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Newry, Mourne and Down District Council will assist residents in the district with a bursary to help with the costs of Irish language courses through the Irish Language Bursary Scheme 2022-2023. The scheme will open for applications from 11 March 2022, application forms will be available online at http://www.newrymournedown.org/gaeilge. Newry, Mourne and Down District Council […]
Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has welcomed the opening of Sen Play in the courtyard at Brownlow House, Lurgan. This amazing facility has been opened by local girl Leanne Gray and is designed for children and young people with additional needs. Leanne has been involved in this project over the past number of years having […]
Visit Mourne have launched a host of festivals, events, and experiences in association with Tourism Northern Ireland across the District throughout March. From St Patrick’s Day Parades to Viking, Outdoor and Aspiring Geopark Festivals, there is a full programme of family fun, outdoor activities, and giant adventures to suit people of all ages and abilities. […]
A 22 year-old man has been handed a football banning order at Craigavon Magistrates Court on Wednesday 23rd February. The banning order follows an incident of disorderly behaviour at Shamrock Park, Portadown on August 27th. Detective Inspector Keith Wilson said: “We welcome this banning order which includes all football matches and hope that it is […]
Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart and local Councillor Mark Baxter have welcomed the start to a DAERA funded environmental improvement scheme in Waringstown. The work has started this week and will be completed by the summer. Carla Lockhart said: “This is a very good day for Waringstown, with the much anticipated environmental improvement scheme now […]
A DUP Councillor in Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has been suspended by the party following allegations of child sexual grooming. A spokesperson for the PSNI stated recently: “A 59-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming, yesterday (Tuesday 22nd February) in the County Down area. He has […]
A Newry, Mourne and Down District Councillor has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to meet a child following potential sexual grooming. A spokesperson for the PSNI stated on Tuesday evening (22nd February): “A 59-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming, yesterday (Tuesday 22nd February) in the County […]
Detectives are appealing for information following a report of a burglary at residential premises in the Warrenpoint area last week It was reported to police on Wednesday 23rd February that around six men entered a bungalow in the Ganna Way area sometime between 5pm and 8pm on Wednesday 16th February. A man in his 60s, a woman […]
SDLP Upper Bann MLA Dolores Kelly has urged Minister Deirdre Hargey to get the £200 fuel support payment to struggling families. Mrs Kelly said people in communities across the North need support now, with payments not expected to be made until March. The SDLP has contacted Minister Hargey to clarify when the payments will […]
A 59-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming, yesterday (Tuesday 22nd February) in the County Down area. He has since been released on police bail pending further enquiries. ENDS
Monday evening (21st Feb) local policing team officers located this haul of drugs in 2 runabout cars in the Kilkeel area. Officers were investigating an apparently abandoned car and located the Class A and Class C drug secreted in it. Further enquiries identified another car close by which also contained an amount of drugs. Approximately […]
SDLP councillor Karen McKevitt has called on public representatives to show greater sensitivity when talking about incidents from the North’s troubled past. She was speaking after a Tweet from Alliance councillor Michael Long made a dismissive reference to Bloody Friday, where nine people were killed and over 100 injured in IRA bombings in Belfast in […]
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