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“If We Refuse to Exercise Our Right to Vote, The Stormont Parties Will Win and Things will Get Worse” writes Aontú candidate Liam Reichenberg It is an enormous tragedy that so many people are disillusioned with the democratic process. Every day on the canvas trail I meet people who tell me they will not vote […]
Unite Community Newry has launched a UK wide campaign to find a donor for little Bobby, an 8 year old boy from the Newry area who needs a donor fast. Martin McKeown Newry Unite Community Chairperson, speaking at the launch of UK wide campaign “ time is of the essence, we are going to pull […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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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