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Sinn Fein MLA Liz Kimmins has said news Power NI is to increase its prices for domestic customers by 21.4% from 1 January 2022 will be another huge blow for workers and families. Liz Kimmins said: “News that hard-pressed families are set to be hit with another price hike will come as another huge blow. […]
Newry, Mourne and Down District Chairperson, Councillor Cathy Mason was delighted to welcome a delegation of pupils from schools across the district to council offices in Newry and Downpatrick this week. The pupils presented her with their ‘Leaf Pledges’ on climate change in the hope that the Council will work together with them in the […]
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Cathy Mason has launched a Christmas Appeal to provide food and essential non-food items products to residents who are most in need this Christmas. For many of us, Christmas is a magical time, however for other more vulnerable families across our district it can often cause added […]
Speaking to Newry & Armagh TUV Annual Dinner on Saturday night Jim Allister warned the Government that weakening on the Protocol would store up destabilising pressures on the very institutions which the Protocol dishonesty claims to protect. “I can think of no quicker and more assured way to alienate Unionists even more from the failing […]
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Cathy Mason presented 10 schoolchildren from the district area who took part in a writing competition recently. The stories written by these young writers were selected to be the inspiration and basis of scripts for a new animation series entitled ‘Unbelievable’. This project is a joint venture […]
The Newry Chamber of Commerce and Trade is appealing to the UK Government to find solutions to resolve ongoing issues related to the Northern Ireland Protocol, rather than triggering Article 16. With talks between Brexit Minister, Lord Frost, and European Commission Vice President, Maros Šefčovič, at a critical stage, Newry Chamber, on behalf of its […]
Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has welcomed the £2.2m redevelopment of Newry City centre. The Newry and Armagh MLA said: “This £2.2m investment has been a welcome boost for Newry City centre. “The redevelopment makes the city centre more appealing, accessible, vibrant and a more welcoming place to be. “It will also help support local […]
SDLP Assembly Member Justin McNulty has welcomed the announcement of a range of measures to tackle the shortage of taxi drivers across the North. SDLP Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has announced she will legislate for a 7.6% increase in the maximum taxi fare and will introduce a support package for new drivers. Minister Mallon […]
The Ulster Unionist Party Chairman Danny Kennedy has called on the DUP to drop its threats to pull down Stormont. Mr Kennedy said: “For months on end Northern Ireland has been used as a punchbag in negotiations over the Protocol. The Protocol isn’t working and needs to be replaced with new arrangements which work for […]
Sinn Féin MLA for Newry and Armagh, Conor Murphy, has welcomed a meeting with Newry, Mourne and Down District Council for discussion on projects across the area. Speaking after the meeting Conor said: “Today myself and my colleagues; Liz Kimmins MLA, Mickey Brady MP and Cllr Oonagh Magennis met with senior council officials to discuss […]
Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has welcomed news that an ERT meeting of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has agreed to work jointly with Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon council to investigate the possibility of reopening the Canal from Newry to Portadown. Liz said: “In April this year, I raised the possibility of reopening the […]
Newry, Mourne and Down Intercultural Forum launched a new blog site http://www.nmdif.org/blog on Monday 8 November at South Eastern Regional College (SERC) Newcastle Campus. The blog showcases the interagency partnership which exists on the Intercultural Forum. It provides a platform in which each of the partners working together can share vital information to create an […]
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