CLANRYE NEWS Updates on Crime within the district
Police are appealing for information following a report of criminal damage in the Keady Road area of Newtownhamilton. A report was made to police shortly before 4.45pm on Wednesday, October 27 that a bilingual street sign had been defaced. It is believed that this damage was caused sometime over the weekend from Friday, October 22 […]
The Ulster Unionist Party’s Agriculture Spokesperson, Rosemary Barton MLA, has called for the authorities in both Northern Ireland and the Republic to crack down on the illegal trade of puppies which are transported from the Republic of Ireland for sale in Great Britain via Northern Ireland. Rosemary Barton MLA said: “Following the airing of […]
Detectives are appealing for information following the report of an arson incident in Newry on Tuesday, October 26th. Detective Sergeant McCarragher said: “Just after 9.30pm, police received a report that a window had been broken and fireworks subsequently thrown inside a property in the Clanrye Avenue area. “Police attended, along with colleagues in the Northern […]
In recent weeks a number of vigils have taken place to remember the journalist and investigative reporter, Martin O’Hagan, and to protest at the failure to secure prosecutions following his murder in 2001. Journalist, Lyra McKee, was shot dead while observing rioting in April 2019. Veronica Guerin, a crime reporter, was shot dead in June […]
A Co. Armagh man appeared in court today (sat) accused of breaking a kitten’s leg because it poo’d in his hallway. In addition to being charged with causing unnecessary suffering and criminal damage to the kitten, 24-year-old Jordan Russell was also accused of a catalogue of domestic violence from 1 August this year, including allegations […]
Wednesday, 20th October 2021, marked the 14th Anniversary of the murder of 21 year old Paul Quinn. Paul was murdered in the Tullyvanus area of Co.Monaghan on Saturday, 20th October 2007, after being lured to a shed by a number of men. The investigation into the murder of Paul Quinn remains ongoing. During the course […]
Practical help is being delivered in the heart of local communities thanks to the Department of Justice Assets Recovery Community Scheme, Justice Minister Naomi Long has said. The Minister was speaking at an event in Belfast hosted by the Redeeming Our Communities (ROC) project, which was granted Assets Recovery Community Scheme (ARCS) funding from January […]
Detectives are appealing for information following an incident in Portadown in the early hours of Sunday 17th October, which has left a man, aged in his 20’s, in a critical condition in hospital. Detective Sergeant Stephen Wilson said: “We believe at this time that the injured man was assaulted outside licensed premises at the junction […]
Detectives in Banbridge are appealing for witnesses and information following a report of a shot being fired at a house in the town last night (Wednesday 22nd September). Detective Sergeant Stewart said: “Police attended a property at Railway Street after receiving a report at approximately 8.15pm that a shot had been fired through a window. […]
Newry City Sinn Féin Councillor Charlie Casey has welcomed the recovery of a significant amount of Herbal Cannabis during PSNI drug related searches in the city . The local Councillor said: “Police have confirmed that they have found a significant amount of Herbal Cannabis in the Carnagat area of Newry. Drugs are a blight on […]
Detectives from PSNI’s Serious Crime Branch investigating the murder of Brian Phelan in Newry, in July 2018, have charged a 26-year-old woman with perverting the course of justice, assisting an offender and withholding information. She is due to appear at Newry MC on Wednesday 10th March. As is normal procedure all charges are reviewed by […]
A report of a suspicious object found in the Ashgrove Road area of the city was made to police at around 3:30pm yesterday afternoon (Saturday, 20th February). Police and ATO attended the scene, and ATO carried out a controlled explosion. At this time, it is believed to have been a viable device. Newry, Mourne & […]
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