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Community Constituency Newry Newry and Armagh South Armagh

Coronation Celebrations Planned for Bessbrook Town Hall

A Big Screen King’s Coronation event is taking place in Bessbrook Town Hall on Saturday 6 May. Everyone is welcome from 10.30am to view the festivities on the Big Screen. The screening will be followed by some refreshments and family entertainment. Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s Slieve Gullion District Electoral Area Forum received funding […]

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Community Constituency Newry Newry and Armagh South Armagh

Invite To All To Share One Sunrise Together On May 6th Saturday

‘Darkness Into Light’ Saturday 6th May Derramore Forest Park 4.15am  Invite To All To Share One Sunrise Together On May 6th Saturday  The Bessbrook/Camlough  annual ‘Darkness into Light’ Walk takes place on Saturday 6th May in Derramore Forest Park. The event will commence at 4.15am.  This Walk part of a series of similar events  which […]

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Community Constituency Council Election 2023 Elections Government Newry Newry and Armagh NMD Council Politics South Armagh Westminster

Largest Ever Team of Sinn Féin Candidates to Stand in 18th May Council Election – Brady

Sinn Féin MP Mickey Brady has said that the party is standing its largest ever team of candidates for election to Newry, Mourne and Down district council on 18th May. Speaking after the candidates lodged their nomination papers at Monaghan Row in Newry, the Sinn Féin MP said: “In this local council election Sinn Féin […]

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Community Constituency Newry and Armagh South Armagh

Crossmaglen Man Guilty of 162 Sexual Abuse Offences Gets 16 Years

Today, Friday 21st April, a 62-year-old man from the Crossmaglen area was sentenced at Laganside Crown Court. Thomas McKenna was sentenced to 16 years in custody, after pleading guilty to 162 sexual abuse offences including serious sexual assault, indecent assault, voyeurism and possession of an indecent image of a child. His offending spanned over a […]

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Business Community Constituency Government Newry Newry and Armagh South Armagh Stormont

Executive Needed to Help Businesses Seize Economic Opportunities – Murphy 

Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy has said the Executive must be formed now to help businesses to grow and strengthen the economy.  Responding to a report from Ulster Bank, the party’s economy spokesperson said:  “We need the Executive formed now to help grow our businesses, particularly the construction industry which has seen slow growth.  “It […]

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Community Constituency Lifestyle Newry and Armagh South Armagh

Family Friend Jimmy Buckley Will Headline ‘A Night To Remember Patricia’

The family of popular Camlough woman Patricia Turley  who died in July 2022 are hosting a fundraising night in her memory which will be headlined by the family’s great friend Jimmy Buckley and he will be joined by special garments Matt Leary, Mary Duff and Claudia Buckley.  ‘The Night to Remember Patricia’ takes place in […]

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Community Constituency Crime Newry Newry and Armagh South Armagh

Burglary at Residential Premises at Camlough Road,Newry

Detectives are appealing for information following a report of burglary at residential premises in the Camlough Road area of Newry on Tuesday 11th April. Detective Inspector Duffield said: “Sometime between 5:30pm and 6:30pm it was reported that entry was gained to a house in the area. It was reported that a number of rooms had been […]

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Community Constituency Crime Newry Newry and Armagh South Armagh

Appeal Following Newry and Forkhill Burglaries

Detectives are appealing for information following two burglaries in County Armagh this morning, Tuesday 11 April. Detective Inspector Duffield said: “At approximately 9.10am, we received a report that approximately two or three men had gained access to a property in the Moninna Villas area of Newry, by smashing a number of windows with what is […]

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Community Constituency Crime Newry Newry and Armagh South Armagh

Appeal Following Newry and Bessbrook Burglaries

Detectives investigating a series of recent thefts in the Bessbrook and Newry areas are appealing for information and witnesses. Detective Sergeant Best said: “We received a report on Tuesday, 4th April of a burglary at a commercial premises at a business park on the Craigmore Road, during which an office window was smashed and entered. […]

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Community Constituency Council Government Newry Newry and Armagh NMD Council South Armagh

Celebration of Dragons in the Hills as Project Comes to an End

Over the last three years, the Dragons in the Hills project has sought to discover more about Northern Ireland’s little dragons – our three native amphibians and reptiles: common frog, common lizard and smooth newt. The project, which is led by Amphibian and Reptile Groups of the UK in partnership with Newry, Mourne and Down […]

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Community Constituency Council Election 2023 Elections Government Infrastructure Newry and Armagh NMD Council South Armagh

Byrne Welcomes Newtownhamilton Resurfacing

SDLP Slieve Gullion Councillor Pete Byrne has welcomed the decision by DfI Roads to resurface the A25 Newry Road in Newtownhamilton. Councillor Byrne has said that the road surfacing works are “desperately needed”, but only scratch the surface of what needs to be done to get local roads up to standard. SDLP Slieve Gullion Councillor […]

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Community Constituency Crime Newry and Armagh South Armagh

South Armagh Pervert Who Abused Little Boy While Watching TV Walks Free From Court!

By Paul Higgins A Co. Down creep who sexually assaulted and groped a little boy while the child’s mum was in the next room had walked free from court. Newry Crown Court heard that while Cahill McDonald groped the boy more than once, the last time he did it was while he was sitting on […]