

SDLP TO BRING STUDENT SUPPORT MOTION TO COUNCIL

SDLP Newry City Councillor Gary Stokes to bring a motion to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council calling on support for third level students during the Covid 19 Pandemic. Cllr Stokes will be proposing the below motion calling for adequate support for our students at February’s full council meeting.  “The Covid-19 Pandemic has affected all […]

Categories
Health

COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS: WEEK ENDING 15TH JANUARY 2021

Latest figures published by NISRA show that 156 deaths involving Covid-19 occurred in the week 9th to 15th January 2021, the highest weekly number since the pandemic began. The total number of Covid-19 related deaths that occurred up to 15th January 2021 has now reached 2,186. Two days, the 11th and 7th January 2021, saw […]

Categories
Business Newry

Matt D’Arcy Irish Whiskey toasts £100,000 launch sales

The once world-famous Whiskey brand, D’Arcy’s Old Irish Whiskey, has enjoyed a spectacular return after a century with launch retail sales topping £100,000 in the Christmas trading period. Matt D’Arcy and Co was first established in 1817 in Newry, gaining a global reputation, before closing in 1918.   The brand has now been revived by local […]

Categories
Crime Uncategorized

SHARING OF INFORMATION VITAL FOR MOTHER AND BABY HOME SURVIVORS: FOSTER & O’NEILL

Active collaboration and the sharing of information and knowledge will be crucial in addressing the needs of mother and baby home survivors, the First Minister and deputy First Minister have said. They were speaking following a meeting with Roderic O’Gorman, Irish Government Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. They discussed the report published […]