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After remaining frozen for around four years, public transport fares are set to change from Monday 6 March 2023. The changes, which affect travel on Metro, Glider, NI Railways, Enterprise, Goldliner and Ulsterbus services, will see standard fares increase on average by approximately 7%. In his Written Ministerial Statement of 24 November 2022, the Secretary […]
The Road Safety Authority’s Check It Fits Chid car seat testing service will be visiting Marshes Shopping Centre, Dundalk on Thursday 16th February 2023 from 10am to 5.30pm. Experts in child car seat safety will offer advice on the different types of seats available, how to fix any problem, demonstrate how to fit the restraint correctly […]
February has seen the return of The BIG Apprenticeship Event at Southern Regional College. The College hosted an Apprenticeship and Higher Level Apprenticeship (HLA) open evening at Newry West campus on Tuesday evening. Crowds flocked to the event with over 600 people, made up of prospective students and parents attending. Attendees got the opportunity to […]
Sinn Féin councillor Bróna Haughey has requested a site meeting with DFI to discuss how to tackle the flooding issues on the Tullynagin road. The Cusher Councillor said: “Like many roads in the Cusher area, the Tullynagin road is plagued by flooding and drainage issues. “Along with the flooding issues, there is also the issue […]
A Lurgan angler was today convicted at Craigavon Magistrates’ Court in his absence for several fishing offences and fined a total of £415 which included a £15 offender levy. Mr Kieran Jackson (23) of Ardboe Drive, Lurgan, was today found guilty at Craigavon Magistrates’ Court of five breaches of legislation on two different dates as prescribed under […]
Newry, Mourne and Down Labour Market Partnership is offering local employers and residents the opportunity to come together at a Job Fair in Downpatrick on Thursday 9 March 2023. Providing a platform for businesses across the district to promote a range of vacancies, the Newry, Mourne and Down Job Fair will entice those interested in […]
Alliance MLA Eóin Tennyson has declared support for Holocaust Memorial Day, saying we must never forget the pain imposed on millions of people around the world. Holocaust Memorial Day is the day for everyone to remember the millions of people murdered in the Holocaust and in the genocides which followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and […]
Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Organised Crime Branch have last night, February 6, and today carried out further house searches as part of an ongoing investigation into an Organised Crime Group. Last night detectives returned to the Garvaghy Road area of Portadown and conducted a further house search where they uncovered a […]
Louth County Council have spent €6.7 million retrofitting local authority housing stock over the last two years, ensuring warmer, cleaner, more energy efficient homes. The Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme (EERP) launched in 2021 is one of the pillars of the Housing for All initiative. The objective of the scheme is to improve the energy efficiency […]
Firefighters across the UK have delivered a decisive mandate for strike action, with 88% voting Yes on a 73% turnout. The strike ballot opened on 5th December and closed on 30th January. Two separate simultaneous ballots, in Northern Ireland and among Control Room staff in the North West of England, also delivered strong results. In Northern Ireland, the result […]
Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has said that plans by the EA to cut budgets of local youth services is a real concern. The Newry and Armagh MLA said: “Here in Newry I have already met some local service providers to listen to their concerns around cuts to local EA youth services. “We have now […]
Sinn Féin MLA Cathal Boylan has said more must be done to tackle rural and agricultural crime in our communities. The Newry & Armagh MLA was speaking following a recent spate of agricultural thefts in the rural Armagh area. Cathal said: “We’ve learned of a number of rural thefts that have taken place recently in the […]
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