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The 2023 Ulster Under 15 Football Academy programme came to a close for this season with a 30-player squad taking on Dublin GAA Academy in challenge games at the Box-It Athletic Grounds in Armagh this week. The panel of players, from across all nine counties in the province, were selected by Ulster GAA coaches from […]
Newry City Councillor Michael Savage has appealed to car owners to park considerably in and around the vicinity of Patrician Park in Carrivemaclone. The SDLP representative was speaking after long suffering residents contacted him with their concerns. “After recently meeting with local residents in Patrician Pak, I was dismayed to see first-hand the level of […]
SDLP Councillor Doire Finn has welcomed progress with Translink senior management on reinstating full free bus connections from Newry Bus Station to Newry Train Station. It comes after the Newry City representative wrote to Translink Chief Executive, Chris Conway expressing her deep concerns to the cut of the long standing free of charge Bus Service […]
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is delighted to announce the launch of a new Museums School Transport Scheme for 2023/2024. Available from 1 September 2023, the Council is offering eligible schools within the district up to £200 towards the cost of traveling to both Down County Museum and Newry and Mourne Museum. The transport […]
A planning application has been lodged by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council for a new Civic & Regional Hub designed by Hamilton Architects. The application follows the submission of a recent application for a new flagship Newry Theatre and Conference Centre, also designed by the practice. Works for the Civic & Regional Hub, on […]
Plans for a new £20m hotel and office complex have been revealed for Newry City Centre. The proposed major investment by local property firm Glena Developments, will see the construction of an 82 bedroom hotel and 45,000 square foot of offices along with 160 parking spaces. The project which covers over 3 acres will see […]
Thousands gathered in Warrenpoint, County Down on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 August to watch Fionn mac Cumhaill, the centrepiece of Newry, Mourne and Down’s Wake the Giant Festival, return to the town in spectacular fashion. Hundreds of shoreside spectators followed the giant Fionn on his epic journey to Warrenpoint onboard the Carlingford Lough Ferry […]
By Donal McMahon A Northern Ireland council is set to have the second highest savings (17.2%) of any council in the UK as a percentage of its net budget.That is according to a new report by the BBC’s Shared Data Unit and viewed by the Local Democracy Service, which has gained 190 responses from 218 […]
McGreevy (Warrenpoint) 20th August 2023, peacefully at hospital, Bernadette (Bernie), dearly loved mother of Michelle, Brendan, Alannah and Elisha, beloved daughter of the late Betty and Thomas McGreevy, mother-in-law of Gordon, Paul and Conor, loving grandmother of Kyle, Jamie, Mollie, Sophie and Charlie and much loved sister. 21 Ganna Way, Warrenpoint and formerly of Rostrevor. […]
There is currently a security alert in the Madden Road area of Tandragee following the discovery of a suspicious object. Cordons are in place at Terryhoogan Road, outside Tandragee FC and at Madden House. Motorists and the public are advised to avoid the area at this time. ENDS
By Donal McMahon A masterplan for the development of Downpatrick is set to be launched this September following approval this week of a ‘Living High Street Framework’. The Downpatrick Regeneration Working Group (DRWG) organised through the local authority to forge the plan, has been engaged for almost a year. The Department for Communities with Newry, Mourne and […]
By Donal McMahon An 11th Night bonfire leaving a ‘massive crater’ in a Co Down carpark has cost the local authority £8k to repair. Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMDDC) has reported the high cost of resurfacing the Mount Crescent carpark in Downpatrick following a query by the Local Democracy Service. The council had […]
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