CLANRYE NEWS News items from all the local community groups.
Republican Party Saoradh has slammed those behind a racist graffiti in Newry recently. Slamming those responsible Saoradh’s Newry Representative Stephen Murney said “The racist attack in the Main Avenue area should be condemned by all. Saoradh activists in the area took the opportunity to cover up the unsightly display making it unreadable until it can […]
UNISON and NIPSA members in all employment areas in the health service in Northern Ireland will begin action short of strike action from Monday 5 December. Health service wide strike action will take place on Monday 12 December. This is the first strike in the health service since 2019. A return to strike action is a reflection of […]
Christmas can be the most dangerous time of year for many women and children living in our local community. Domestic abuse is an increasing issue in our locality and this Christmas Women’s Aid Armagh Down is encouraging people to ‘See Behind the Shine’, to identify what is really going on behind some closed doors. […]
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chair, Cllr Michael Savage was joined by Mukesh Sharma, Chair of The National Lottery Heritage Fund Northern Ireland to plant a historical rose, “Narrow Water” in Warrenpoint Municipal Park. The final investment by The National Lottery Heritage Fund project in Warrenpoint Municipal Park was to reintroduce a selection of […]
Statement by TUV spokesperson Keith Ratcliffe: “I was disgusted this morning to find that, once again, our Unionist cultural identity is under attack in South Armagh. Overnight, sectarian thugs took it upon themselves to spray paint derogatory and sectarian things over Crosskeys Orange Hall; including ‘IRA’ and ‘Up the Ra’. “Few people are more acquainted […]
SDLP Newry and Armagh elected reps have condemned an attack on an Orange Hall in Keady. Pro-IRA graffiti was dubbed on the Orange Hall on the Crosskeys Road. Newry and Armagh MLA Justin McNulty said: “This is a disgraceful attack on a local Orange Hall and the SDLP condemns it wholeheartedly. Given the nature of […]
Sinn Féin MLA Cathal Boylan has condemned the attack on Crosskeys Orange Hall. Cathal Boylan said: “I unreservedly condemn the attack on Crosskeys Orange Hall. “Those responsible do not represent the community. “I would appeal to anyone with information about this vandalism to report it to the PSNI.” ENDS/CRÍOCH
Every year, PIPS Hope & Support welcomes suicide bereaved families and friends to a Christmas Service of Remembrance, Hope & Healing to celebrate the life of their loved ones and to gain comfort from Personal Reflections, Poems, Beautiful Music & Singing, a Candlelight Possession and a Memory Tree service. This years’ service will take place […]
Police are investigating a report of criminal damage at an Orange Hall on Crosskeys Road, Keady. The report was received at approximately 9.45am this morning (Tuesday 29th November) that graffiti had been sprayed on the building sometime between 10pm on Monday night and this morning. Enquiries into the incident, which is being treated as a […]
Police have arrested three men following the report of an aggravated burglary at a house in Springfarm Heights, Newry, in the early hours of this morning ( Tuesday 29th November ). It was reported that three masked men entered the property through a window at around 2.45am and attacked a male occupant with baseball bats […]
Speaking in Westminster during a debate on Religious Education in schools, Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has called for efforts from certain lobby groups to cancel Christianity from Religious Education in schools to be resisted. During the debate, the DUP MP said: “In Northern Ireland we recently had an outrageous court judgment that declared that […]
Sinn Féin councillor Declan Murphy has welcomed the progress made in the South Armagh Police Review but insists there is more to be done. Councillor Murphy, Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Policing and Community safety in council, said: “My colleagues and I received an update tonight from the PSNI about the progress of the South Armagh […]
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