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Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has announced that her party colleague, and the Sinn Féin spokesperson on health, David Cullinane TD, will be visiting Newry next week. The Liz Kimmins MLA said: “Sinn Féin have made health a priority in Newry and Armagh, in the north and across Ireland. The pandemic has further exposed the […]
Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has said the planning system needs to be improved in order to help build homes, improve environmental protections and help economic development. The Newry and Armagh MLA said: “A recent Audit office report highlighted the failure of the planning system to deliver for the economy, communities and the environment. “Two […]
Visit Mourne in association with Life Adventure Centre and Tourism Northern Ireland are excited to launch the Visit Mourne Outdoor Fest, Spring 2022. A range of ‘give-it-a-go’ fun activities will take place throughout the region from Friday 25 February to Sunday 27 March. From foraging and yoga to hiking and biking there will be something […]
Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins is calling for action to improve our planning system in order to help build homes, improve environmental protections and facilitate economic development. The Newry and Armagh MLA stated: “A recent Audit office report stated that the planning system is failing to deliver for the economy, communities and the environment. “Of […]
Sinn Féin MP Mickey Brady has called on the Tories to scrap the hikes in national insurance and said they have ‘failed’ to support people facing the cost-of-living crisis. Speaking after it was confirmed that inflation is the highest in 30 years, the Newry and Armagh MP said: “News that inflation is at its highest […]
The Chair of the Newry Mourne & Down Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP), the Ulster Unionist Councillor Alan Lewis, has said that a proposed cut to the current PCSP budget is unacceptable given that for the past two years the partnership has seen no rise in line with inflation. His concerns relate to correspondence […]
Councillor David Taylor, the Ulster Unionist Party’s Newry & Armagh candidate in the forthcoming Assembly Election, has called on the Communities Minister to reverse her decision not to distribute the long overdue £36M Sub-Regional Stadia Programme funding for local football. Councillor David Taylor said: “The announcement by the Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey was a shocking way to treat local […]
Councillor Patrick Brown, the Alliance Party Animal Welfare Spokesperson, has tabled a motion calling for action on illegal puppy farming. The motion, brought at the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Meeting last week, reads: ‘This council notes the increasing and worrying prevalence of puppy farming and pet abandonment in recent years, and the high […]
Saying goodbye to the Ox, we entered the Year of the Tiger on 1 February 2022. To mark the occasion, Newry DEA Forum in association with Newry BID, celebrated Chinese New Year with a colourful display of dance and music performed by the Arts Ekta Chinese Lion, in both The Buttercrane and The Quays shopping […]
“The uncertainty which has been created around the future of emergency surgery at Daisy Hill Hospital is adding to an already intolerable situation”. Nicola Grant of the Workers Party has said. “Like many local people, I am seriously concerned that we are witnessing the downgrading of the hospital by stealth”, she said. “I have written to […]
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s design team led by Hamilton Architects is currently seeking feedback on the proposed theatre and conference facility in Newry. The process is part of preparing for a planning application and will be live on the project portal http://www.newrytheatreconsultation.squarespace.com and further information can be obtained also in relation to the […]
Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has said abortion services must immediately be commissioned for women in north. The Newry and Armagh MLA was speaking after a High Court judge ruled the British Secretary of State has the legal authority to direct the establishment of abortion services in the north. Liz Kimmins said: “Earlier this week, […]
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